[dcb]

Did you check for cross wiring? I.e. put the ohmeter on lcd 16, and make sure there is no connections where there shouldn't be?


Just for comparison, I did and most of the connections were separated by at least a megaohm, except the following:

LCD pins 1,5,16 all connected.

LCD pins 2 and 3 were seperated by about 10k ohms (shrug).

notes:
unit unplugged
I put ground on LCD 1, then touched positive probe to 2, then 3 ... 16 and noted ohm readings.

Then I put ground on LCD 2, then touched positive probe to 3, then 4 ... 16 and noted ohm readings.

Then I put ground on LCD 3, etc.