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Dirty switchers ...

> Has anyone seen any good write-ups on, or figured out for themselves, just > how the self-oscillating dirty - i.e. sm...
33 comments posted 13yrs
posted by arfa.daily
33 comments posted 13yrs posted by arfa.daily

Toshiba VCR restoration help needed - Toterack

Hi all, I have replaced the belts inside the Toshiba VCR, (it's about 15 yrs old) and got the mechanics working to load...
7 comments posted 13yrs
posted by toterack
7 comments posted 13yrs posted by toterack

Help identify Mosfet

I need help finding this mosfet I looked everywhere but nothing. It is for my IPC +------------------------------------...
2 comments posted 13yrs
posted by jeepenstein.b707e28
2 comments posted 13yrs posted by jeepenstein.b707e28

CD lens scratches

The platter shifted along the spinner motor shaft until the lens could touch CDs so scratched CDs and presumably, as co...
3 comments posted 13yrs
posted by diverse
3 comments posted 13yrs posted by diverse

Op-Amp Substitution

Odd Question. I am repairing a Sony mixer for a friend and it has a bad JRC 5023 op amp. It is dead-shorted - so I know...
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posted by pfjw
12 comments posted 13yrs posted by pfjw

monitor 'opening jig'

Trying to get the back cover off a Dell E770s. The service manual says to use an 'opeing jig' to pop the latches. So fa...
1 comments posted 13yrs
posted by gbeccles
1 comments posted 13yrs posted by gbeccles

remove CRT monitor cover?

I have two Dell E770s monitors. One has a less-than-crisp display, the other just had what sounded like a capacitor fla...
5 comments posted 13yrs
posted by gbeccles
5 comments posted 13yrs posted by gbeccles

Tascam DR-07 SD card audio recorder

A bag of bits to deal with , someone thought epoxying a SM switch back onto the pcb was enough and then could not reass...
3 comments posted 13yrs
posted by diverse
3 comments posted 13yrs posted by diverse

Rotel RCD-855 Fix

Hello, all. I purchased the subject CDP about 20 years ago after reading a glowing review in stereophile mag. It has pe...
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posted by john.wood
4 comments posted 13yrs posted by john.wood

How to solder very thin stranded wire?

This is one conductor in a cable from some iPod earphones: http://www.tinyuploads.com/images/mizPu4.jpg What is the best...
21 comments posted 13yrs
posted by invalid
21 comments posted 13yrs posted by invalid

Source for 2.5mm Right Angle TRRS 4 Pole Plugs

I've been attempting to locate some replacement/repair type 2.5mm right angle/90 degree plugs and haven't found a suppl...
5 comments posted 13yrs
posted by wb_wildbill
5 comments posted 13yrs posted by wb_wildbill

Rigol DSA 815

This is a moderately priced spectrum analyzer covering 9 kHz to 1.5 Ghz with a tracking generator option. If you do RF,...
23 comments posted 13yrs
posted by charlesschuler
23 comments posted 13yrs posted by charlesschuler

Help identifying IC

It's an smd device with six legs, three on each side, about the size of an SOT23 transistor. Here's what it looks like:...
6 comments posted 13yrs
posted by ohger1s
6 comments posted 13yrs posted by ohger1s