Re: LG Scarlet 47LG60



I have the same 47LG60 LCD TV and it has the same green/pink flickering horizontal lines all over the screen. (Eg. looks similar to interference).
I did what you said and removed the cover off the Sub T-Con Board to expose the large BGA Processor. Then I applied heat from a hair dryer and like a miracle, the lines disappeared, and the screen is perfect. But, the lines come back when it cools down again. Heating up the other chips on the T-Con Board or the Main board did nothing.

The TV was a freebie, so I might try a reflow...

Re: bad caps of the 1990's played havoc with car ECU's

I went ahead and changed out the two leaky capacitors and I can confirm that IT IS FIXED!!!!
Idles perfect from start up, NO Hesitation and NO Flat spot on acceleration.
I can feel a noticeable gain in low end torque.
In the last year it has gotten very sluggish, which I just put down to engine getting old. Now, it is back to how it was when I first bought it.

I am hoping that fuel economy will also improve, because lately I have needed to fill up, way too often.

I only changed...

Re: bad caps of the 1990's played havoc with car ECU's

Yes. Throttle body cleaned, Idle air control cleaned and probed.
Anyway I removed the ecu and have taken photos of the leaky capacitors....

Re: bad caps of the 1990's played havoc with car ECU's

Hi. I have a 1993 Camry. It has done over 300 000kms. In the last year it has developed a bad idle on start up but improves when warm. Engine is very good, excellent compressions, excellent sparks. I have spent many hours probing all the sensors and have found no problems. I have also replaced coolant sensor, oxygen sensor, MAP sensor, ignition coil.
Checked plugs, checked leads, cleaned idle control motor, checked throttle position switch, cleaned EGR valve, cleaned all terminals.
As a last straw I was about...

Re: Toshiba Satellite - Locks up when plugged in

On another note,
I ripped my Acer Aspire 5735 apart today and guess what...........I found an NEC TOKIN OE907 sitting under the CPU. Laptop functions fine but for how long? I can't believe they're still using this POS.

Anyway, I will be keeping an eye out for broken down Acer Aspires that I can score for cheap, from now on.

Re: Toshiba Satellite - Locks up when plugged in

I didn't take any pictures, but it looks just like the ones on the first page of this thread, posted by ablacon64.

Apply a small amount of solder to the motherboard and a little bit to each of the capacitors first. Then place on one capacitor at a time and apply heat to the legs of the capacitor. It solders in place quiet easily. Don't use huge amounts of heat, because the cpu socket is on the otherside.

Re: Design Weaknesses - by Brand

HP Pavillion dv6000, dv67000. To try to make the laptop thin, they made the plastic cover of the lcd screen very thin also. There is too much flex in the screen.
Also, the plastic bezel on the front of the screen is very poorly designed. The top edge of it sits right on the lcd ribbon tapes. Just a small bump, and you start to get the dreaded, coloured vertical lines.

Re: Toshiba Satellite - Locks up when plugged in

I found this site and decided to fix my Toshiba Satellite L300. It was rebooting every 10 minutes non-stop, with the AC plugged in. With the battery it was good, but with the AC plugged in, it would always reboot.

Not a heat problem.

I found the OE128 capacitor inside. Broke it with small pliers, and removed piece by piece. Found four 330uF capacitors in another laptop motherboard. Not sure about ESR values, but they should be low because they were near the CPU. I used these and soldered in place like...