Ok I'm a victim of my own making.

Fair warning.

In trying to swap the display for the tx board. I failed to note that the ribbon was permanently attached to the display board. Not believing I needed to remove the drive try I attempted to pull the connector from the pin header...

Of course it didn't come apart until it fractured. The ribbon is still embedded in the conductors, I expect it would work if powered, but I'm allergic to the smell of Magic Smoke, so why tempt fate.

I don't want to drive to Fry's tonight but...

(I can't think of another piece of gear, i've seen, where a ribbon was attached this way.)