I saw this thread about having fried a 16x2 LCD: http://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=12228&start=15.
Do I have a similar problem?
In case it isn't clear from the photos, it's wired with no data, just power and Vo. I checked the pot and it is reading between 0.0 and 4.98 V. (High res photos here and here, if necessary.)
If it is fried, what manner of operator error did I commit to offend it so dramatically? Supplying a voltage outside the 0-5 range to Vo?
Thanks.