Re: Multiple TV's, multiple issues

well, I got the Admiral apart today and found out it is actually an Orion rebranded to Admiral - way to go Montgomery Ward or whomever...

anyways, I can't see any bad caps, or nothing that jumps out at me, and all the caps in the TV were Rubyconn's. there was one questionable, there was white goop on the board near the cap similar to the white goop/glue that is used to hold the wires down to the board, the only issue was there wasn't a wire near the white goop and the cap was bent away from it (bottom pointed towards goop).
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Re: Multiple TV's, multiple issues



probably my fault for not mentioning build dates...

the Sanyo is later '90's I believe, I can't remember the exact year, but I want to say it was '97. the admiral was either 2000 or 2001 (can't remember if it was 01/2000 or 09/2001).

I haven't had the chance to take either apart yet, a couple of other projects are slightly ahead of these in the "honey-do list"....

Re: Multiple TV's, multiple issues




never leave the 27" tv on. after it was a green line, I shut the TV off, unplugged it and its been sitting for a couple of months. the admiral has been like this since we got it. we were told it went away after warm but it hasn't.

[B]I was reading on eHow about them changing out caps (I don't trust the advice 100% like to get broader/more info from forums) and it said something about discharging the CRT prior to working on the board...how do I go about that?[/B]

if it ends up being nothing...

Re: 2 motherboards - 2 problems....




I tried the Intel with the OCZ, the problem didn't arise until about 3-4 months ago, it would start more often than not, then about a week ago it was starting less often than not, then one day it didn't boot at all until like 3-4 hours later I tried it and it booted. I didn't mean to shut it down that night, I accidentally (by force of habit) put it into standby, thus it wouldn't wake up/boot the next morning.

the old power supply "works" but it smelled bad when running, hence it got replaced. I...

yeah, apparently my problems come in pairs - my only other post is about my 2 dead/dying tv's.

so, I have a Presario 5010us (I think), that isn't really itself anymore...

I've replaced the motherboard with a gigabyte board, the CPU to 1.4 instead of 1.2, the RAM with 2 sticks of Samsung 256mb PC133, a video card, a OCZ power supply, and 160gb HDD. I think thats everything. basically, the computer is now a throw together and was working great for being 10 years old.

one motherboard, the original intel motherboard, had an issue with restarting on me...

I have 2 TV's that have 2 different problems.

firstly, an Admiral set 32" (or 36"?) who's picture is jumping/shaking up and down constantly. when it gets warm, it settles down some and we can tolerate it, but any text on the screen is unreadable (like sports scores). I've fiddled with the 5 knobs on the inside, Vpos Vmax, Hsize (or similar) and sharpness and white balance/contrast. someone said the horizontal or vertical (can't remember) sync is going out, I'd rather do the repair myself as I can't afford $100+ for someone to repair it or even look at it and I definitely...