New Members - please post your introductions here

[Dortoh08]

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Hello all,

I am the newest member to this great forum. Thanks for letting me join.

[khamber]

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HI everyone, I'm Khamber from San Diego and I love trying to fix things!!! Hopefully this forum will help in my endeavors!

[philipwk]

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Hi, I am Philip I am new and have never used a forum before.
My background is starting in the Army, Drafted in 1966, sent me to Fort Monmouth New Jersey Army Signal School.
Been in and out of electronics ever since.

[n1kstr3r]

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Hi everyone,

I have searched a lot for repair helps and guide. I burnt a few power boards of Monitors before I reached this forum. I am sure I'll learn and also share my knowledge if anyone needs help.

[Mortto]

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Good morning. I would like to introduce myself as a new member. This is my first post on this site.

I have a strong background in the mechanical field, especially with heavy equipment. Not so much with electronics. The tools I have are limited to multi-meters and soldering equipment. My time is also very limited so I research when I can. My thinking is that if it was put together, it can be taken apart, repaired, and put back together again. So that is what I try to do.

I have read the Badcaps forums many times and have repaired many computer monitors and a couple of televisions with the help of the forums.

Getting back to some of the other posts above, I see people talking about their first computers. I got started playing with electronic devices a while ago. My first computer, bought at a JC Penny clearance sale in 1980, for $50, was a Texas Instruments TI-99/4. It used program cartridges and an external voice recorder to save your projects and data. I had subscribed to, I believe it was PC Magazine at the time. I was intrigued by the whole programming concept. So, after typing code for four hours to make a person dance on my computer screen, I hit the enter button, and it appeared, a six pixel tall stick figure that alternated the position of its legs and arms.

With all of that being said, I have always been intrigued with electronics and how they work. I just never have enough time to really concentrate on it.

I now have another project I will be posting about that I am sure this community will be able to help me with.

Thank you all.

[WL2]

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Hi guys,

I've joined to learn how these new LCD tv's can be repaired, working on a 40" Samsung with bad gamma.

Looking forward to learning nuggets of wisdom from y'all.

I live in Oklahoma City area.

[HYRO]

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Hello to everyone!
I'm here to find some help with capacitors on my retro boards, and maybe in the future to help if I will know something.

[Thors_Hammer]

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Hi guys/gals I ran across this forum when searching for a fix for my Sony Bravia tv thanks for having me

[gasboss775]

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First computer was a Sinclair ZX81



Had a commodore plus 4, commodore 64, BBC B, Sinclair spectrum.

First 16 bit computer Commodore Amiga 600 then Amiga 1200 with HDD.

First PC I owned was an early Pentium based Dell PC, don't remember that much about this one tbh.

First PC type computer I built had an AMD Athlon processor running at about 1.3ghz, 266Mhz front side bus, 2 GB RAM, 60 GB HDD, CDR/rw, 300 W atx power supply.

Currently don't have a working PC! Got a tower case with 400W PSU, 300GB HDD and a DVD drive, need the right motherboard / CPU / memory combo to complete the picture. Part of the reason for joining up!

About me: Married with two girls. Prematurely retired due to Ill health. Been into electronics forever, recently been experimenting with switch mode power supply's.

[Thedude4822]

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I like being able to fix my own stuff whenever possible, but sometimes we all need a little help. Seen a lot of good information here.

[doorzon]

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Hi All,

It's good to see that so many people have the urge to fix electronics instead of contributing to a world of throw away and buy new. Loads of info on these forums, making this a good resource to find help and help others!

[RJARRRPCGP]

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First PC type computer I built had an AMD Athlon processor running at about 1.3ghz

That I believe was a T-bird. It was my killer processor of the early-2000s.

(I had the 1.3 when I lived in New Hampshire back in 2002, from July 5, 2002 to October 13, 2002, when I accidentally crushed the core!)
(So I had to use my T-bird 900 Mhz again, which I got in late June, 2001)

I got the T-bird 1.3 (100 Mhz FSB version) in July, 2002, because of Nintendo 64 emulation.

[Hoopster]

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Hello,

I'm new here and have a few questions regarding LCD repairs.

Thanks,

Steve

[nfadel]

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I'm more of a computer tech than an electronics tech, but I've done some board level repair, capacitor replacements, and did some basic CRT TV and monitor repairs back in the 80s. I was working with computers as far back as 1976. This forum is a great resource for flat panel TV repair!

[forthe3kids]

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Hello, I'm Dave. I'm looking at existing threads to trouble shoot a problem with toshiba TV 58L1350UC

[justwanttowatch]

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A private message brought me here. I've been lurking the forum for quite a while (hence the name), it has helped me fix quite a few computer related-problems but now I I'd like to ask a question regarding fixing a vacuum cleaner AC power supply and I am wondering if that is allowed too.

[mllwd2000]

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Hello everyone, I am totally new at electronic repairs. I try to get the most use out of everything before replacing them. Until now I have thrown away most electronics when they quit working. Hopefully with your help I can prlong the life of my devices. Thanks

[whoszek]

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Hi,

I'm new here
I have problem (probably like most of users here ), but I don't now how to make any repair. I now something about soldering and electronic, but a thing it's not enough. We will see

Greetings to all

[MDHadden]

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Hey everyone! Big thanks to the moderators of this forum and all of the members/contributors. Like most forums of this nature I never knew it existed until I needed you. Have a 2011 Panasonic TC-P55GT30 plasma that is giving me the 7 blinks. I hear their is a member on here quite skilled with Panasonic plasmas so I will go read his threads now.

[xXEmbalmerXx]

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Hi.

I am always looking for schematics, and I happened to find one I needed here. Hopefully I will find more and be able to contribute the ones that I already have!!