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POWER PROBE

GREAT TOOL ! 100 watts backs up the lower power common HDepot Wellers...comes along... looking for tips, PP lists a cat...

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avagadro7

0 10yrs avagadro7

Weird TV Power Issues

Sort of a long story, but here goes: We have had 3 LCD TV's with the same i ssue. It is intermittent, but every day, ty...

3 10yrs

jbelding84

3 10yrs jbelding84

Close captioning over HDMI

I am hearing impaired, so I use Close Captioning a lot. I have a DVR/DVD recorder that I use for recording OTA programs...

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kmath50

4 10yrs kmath50

Broken screen phone

After a bad accident my new phone ( i've used it only in 2 months) get a broken screen, i keep using it but some of my...

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torncez.103d513a

6 10yrs torncez.103d513a

Connecting computer to DVDR

I want to connect my computer to my DVDR (and thus my tv's) but for now, I'm no longer interested in Roku or any of the...

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NONONOmisc07

3 10yrs NONONOmisc07

Re: OT landline metering

Gareth Magennis prodded the keyboard with: > Can't seem to Google this, but in the old days (in the UK) you could > put...

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baron

0 10yrs baron

Car radio - Tape player dead.

I have a 1995 Chevy truck. The Delco (factory) radio works fine, but the tape player was dead when I bought the used tr...

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boomer#6877250

2 10yrs boomer#6877250

Right to repair article in WSJ

"We Need the Right to Repair Our Gadgets" "People can fight back against planned obsolescence by fixing the tech easy."...

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jeffl

5 10yrs jeffl

TIP: Cleaning header socket for .5mm thick, 1mm spacing ribbon

0.5mm thick PTFE , but any soft plastic would do probably. With a fine needle make, as closely spaced as you can, rando...

3 10yrs

diverse

3 10yrs diverse

Re: Transistor identification?

On Mon, 7 Sep 2015 13:29:29 -0700, John Robertson Gave us: >John :-#)# >-- >(Please post followups or tech inquiries to...

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DLU1

1 10yrs DLU1

How can we tell from a WiFi card spec whether the NIC is 2.4GHz or 5GHz, or both?

How can we tell from an HP WiFi card spec whether the NIC is 2.4GHz or 5GHz, or both? I'm trying to help my sister buy...

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ewvesb

39 10yrs ewvesb

Sony KLV-40S550A 2 blinks.

The unit would power up (green l.e.d.) with no backlight and then run into SOS with a 2 red l.e.d. blink pattern. I not...

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crow_slapper

0 10yrs crow_slapper

Panasonic NV-SD260B VHS recorder won't load tapes anymore?

I dusted off a Panasonic NV-SD260B VHS recorder yeterday to archive some old tapes. It worked for a while, but no longe...

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M.Joshi

11 10yrs M.Joshi

Roland RD300SX keyboard

Took a heavy bash , cracked pcb in area of effects control pot, which must have been bashed. Obvious crack at an opamp,...

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diverse

3 10yrs diverse