A young mother brought this on in a bit ago. Power jack was broken and had pulled out (kids) It had also shorted against the earth grounded metal chassis.
No fuses were blown. When i went to repair the jack I saw this board...(see pics) There were 2 badly swolen very cheap 10v off brand caps (also pic). One was total failed the other was almost gone. i noticed that there should have been a 25v or 35v in that position.
Brain fart - what to do now? It is a piece of crap old clunker by my standard. However this gal obviously has little or no money and came to us off a referral and a little hope i could fix the cord right. I decided to replace the bad caps while i was in it with some equal value 50v i had. So i fixed the broken power cord jack and the caps... now as i look it is obvious that someone did those cheap crap 10v caps recently... then i see more evidence like screws loose still a couple in the wrong spots and such.
I put the board back in (good fuse) but nothing still dead as a hammer.
Dilema - try to fix it or return it to her with no charge.
I hate these types because they are hard to test since the front comes off and the screen lifts out to get to the back.
I think it is so old some of you vets may be familiar... I decided to give it a few minutes of my attention since even a little money is better than none..
No fuses were blown. When i went to repair the jack I saw this board...(see pics) There were 2 badly swolen very cheap 10v off brand caps (also pic). One was total failed the other was almost gone. i noticed that there should have been a 25v or 35v in that position.
Brain fart - what to do now? It is a piece of crap old clunker by my standard. However this gal obviously has little or no money and came to us off a referral and a little hope i could fix the cord right. I decided to replace the bad caps while i was in it with some equal value 50v i had. So i fixed the broken power cord jack and the caps... now as i look it is obvious that someone did those cheap crap 10v caps recently... then i see more evidence like screws loose still a couple in the wrong spots and such.
I put the board back in (good fuse) but nothing still dead as a hammer.
Dilema - try to fix it or return it to her with no charge.
I hate these types because they are hard to test since the front comes off and the screen lifts out to get to the back.
I think it is so old some of you vets may be familiar... I decided to give it a few minutes of my attention since even a little money is better than none..
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