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[luke213]

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Hello folks my name is Luke, attempting some repairs on bad caps on a few of my older monitors etc. Looking for some pics etc so I went ahead and registered. Used the site off and on over the years via google searches for the same but just never needed the photos.

History wise worked as a computer tech and network admin for years before I left the industry and went to stitching leather for a living the last eleven So now I just dabble with tech and fix my own equipment in the house and shop.

Take care!

Luke

[biasedeye]

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Hi all, take care!

[ian2683]

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Hello guys i decided to join here, I am a systems developer for 10 years, but my pastime is to repair laptop/desktop and smartphones which i landed here to do some stuffs that some information are not available on the net. Cheers to all and happy new year!

[marker_123]

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Hello from cold Norway!

I'm a IT network guy who is interested in some electronics work, understanding how things works and maybe fixing issues

Best Regards
Marcin

[TylerD75]

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Well, here we go!

Hello!

I'm a Norwegian with a background in System Administration (both Linux and Windows), and programming.
Started out with a Amstrad CPC464, before moving on to a C64 (more games available).

Been tinkering with the software side of computers ever since, until university, where I also was introduced to electronics.
Recently I've been approached multiple times by friends and family with requests to fix iPads, iPhones and most recently a MacBook Pro.
Most of my repairs until now have been simple ones, like replacing a cracked display or changing batteries.

My recent MacBook Pro repair have proven a bit more interesting though, as there are patches of corrosion in some places.
I needed a schematic and boardview of an A1502 820-3476-A which led me to a post in here.
So I'm most definitely sticking around here for future repairs (got another 2 MacBook Pro's incoming).

So thanks for letting me in, and look forward to more interaction with this forum in the future!

Cheers!

[TylerD75]

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Hello from cold Norway!

I'm a IT network guy who is interested in some electronics work, understanding how things works and maybe fixing issues

Best Regards
Marcin

Well, what are the odds? Two Norwegians on the same day

[chipnotic]

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Hi all, i'm Portuguese and passionate about electronics, hope to learn more from the community. Thanks

[jasonkiet]

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Hi,

I am here because I need to find a 2sb1560 9-P. I have been reading a lot of stuff to troubleshoot my vsx1021k mcacc flashing

[JAMELGO]

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Hi,everybody!

I am from Spain and I am hear to learn and help on electronics. My first computer was a Commodore 64 and from there till now I have always been performing and repairing all my computers.

[andyb2000]

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Hi folks, finally decided to register and not lurk. Dabbled in electronics for years (well since I was about 12!) and end up repairing everything from TVs, computers, mobile phones, cookers, etc. Anything with a circuit board! Amazing what people throw away just because a cap went bad or a PSU failed.

[latino99]

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HEllo everyone, I`m a home grown tech savy guy who likes to repair Audio video and everhting with in consumer electronics. Still in the starting position of soldering and caps replacement department.

looking for help and tips from now and then....

[cxYoru]

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Hi I m a New member from turkey greetings from us

[Snowy79]

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Hi, the names Davy, I'm pretty new to TV repairing and electronics. Originally from Scotland and now an official beach bum in the Philippines. I retired early and have a back ground in electrical and mechanical engineering, the last five years before hanging up the tools professionaly I specialised in replacing lost keys, eeproming immobilisers and ECU's etc. I now repair anything I can get my hands on for free to help out friends and the locals.

[LegHornFregHorn]

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Hi all,

Lee from the UK here - thought it time to get my head into this forum proper.

10+ years experience servicing & support of professional install Audio equipment, (PA/VA)

Like to develop small projects on the side when not trying to be a rock star.

Always willing to have a bash at repairing/recycling anything electrical to save it from the land-fill.

Hope everyone is keeping safe. 8)

L

[4MATIC]

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hello user from india
i have found this forum is very helpful and support well

[danielwsharp]

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Just saying hello. I have a faulty Tannoy Reveal 6D and have joined as there are a few discussions around repairing dodgy boards due to melting glue!

[Aldan3]

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Hello everyone!
Since childhood, I fell in love with electronics and became an electrical engineer by profession. It happened a long time ago ,
more precisely in 1974. I speak Russian, German and English together with Google I liked the forum very much.

[Feifel]

Hello to all I am new

Welcome to all Members in this for me huge board.
I am from Austria and look for some troubleshooting help.
Nice from Google to point me to this forum.
Stay save!

[dom13]

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Hello
I got here after I bought a backup Lenovo W540 laptop with computrace and a supervisor password on a local advertisement site.

[blutoman]

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As this is a brand new forum, I thought I'd open up a thread to encourage new members to introduce themselves a bit.. now hey.. let's not get too personal.. ok ?

And if you wouldn't mind to keep this thread "clean" let's try to keep the the chitchat (i.e. even the welcome to the board replies) to a minimum or this thread may get to 100 pages fast

So I'll start things off :

My name is petabyte and I'm a forum junkie. :oops: I've been off the wagon for a number of years and countless times I've tried to stop but it's useless.. I need to feed my learning addiction.. :!:

Now just a bit about me.. I'm a fairly secretive guy in terms of privacy on the net.. especially when the things you write are visable to anyone with a net connection. But I love to share the info and knowledge I have, so that's why I'm here, to share and learn.

my formal education is that of an electronic engineer and I held a field service position with a firm for over 20 years.. that job is gone now along with company car and laptop <cry> oh well..
So needless to say (but i will) I've always tinkered with things.. yes, a hacker.. (too bad that term lost it's orignal meaning) a hardware hacker mostly.. hacking fixes in whatever I find that breaks.. (except for cars, I have friends for that) I got started a little late into the computers, my first box was an ibm pc-xt with a whopping 10meg HD,blazing fast 4.66mhz 8086 processor, 640k mem running dos 3.3.. man was I cool back then.. :roll: nevermind..

so these days, I'm forced to be a software guy as well.. as I fix pc's for friends and that usually means cleaning virus/trojan/adware and reinstalling OS's.. yeah hardware breaks but not that often :cry: so as a result, I keep up on my software knowledge by visting a few security forums.. and trolling around a few hardware forums as well.

now I found this place from a thread at motherboards.org/forums
where I've been hanging out lately.. it's a nice friendly place with some pretty smart people.. mostly, of course, it's about mobo's.. So this person mentioned badcaps.net and I recalled reading articles a year or so ago about the faulty caps and was curious as to what you guys were up to.. and I said "w00t.. they have a forum"..

and so now.. you're stuck with me :P

so what's your story ? come on.. give it up..

I am a 30+ years electronics junkie.
Some experience as a bench tech for 15 years then self employed/contract repair for 20 years. Oh yea and i build flight simulators for 2 years.
Somewhat retired but still active in electronic tinkering.