Hey everyone,

Just wanted to say a quick hello and introduce myself. I recently stumbled across this forum while trying to troubleshoot some aging hardware, and I'm really glad I did — seems like a great community with a ton of knowledge.

I've been tinkering with electronics on and off for a few years. Nothing too serious, mostly hobby projects and fixing things that probably should've been recycled, but I've always enjoyed figuring out what went wrong and trying to bring stuff back to life. Lately I've been getting more curious about bad caps and board-level repairs,...