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[jrudasill]

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I'm John and I like repairing TV's as a hobby. I'm a computer guy by trade, but I find the new LCD TV's a challenge, since board level component changes can get a discarded unit back into operation.

[paradou2010]

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Hello i have joint your forums. I found this place when I was searching for capacitors for replacing the bad GSCs that are on a board that a buddy from work gave me.

Hope to have some fun here as well as learn more about computer electronics and sharpen my electronics skills.

[Pitoniak]

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As this is a brand new forum, I thought I'd open up a thread to encourage new members to introduce themselves a bit.. now hey.. let's not get too personal.. ok ?

And if you wouldn't mind to keep this thread "clean" let's try to keep the the chitchat (i.e. even the welcome to the board replies) to a minimum or this thread may get to 100 pages fast

So I'll start things off :

My name is petabyte and I'm a forum junkie. :oops: I've been off the wagon for a number of years and countless times I've tried to stop but it's useless.. I need to feed my learning addiction.. :!:

Now just a bit about me.. I'm a fairly secretive guy in terms of privacy on the net.. especially when the things you write are visable to anyone with a net connection. But I love to share the info and knowledge I have, so that's why I'm here, to share and learn.

my formal education is that of an electronic engineer and I held a field service position with a firm for over 20 years.. that job is gone now along with company car and laptop <cry> oh well..
So needless to say (but i will) I've always tinkered with things.. yes, a hacker.. (too bad that term lost it's orignal meaning) a hardware hacker mostly.. hacking fixes in whatever I find that breaks.. (except for cars, I have friends for that) I got started a little late into the computers, my first box was an ibm pc-xt with a whopping 10meg HD,blazing fast 4.66mhz 8086 processor, 640k mem running dos 3.3.. man was I cool back then.. :roll: nevermind..

so these days, I'm forced to be a software guy as well.. as I fix pc's for friends and that usually means cleaning virus/trojan/adware and reinstalling OS's.. yeah hardware breaks but not that often :cry: so as a result, I keep up on my software knowledge by visting a few security forums.. and trolling around a few hardware forums as well.

now I found this place from a thread at motherboards.org/forums
where I've been hanging out lately.. it's a nice friendly place with some pretty smart people.. mostly, of course, it's about mobo's.. So this person mentioned badcaps.net and I recalled reading articles a year or so ago about the faulty caps and was curious as to what you guys were up to.. and I said "w00t.. they have a forum"..

and so now.. you're stuck with me :P

so what's your story ? come on.. give it up.

wink:

i have some electronic experience
Worked as computer field engineer.

[Pitoniak]

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i have some electronic experience
Worked as computer field engineer.

I am researching info to fix a tv

[Pitoniak]

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I have experience in computer tech field and as a hobby like to tinker with the flat tvs

[Pitoniak]

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Hi friends

[Pitoniak]

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I have a lg60pb6650 heard a pop red light blinks picture flashes white with clink what show I look for no cap are bad

[classtorations]

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

As this is a brand new forum, I thought I'd open up a thread to encourage new members to introduce themselves a bit.. now hey.. let's not get too personal.. ok ?

And if you wouldn't mind to keep this thread "clean" let's try to keep the the chitchat (i.e. even the welcome to the board replies) to a minimum or this thread may get to 100 pages fast

So I'll start things off :

My name is petabyte and I'm a forum junkie. :oops: I've been off the wagon for a number of years and countless times I've tried to stop but it's useless.. I need to feed my learning addiction.. :!:

Now just a bit about me.. I'm a fairly secretive guy in terms of privacy on the net.. especially when the things you write are visable to anyone with a net connection. But I love to share the info and knowledge I have, so that's why I'm here, to share and learn.

my formal education is that of an electronic engineer and I held a field service position with a firm for over 20 years.. that job is gone now along with company car and laptop <cry> oh well..
So needless to say (but i will) I've always tinkered with things.. yes, a hacker.. (too bad that term lost it's orignal meaning) a hardware hacker mostly.. hacking fixes in whatever I find that breaks.. (except for cars, I have friends for that) I got started a little late into the computers, my first box was an ibm pc-xt with a whopping 10meg HD,blazing fast 4.66mhz 8086 processor, 640k mem running dos 3.3.. man was I cool back then.. :roll: nevermind..

so these days, I'm forced to be a software guy as well.. as I fix pc's for friends and that usually means cleaning virus/trojan/adware and reinstalling OS's.. yeah hardware breaks but not that often :cry: so as a result, I keep up on my software knowledge by visting a few security forums.. and trolling around a few hardware forums as well.

now I found this place from a thread at motherboards.org/forums
where I've been hanging out lately.. it's a nice friendly place with some pretty smart people.. mostly, of course, it's about mobo's.. So this person mentioned badcaps.net and I recalled reading articles a year or so ago about the faulty caps and was curious as to what you guys were up to.. and I said "w00t.. they have a forum"..

and so now.. you're stuck with me :P

so what's your story ? come on.. give it up..

