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[alick]

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hello everyone my name is Alick. I am new here and look forward to learning lots from here and even putting some of my know hows back into this community.
I am a pc tech by trade but I dont know much about lcds but I am looking to learn.
thanks

[nvaughn]

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Greetings all,

Popping my head in and saying hello as per the forum rules. I do hardware repair for a large organization and am tasked with keeping our ever-aging hardware up and running. Even without posting, this forum has been a really great resource for me.

[froggy]

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Hi All, Id better start off by saying im somewhat of a novice when it comes to electronics but willing to learn!, being unemployed has given me too much time on my hands so what better way to spend it & keeping the grey matter active, so be gentle with me please!.

[farns]

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Hi there, I know a reasonable amount about consumer PC hardware and can troubleshoot PCs etc but know nothing of electronics, I google here occasionally to check about PSU quality before buying.

[kangmas]

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my name is : teguh
life in Indonesia capital city,jakarta.
works as techician in small company and during my work time also at home,I did often repair computers.

thx for all members and maybe someday I can get help form others too...

[eswallie]

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Hi... My name is Ernie
I live on a rancho
I make 5 Peso's a day

I go see Lucy
She gives me some _____
She takes my five peso's away

I guess i got a little carried away

Lets see..... my first computer was a CPM system using a Z80 chip and I built it using a soldering iron with a Heath Kit. That was in 1980.

I worked for Univac which became Sperry Rand which became Sperry which became Unisys. I was a field service engineer and traveled all over the world for 30 years chasing navy ships with our computers on them.

After retirement I started a Computer Network Training Company and early in the internet era I started an internet ISP company servicing the western region of the US, headqurtered out of Las Vegas, NV where I live now.

Now I just screw around all day and activly trade the stock market. My friends want me to fix their stuff, hence, why I am here.

Looks like a great site for people like me.

skeeedaddy

[cmstech]

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Hello everyone, I'm so glad I found this forum. Although I have not posted anything, I have already found gold with the wealth of info on your site. Most of what I have needed has been covered at one time or another. My name is William Scott, go by Bill. I am a technician in a small computer store in NW Alabama. I started playing with computers in the early 90s and have never looked back. When something is broke, I want it fixed that simple. I absolutely hate throwing silicon in the landfill! I hope to get a chance to talk to some of you in the future if I run into an unsolvable problem, which we all know will happen. :P I'm sure I'll post in the wrong spot from time to time, so please go easy on me! Thanks again for this forum, it's GRRRRRRRRRREAT!

[avonero]

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hi all,
I'm new here and what brought me here is to learn more from you guys about troubleshooting a Switch Mode Power Supplies. I have a problem with my Amilo LCD monitor
Amilo LXL 3220W
it went dead without no standby light. which i had removed its power pack and measure its output voltage to the main picture board and reads normal 5.1/5.2vdc
pls i need tips on what to do next. thanks

[coley57]

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Hai...I new to the forum...

I am malaysian, an repair is part of my job and hopefully this forum can solve some of my problem regarding repair and tips.

at the moment I got two sets of LCD monitor HP1825 and samsung 2033SW which was having the same faulty, The display only for a moment and then it's turn blank...
Hopefully someone have also came across the same problem..
thank you.

[seanp3006]

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Hello everyone!
My name is Sean and my grandpa showed me how to solder when I was 10. Just recently I have gotten into it heavily. About two years ago I started to recap Dell SX280s. It has only grown since then. I bought a Weller EC4001ESD from Ebay. I thought it was a good station, but then learned that it was a little under powered. So I just picked up a Xtryonic LF-1600 at 80W. I have been doing more and more. Starting with bad capacitors because it was easy. Now I would like to learn more about all the other components. I have always wanted to. Just never had the time. I have been coming here regularly for help and it is the best resource ever. Very knowledgable and friendly folk on here. Thank you for all the help!

[blackrider1]

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Hello to everybody.
Great forum. I enjoy it every time I came here.
I´ll try to be useful and help if I can.
Thanks from Spain

[magicknees]

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hey everyone,

I love these posts. "So many monitors, so little time". Well said!

I'm an electrical engineer by schooling, but been on the software side, mostly working in simulation, process automation, embedded systems, .NET, etc.

Lately I've needed more things to do so I decided to stumble on a broken monitor. Now having read these forums a bit and knowing what a bad cap looked like, and needing a big screen monitor for my .NET addiction, I decided that spending $10 for a few caps was a great way to save $100 -- my old lady is happy cause I can take her out now.

Other things: IT specialist at my house, plumber, carpenter, nurse and chief nose wipe to my kids, car mechanic, etc. Sometimes I get paid for this, sometimes not.

Maybe I can add to the discussions. I know so little but will gladly share it all. Heck, that might take me a good 2 hours.

John

[bordermec]

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I guess its my turn to throw down. My name is bordermec. Its because I worked on/at/near the border in AZ as a mechanic. I got interested in computers at an old age. I enjoy a challange so I like computer problems. I am sure that it helps me to knw that I am not that smart.

[JimMac]

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hello - my name is JimMac and I am interested in working on a bad gateway fpd1975w computer monitor. I have it apart - now I am wondering which caps are bad. Are there any visual signs of failure.

[Jon Templeman]

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Hello to everyone, my name is Jon, joining the forum as it's the best one i've found and the one I believe i'll be able to get the advice I need in order to fix a TV I found, I've a little experience in electronics, though that was a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.. . ... .. ;-)

[dendrifter@gmail,com]

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My Name is Dennis. I haven't joined a forum before. We are repairing TV,s from a furniture store. Hopely we can help each other

[carloiii]

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I started in the electronics in 1947 and have never lost interest. From vacuum tubes to integrated curcuits its been a fantastic occupation and hobby. Watch out for those defective condensers (capacitors).

[Aaron Em]

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Hi! I'm Aaron, a computer plumber and itinerant soldering-iron pusher, and I've just run across Badcaps.net while poking around the net for info on bad caps and recapping -- I found a KLH R5100 surround receiver on the side of the road a couple weeks ago; when I powered it up, it had 60Hz hum and VFD flicker, and when I opened the case I found five bad caps right next to the power-supply transformer.

I've already ordered replacements and plan on recapping the unit tonight; I'll post later on with the results, and add pix of the dead caps to the photo montage thread.

[Lemrin]

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Hello, my name is Sean. I've just collected my MS in EE on the way to PhD, studying in the "already-solved-problem" (according to many digital people) area of analog electronics.

I came across this site in what looks to be the usual way: collecting information prior to recapping a broken device. I'll be ordering parts for my monitor shortly and was pleased to find a couple websites other than Sparkfun that I hadn't heard of before.

[cserna]

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Hello, I'm living in Cape Coral, Fl, I got sony bravia tv kdl-52wl135 that it get sound but no picture