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    Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

    Hello

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      Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

      Greetings,

      I'm in southern Maryland, on a small island. My eldest son is a sr. tech w/ Comcast in Philly he directed me to this site.

      Im more of a gear-head. I have a 42" Samsung LED that started switching itself on & then off; to toss out a $ 700.00 unit that is six years old seems wasteful so I am trying to find out how to trouble shoot.

      I have a FLUKE 87 Multi meter that, with my limited knowledge, use to 5% of its capacity.

      The unit is a:LN40B500P3FXZA, Version SQ01. At first, it would come on, present a 'snowy' screen (does that term 'date' me?) stay on for 10 seconds or so, then turn off. Then 30 seconds later repeat the on-off cycle.

      Took the back of the unit; has 3 different circuit boards: the 'tuner', the 'power' board and at the bottom a smaller board with 'chips'.

      After blowing the fuse on the per. board & jumping it, now I turn on the unit, stays on for 20 mins. & then shuts off- so now it Does not turn itself on. Go figure.

      It just occurred to me that this is an introduction, so I need to 'post' this on a thread ... ?

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        Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

        Hey guys,
        I'm DG from Canada. I have an LG plasma 60pb5600 that is not turning on anymore which led me to this forum. I am an electrical engineer by profession. Got a couple of tools with me including a fluke 87-V. Will be posting the details of my unit in the relevant section.

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          Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

          Hey Guys

          I have a Panasonic VIERA TC-P60GT50 that is giving me HDMI issues. Looking for some suggestions!

          Thanks

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            Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

            Hey there,
            I am a Chemical Engineer by profession but a computer hardware enthusiast by passion. I am quite proficient when it comes to the basic engineering of hardware but when it comes down to the nitty gritty of the individual components of a PCB, I am quite amateur. I found this forum when I discovered a missing cap on a motherboard.

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              Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

              I heard of this site when I heard about the "Capacitor Plague"
              Think it was about a engineer stealing a non-finished formula and selling it to Capacitor manufacturers.
              This is a80231

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                Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                Hello my name is Curro from Spain.

                I'm engenieer and looking find how to repair my Dell 3007WFP monitor I found this fantastic forum.

                I will apport detail videos and pictures of the process, I hope will be usefull for the rest of the community.

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                  Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                  Hello, just registered as this seems like the most informative place to help me out. Looking forward to having a chat to hopefully diagnose my problems.

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                    Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                    Hi. I'm new and writing my one obligatory post. I've been messing with electronics since a kid. Back then it was all about my Commodore64 and "dumpster diving" nearby neighborhood businesses for discarded electronic parts and wires. These days I'm an electrical controls engineer and can buy my stuff online which is much easier. Can't think of anything else to say other than thanks for having this group. Jeff
                    :-)

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                      Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                      My name is Jim I am an electrical engineer power mostly but had a lot of electronics in college. I am located in Raleigh North Carolina. I am currently modifying game controllers for handicap kids as well repairing laptops and etc when needed. I am currently working on a Asus x54c that seems to have a bad power jack connection and only comes on when you press the jack real hard. Any ideas and where to find a schematic would be helpful. Thanks if I can help anyone feel free to get in touch.

                      Jim

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                        Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                        Hi my name is Željko ('Ž' is pronounced like consonant 'j' in french, just to demystify a little and I have a degree in physics and informatics education. I've always gravitated towards computers and loved to take them apart and repair component by replacing them with new/working ones.
                        Lately I've armed myself with a soldering iron, inexpensive multimeter and a lot of motivation to refresh my knowledge of current and electronic parts and to dwell more into actually repairing components using my "bare hands".

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                          Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                          Hello!

                          Thank you for a great forum, it has helped me a lot.

                          All the best

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                            Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                            Hello,
                            I joined a day or two ago.
                            Not exactly a rank beginner in electronics. Mostly self taught. Have a certificate
                            in Electronics Assembly, about 1970 or 1971, Palomar Jr. College, San Marcos,CA.
                            And another certificate in Computerized Equipment Servicing, and Electrical and PLC
                            from Modesto Jr. College, 2007.
                            Maintain my own homebuilt computers, 2 as of now. (have 3 total) Both are full size towers and are on casters.
                            Retired from the cannery as a professional mechanic. Moved away from California July 2015. Living in Louisiana.
                            Always nice to pick up on info when you're stuck. And no playing like a TV tech the past few days. Was given to me by my neighbor. (18 years on the side as a TV tech for CRT type TV's)
                            You guy/girls have a good week.

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                              Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                              Just found this forum so joined immediately. Blew up my first cap at age ten taking apart an old TV so this place is perfect.

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                                Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                                Hey everyone!

                                Found this forum a couple weeks back while diagnosing a broken Apple laptop, so I thought I would join!

                                I've been fascinated with electronics since I was a teen, but I've been getting more serious with this as a hobby over the past year or so.

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                                  Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                                  Sup guys!

                                  I found this site through googling after PSU load tester.

                                  Hope everyone is soldering just fine

                                  So happy trails!

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                                    Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                                    My Nick: au.vi is the abbreviation of Audio & Video.

                                    I repair various consumer electronics devices, and have some special experience with Philips hardware. Anything from 50 year old tube radio's to recent LCD TV's. Fixed multiple Streamium audio sets. But also car audio, DJ gear, etc.
                                    Last edited by au.vi; 08-10-2016, 02:55 PM.

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                                      Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                                      Hi All!

                                      No formal electronics training, but have fixed a few TV's, VCR's, etc., over the years, usually with help/advice from a high school buddy who used to own a TV repair shop.

                                      Found this site after doing capacitor replacements on a couple of video cards and a LG LCD TV.

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                                        Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                                        hello

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                                          Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

                                          Hello,

                                          I'm Robert, looking to save a few bucks repairing my knock-off brand TV instead of replacing it. Thanks for this forum!

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