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    Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

    Hello all,

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

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      Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

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

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        Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

        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.

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          Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

          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.

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            Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

            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.

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              Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

              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.

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                Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                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.

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                  Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

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

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                    Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                    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.

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                      Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                      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.

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                        Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                        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!

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                          Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                          Originally posted by gasboss775 View Post

                          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.
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                            Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                            Hello,

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

                            Thanks,

                            Steve

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                              Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                              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!

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                                Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

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

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                                  Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                                  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.

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                                    Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                                    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

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                                      Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                                      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

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                                        Re: New Members - Ben from Maryland

                                        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.

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                                          Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                                          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!!

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