My name is Craig aka The TV Man ! 30 + years in the biz of corporate and consumer big screen service and still loving my works. Cleveland Classic TV and Classtorations.com have won 4 Angie's List Awards and have been BBB Acreditted ! I love to share my knowledge, but also realize there are many who share even more . Thanks for allowing me into this forum and I shall Endeavor to share my expertise and help the forum/group be better . Thanks BadCaps !!

[classtorations]

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My name is Craig aka The TV Man ! 30 + years in the biz of corporate and consumer big screen service and still loving my works. Cleveland Classic TV and Classtorations.com have won 4 Angie's List Awards and have been BBB Acreditted ! I love to share my knowledge, but also realize there are many who share even more . Thanks for allowing me into this forum and I shall Endeavor to share my expertise and help the forum/group be better . Thanks BadCaps !!

[rschaefer2]

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Hello!

I am Ryan. I am search of help with a poorly documented touchscreen LCD screen. This isn't your typical monitor/TV, so this may not be the best place to look for help, but I am desperate. If anyone has any suggestion of other forums to find help, or expertise in IPS LCDs, let me know!

[bluedragon]

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Hello everyone. My name is Wendell. I am from Alberta Canada. A 43 year old white male. I found Badcaps when I was searching for info on my TV.

[jezcleon]

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Hello greetings from the Philippines
I'm Jez, pleased to be here :-)

[KoenigsTiger]

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Hey Everyone

I am Gene from Alberta, Canada. My Visio-uh-oh is acting up hard. Need all the help I can get

See you all in the Electronics Theory and Troubleshooting section.

Thank you,
Gene

[galaxia138]

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Hi my name is Fredy, I am from Chicago Illinois, 45 years old and married with three kids. I am a mechanic engineer and since I was a kid I have been working with electronics and it is by far the subject I work best in. Right now I work as a collation repair tech (Bodymen). The pay is well and I have the opportunity to tackle with the new technology used in the new cars. Every night after my kids go to sleep and my wife is not whispering behind my ear I go back to my bench and work with whatever damaged electronic I was able to find on Craglist or that my friends have given me to repair; although I have been starting to have problems with my vision and I wish I would sometimes be at least 10 years younger to see better when I handle these tasks, but I do understand that experience and knowledge comes with the age.

You guys are amazing and I always enjoy reading your posts. Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to be part of this form.

[Fongsie]

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G'd Day To all of You Guys,

Just Saying Hello from down under,
It's Fongsie here from Australia and I am now a retired industrial Sparkie (industrial electrician Technician). Have worked with a few big international companies based here down under and overseas.
At previous work, aside from being an Electrician, Electrical Supv... use to repair electronic boards to component level at times. Now just doing some electronic repair for friends and relatives which hopefully I may be able to. Its nice to see this kind of forum I have read some interesting topics,.. may ask for some help and contribute. Nice to be welcomed in this forum,... Thanks for accepting me.

[Fongsie]

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G'd Day To all of You Guys,

Just Saying Hello from down under,
It's Fongsie here from Australia and I am now a retired industrial Sparkie (industrial electrician Technician). Have worked with a few big international companies based here down under and overseas.
At previous work, aside from being an Electrician, Electrical Supv... use to repair electronic boards to component level at times. Now just doing some electronic repair for friends and relatives which hopefully I may be able to. Its nice to see this kind of forum I have read some interesting topics,.. may ask for some help and contribute. Nice to be welcomed in this forum,... Thanks in advance for accepting me.

[Fongsie]

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G'd Day To all of You Guys,

Just Saying Hello from down under,
It's Fongsie here from Australia and a retired industrial Sparkie (industrial electrician Technician). Have worked with a few big international companies based here down under and overseas.
At previous work,... use to repair electronic boards to component level at times. Now just doing some hobby electronic repair for friends and relatives which hopefully I may be able to. Its nice to see this kind of forum.. may ask for some help and contribute my 10 cents in the future. Nice to be welcomed in this forum,... Thanks in advance for accepting me.

[Fongsie]

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

G'd Day To all of You Guys,

Just Saying Hello from down under,
It's Fongsie here from Australia, retired industrial Sparkie (industrial electrician Technician). Have worked with a few big international companies based here down under and overseas.
... use to repair electronic boards to component level... Its nice to see this kind of forum.. may ask for some help and contribute my 10 cents in the future. Nice to be welcomed in this forum,... Thanks in advance for accepting me.

[Fongsie]

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

G'd Day To all of You Guys,

Just Saying Hello from down under,
It's Fongsie here from Australia,... use to repair electronic boards to component level... Its nice to see this kind of forum.. may ask for some help and contribute my 10 cents in the future. Nice to be welcomed in this forum,... Thanks in advance for accepting me.

[Fongsie]

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

G'd Day To all of You Guys,

Just Saying Hello from down under,
It's Fongsie here from Australia, Its nice to see this kind of forum.. may ask for some help and contribute my 10 cents in the future. Nice to be welcomed in this forum,... Thanks in advance for accepting me.