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[Maquevil]

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[Maquevil]

Hello Pple.
I'm Maquevil, Maq for some Evil for others I have background in electronics and TI. Starting to open laptops and to change dc plugs. Hope to learn lot.
Salutations

[Kulli]

Hey there,
my name is Mario and i am from Austria. Actually i am here to troubleshoot a problem with my TV and hopefully find someone who could help me with that.

Greetings

[rangermonroe]

hello

[nolesfans]

Hi there! I'm Mark and I'm here to troubleshoot a problem with my LG-LC372D TV.

[jlariv8957]

Hi,

I'm James. I am an IT for 15 years, using computers for 32 years. my father was a tech, repairing TVs, VCRs, all he can found...
I'm here because I have some very basic skills in Electronics but I have

[foothillsjim]

Hi -
My name is Jim.
I live in Nevada City, CA - but still moving there after 30 years in Sunnyvale, CA (Silicon Valley).
Background is in mechanical engineering and technical sales.

I currently have an Onkyo TX-NR161 refurb unit that
smoked right after I turned it on the first time /session.
Turn on, "Check SP wire", click. (notice a slight smell?) Turn on, click.
(I think there might be something getting hot, maybe, or just warming up). Turn-on, factory reset, POP, smoke. .... unplug.

Was maybe powered for 15-30seconds in total.

(due to move it was boxed "new" for 16 months, and the 12-month
warranty expired before it was ever powered on - $40 to $80 to ship it
around possible long dicey repairs was missed...).

I have read this exact same problem from other people with the exact same model - but have not seen/heard what the fix was.
I will look and read around this forum to see what I can find.
I suspect at least problems around one channels output resister, transistors,
and associated capacitors.

[pottzy87]

My name is Daniel, born in 87". I live in OhiO.
I love to tinker and fix things, although I have no formal education in electronics, I learn quick and have learned a lot through this beautiful thing called the Internet. I have a knack for fixing things, electronic and mechanical.
My day job is CAM programmer. I took machine trades in high school and went on from there land a job running mills and lathes, then CNC's, and now program them. I hope to learn lots more about electronics repair on this forum, and maybe even help somebody else, which I love to do.

[hobbyist240501]

hellow everyone! im a newbie here in badcaps.

[hobbyist240501]

Hellow
Im Argie Gallamos From philippines

[rjasu67]

Hi ,
I am an electronics enthusiast and like to repair all my electronics equipments by myself.
I am having trouble with my Samsung LCD Tv and searching online for solution brought me to this site and I am real glad for this as the resources on this site are tremendous.

[Mos_Ilie]

Hi everyone,
I am glad that I will become a full member after the first post.

[kerberosi]

Hello,

My name is Christian, and I'm from Canada. Electronics have always been a hobby of mine, although these days my job as a computer programmer/systems administrator and real life have meant less time for that kind of thing.

I'm here because I've exhausted my own skills, as well as all the information I can find online, about the problem I'm having with my plasma TV. I'm hoping someone here will have some information I haven't already come across.

I've been a lurker here for quite some time - thanks for such a useful forum with so much information and good people.

[Bobr]

Hi Everyone,
Very friendly forum, I'm interested in fixing my stuff and learning new things along the way.
"Nobody fixes anything anymore" it seems and I hate to see good stuff in the recycling.
I'm not sure I'll be much help with caps but maybe something else. I know abit about everthing and a lot about nothing ha ha....

I live in Cork, Ireland
I like my privacy so don't have a big online profile.

Bobr

[joonak]

Hello from Finland

[GIGZ1971]

Hi i like to do computers and put custom roms on my phone

[Alkiryas]

I just ripped a capacitor off my Mobo...sigh...

[DuaneG]

My name is Duane. I'm from Alabama and do IT professionally..
Haven't had a TV in 10 years and finally decided to get one.

[Kurt Fren]

Hello everyone :-)
I have broken, tinkered with, and repaired various consumer electronics items for years ( since about 8 years old!). I am autistic, and a savant, to a minor degree. My spike in ability falls in the electronics and mechanical areas. I started by taking the sealed beam headlights out of mom's car while she had a friend over for coffee! It took less than ten minutes to have them neatly laid out on the driveway when she came to check on me! Lol...anyway I took other things apart until I learned how to reassemble them. I eventually learned how to fix things....I about drove my parents crazy before I started to become useful! I repaired a lot of car audio in my younger days, then became interested in home audio and TV's. I got into high end equipment after that. I had one of the first CD players (Hitachi's DA 1000) First Laserdisc Pioneer (I can't remember that model, but it was a huge top load with a HeNe laser tube in it!) A RCA VHS hifi, 27" Sony trinitron tube tv, Ferrograph integraded amp, and JBL Le 100 speakers. That was my first "home theater" setup. All these items were people's trash that I repaired. I have repaired a lot of equipment since then, when I was about 13 years old. I have had a large home theater since then with a Barcographics projector, Faroudja vp-400, lexicon dc-10 pre/pro,all Adcom GFA-555 amps,and a lot of other stuff...I am currently just working on flat panel HDTV's and reselling them to make some coin ;-) I have always enjoyed the perks of being able to fix things...

[Badcapsluke]

Hi there, I'm Luke.

I've no electronic studies, and my experiance i rather home one. I like to lern and I enjoy electronics.
I bump into this forum, looking how to repair Badcaps
I'm over 30 and have no kids, and I hope this comunity will help me to solve few problems..
So excited..