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CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: menace on August 21, 2011, 05:03:25 pm ---Best thing I ever did was as an "unqualified" hacker--A friend of ours has a kid with CF and when they had insurance he got his boy "the vest" to the tune of $26,000. So one day it breaks and they call the manufacturer--they tell him $5,000 to fix it :dizzy:
So knowing that I tinker, they asked me to have a look at at. $2.50 later it was fixed. Old blown resistor. All I asked for was a case of beer--that he helped me drink :cheers:
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Nice :applaud:
And nice to see you still kicking around ... no, I haven't fixed the stupid Hantarex (that you had already fixed) in that stupid sub game that I bought from your brother!
We had a problem with our dishwasher some years ago and, when I cracked the door open, I found that the problem was a dead microswitch. Quick trip down to the workshop to visit the "pushbuttons parts box" and we were back in business.
ChadTower:
I've fixed so many things with the skills I built up in this hobby. Every appliance in my house except the fridge, a wiring issue on my truck, I added a 20v circuit in my basement (I did have the breaker box terminations done by a pro)...
menace:
--- Quote ---no, I haven't fixed the stupid Hantarex (that you had already fixed) in that stupid sub game that I bought from your brother!
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LOL--I had forgotten all about that sub game--wasn't it just a puse?
As far as the 37" tv goes its 90% likely the power supply board--I just had a 42" dynex die and it was the main pcb board--still cost $100 for the board but beats junking it or paying $500 for "service" (and all they would do is put in the board and charge me $400 labour...)
Check your caps, then your transistors, then your diodes.
hypernova:
We had to do that ourselves (call the repairman) a few weeks ago, during the blistering 90+ degree heat wave on the weekend. Turned out the little canister looking thing (forgot what it's called) inside the fan housing outside the house went bad.
Howard_Casto:
--- Quote from: yotsuya on August 21, 2011, 05:59:24 pm ---We have a 37 inch Viewsonic LCD TV/Monitor that won't turn on. I'm inspired to crack it open to try and fix it. Any suggestions?
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I fixed ours. It's not a big deal. The power supplies they put in the new tvs are crap, and the caps go bad on them. Crack the thing open, find the power supply board (should be obvious which one it is) and replace any bulging or otherwise suspicious caps. I did ours for around 50-60 bucks (unfortunately caps that big usually require you to order a bag, not just one). The boards are typically huge on these things and given the super long leads on your average cap, it is a very easy soldering job.
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