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[inconito]

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hi everyone , I am 44 years old i am from Algeria

[rjpeek6]

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I've been working at the same company in Texas for over 25 years, troubleshooting down to component level and replacing those components as well. I've offend wondered if someone could make a little extra on the side doing this line of work. I came across Louis Rossmann's videos on YouTube and thought I would give it a try.

[mgalamba]

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Hi... I´m Mauricio from Argentina ... i have been in the mud for the last 20 years, it's almost impossible to get parts over here ...

[monguru]

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Hello!

I should show up.

So I'm ready to talk about myself.

Well, that sounds like an easy thing, but it's not.

First of all:

I am a retired Hungarian man with 67 years of technical experience (electronics).

My level of English cannot be classified.

I would put it this way:
passive technical language skills.

What I learned in a self-taught way.

So I don't even read literary works in English.

BUT I can interpret the technical descriptions and service documentation.

Anyway, I still use the google translator, luckily it has evolved a lot over the years.

Second:

I have always been interested in electricity,

In the garden arbor
already in my childhood
I set up a small "laboratory"
equipped with a wide variety of instruments.

This is where I start building amateur radios.

After graduating from elementary school, my continuing education was a little different from that direction.

But I've always stayed with TV repair, computer repair.

I worked for several electronics companies, let me not list them all.

I am now retired it would not be important for me to work.

But this is also my hobby!

I also registered for this forum because I can find a lot of information here (too) and maybe I can give it too.

It's not the only electronics forum I'm registered to, but because
the many google hits here attracted me to join you.

Please welcome me as I turn to you.

Once again, I apologize for my unqualified language skills.

[cap_user22]

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hi everyone im new in this forum and appreciate that there is such a site that we can ask assistance on caps. im 57yrs old and a retired systems admistrator, i used to work in a bank and now that i have retired i can do fulltime electronic repair on board level. In the company we used to replace the intire board or module because time is important, now i will have that time to enjoy. Thanks

[.Vec]

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Hello, Im here to learn and discuss GPU repair.and PCB modding.

[jimbobcress]

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Hi Im James and i am a new to this forum. Well i have actually used it for about 2 years now when searching for things and 9 out of 10 times i have found what ive needed, so thought it was about time to put something back in.
I have always been interested in computers and tech/gadgets, and for several years helped friends out with mobile screen changes, but about 2 years ago i saw a video on youtube of Louis Rossman doing things i didnt know was even possible to a pcb, and my mind was blown. I wanted to do that as well, so jump forward to now with very little money i have joined the self repair community and love it.
Thank you to the forum memebers who kindly share their knowledge and experience here, without them i would of given up and thought board level repair was only for the manufacturers.
Keep up the good work and i hope that Right to Repair works out for all you guys in the USA.

[JFarm]

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Hello, my name is Jack. I have enjoyed tinkering with electronics for several decades, but as I near retirement from my day job I am spending more time at it. Mostly I just enjoy the puzzle-solving aspect of diagnosing a problem in a piece of equipment; and, I can't stand to throw away a broken item without having at least tried to fix it myself.

Google has led me to this forum dozens of times, so I thought it might be time to finally join.

[ahmad_hodrob]

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Hi everybody this is Ahmad from Jordan

[ahmad_hodrob]

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can anybody help me with the value of this resistor color coded as follow :

brown
black
green
gold
white
in the resistor color chart it is 105 ohms and with the multimeter it reads. 1Mohms.


Awaiting your help.

Ahmad

[jungle_jim]

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Hi
I'm Jim

I've been tinkering with electronics - and computers - for 35 years. No formal training, I just BS along. I really need to do a course or something and really get the basics down properly - all that stuff like Ohms Law etc etc.

It's usually repair projects for me - whether it's a guitar FX pedal or a washing machine!

Thanks
Jim

[Superglue]

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Hi, I am located in the UK, I'm a serial tinkerer that likes to repair anything I can including electronics, my limited knowledge on PCBs can be frustrating but perseverance usually works.......ready the fire extinguisher!!!!
Cheers 😊

[Mcesarfml]

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hello, my name is Mauro and I have been dealing with electronics since the 80s, so I started to work with computers, my first was an XT after 386 and so on, today I turned to hardware and maintenance again.

[HBehjat]

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I am an IT developer and have been involved with software systems for over 3 decades. Back in the 1980s I did a course at a Polytechnic which in today's education climate would scale to about a mid level of a degree course. I followed that up with another Diploma in computer programming and operational research. Having tried very had to get my desired job as a computer programmer since the summer of 1983 to about March 1985 and failed I settled for a job In computer operations in the hope that I would be able to climb up the ladder and finally get a programming job. My efforts finally paid dividends when in October of 1989 I managed to get a role as a Tandem basic computer programmer. From then on it was a hard way up the road to get practical experience in my field. Three decades later I have now covered a wide variety of computer languages and reasonably experienced in my field.

About twenty years ago I started looking at electronics and the more I read the more I was liking the subject to the point where I was questioning myself that if I could turn the clock back this would be the subject that I would academically go to university to study. Since that time every time I have found the time I have tried to read up on and watch videos about electricity and electronics. I would describe myself as a hobbyist with some theoretical knowledge on electronics and always improving. I joined badcaps knowing that no one knows everything. It is my firm belief that one can only make progress by being open mined and knowing that we all live in a world we all have created for ourselves and it revolves on rules, knowledge and understanding, much of which came long before I arrived into this world. So I am here to learn and improve. There is a saying in my motherland, “from the pram to the grave everyday one should seek knowledge”. So please accept me with open arms ! and teach me some new knowledge/experience and for that I would like to thank you all in advance.

And thank you for having me here.

[Kei.Kurono.931]

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Hi every one, Daniel from México.

I find the information in this forum very helpfull and his members. I am not a electronics technician but i am very fond of the Lenovo Thinkpad Laptops so i am here to try to fix them.

Saludos

[azzAZZ]

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Hi. Im Andrew from Russia. learning programming and love bricks hardware.

[jpreza]

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Hello everyone,

My name is JP and I'm from Chicago, IL. I'm joining this forum to get information on how to fix a Samsung 42" Plasma TV with the infamous click on/click off sound!

[gottfried235325]

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Hi, I'm Adam and I'm trying to fix my Lenovo Thinkpad E485 that got bricked after a BIOS update.

[zwastik]

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Hi, I am here looking to learn more about capacitors and electronic stuff. Great forum.

[dave8647]

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Hello. I fix TVs and stuff for family and friends as a hobby.