Electronics Repair

laptop display fault

I've got a Dell laptop (an Inspiron 9300) here with a corrupted LCD display. Quick and awful (sorry) photo here: http:/...

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posted by julesrichardsonnewsmoo

5 comments posted 13yrs posted by julesrichardsonnewsmoo

Tektronix 221 , hand held oscilloscope from the 1970s

Works if you charge up the nicad packs out of the machine, then introduce them, but the charge circuit is not working....

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posted by diverse

7 comments posted 13yrs posted by diverse

Canon MP970 service manual?

Where can I get a free PDF copy of this? Thanks.

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posted by invalid

0 comments posted 13yrs posted by invalid

Retro hum ?

Vox VT100 , AC30 look-alike , white knobs etc, but DSP etc, 2008 Repaired but 18mV , simple DVM Vac , measured over the...

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posted by diverse

4 comments posted 13yrs posted by diverse

Fixing Headphones

I have a couple of headphones that have stopped producing sound on one side and I wanted to try fixing them. I know it...

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posted by Searcher7

19 comments posted 13yrs posted by Searcher7

Rechargeable Cell Size Standards -was- Actual Size of 4/3 A NIMH Cells With Tabs Length Dimension

I get dizzy roaming around from one supplier/manufacturer to another looking for any standards as they apply to differe...

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posted by wb_wildbill

11 comments posted 13yrs posted by wb_wildbill

Cause of 'whooshing' sound

I've got a Creative PC speaker, woofer and 5 tweeters. With inputs disconnected I get a sort of intermittent whooshing...

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posted by bjprice

7 comments posted 13yrs posted by bjprice

Miniature Glass Component With Resistance Not A Diode In A Rechargeable NIMH Battery Pack

I can't recall what a glass-enclosed device is called which I think is a capacitive component with resistance. This com...

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posted by wb_wildbill

4 comments posted 13yrs posted by wb_wildbill

Neither tape decks work on Aiwa ZL500

Cassette decks do not work, just makes clicking noises, will not FF or RW either. not in pause mode either, and have cl...

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posted by Talesin

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Do musos know how shoddy their expensive kit is?

Another Marshall 2266 this time from 2009. The input guitar lead socket soldering looks ok under x30 viewing but 3 of t...

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posted by diverse

4 comments posted 13yrs posted by diverse

Help understanding fan motor.

Hi, Pulled a fan motor from a large (new) assembly some years ago. The best I could do was to take some attached compon...

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posted by splork

14 comments posted 13yrs posted by splork

Can reconnecting cable service kill a TV?

I have a 4 1/2 year-old Sony Bravia KDL-52W4100 LCD TV. I typically watch a couple of DVDs a week, but rarely watch tel...

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posted by gf1701

7 comments posted 13yrs posted by gf1701

Display from an old Toshiba 205CDS

A photo of the display on an old Toshiba 205CDS is here. http://carnot.yi.org/Satellite205CDS.jpg An external monitor c...

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posted by peasthope

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New Dropbox alternative with 10GB free space

Everybody, there is a new online storage startup, similar to Dropbox or box.com, get your free 10 GB easily, 5GB on sig...

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posted by akanakshaa

5 comments posted 13yrs posted by akanakshaa

Listing of bad valve batch numbers anyehere?

2007 made Marshall 2266. Someone had been in there before and changed ECC83 V3 and V4 which function and tested fine. I...

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posted by diverse

1 comments posted 13yrs posted by diverse