Re: New Member - Greetings

Hi, I'm a software programmer but started out in the electronics field 35 years ago.

Built my first computer in 1981. Soldered an expansion board with 300 discrete components and remember finding a broken pin on a ic socket that would test good if you pushed down on the ic pin with the test probe.

Now I'm troubleshooting a Samsung LJ41-05753A X Main Sustain Board from 58" Plasma. The fuse to the 15V power on the board is blown so I'm having a bit of fun pulling parts and testing them one at a time. I have ordered a...