View Full Version : My Good Fortune, I thought I would tell you about it.
HBARleatherneck
10-30-2010, 17:32
Ok, we dont watch television. Sometimes, I will hook it up and watch "This old house" or "hometime". Lately, I found chanel 3 out of Sterling. And they have "Get SMart". Otherwise we dont watch broadcast television. But, we do have movies. And I have lots of Old John Wayne, Roy, Gene, Frank Sinatra, Danny Kaye, Gene Kelly, Fred Estaire, Esther Williams, Bob Hope, etc. (you get the picture). SO, all we have is a 25 year old 20 inch television. We could have bought a bigger tv, but it seemed a waste of money. So, 2 years ago, my mom bought a Samsung 40" HD lcd tv. It worked for just a year. Broke right after the warranty expired. She called around and the quotes to fix it were astronomical. So, she put it away, thinking someday to get it fixed. Well she never did. So, I was reading on the internet about the Samsung tvs crapping out. It said, it was just the capacitors on the power supply board. And they were cheap and easy to replace. My wife stopped at Radio Shack on Friday and bought me the capacitors. They were $1.79 a piece. It took 2, and now I have a free big tv. I know, you dont care, but I am happy. Now I dont have to use my binoculars to watch it.
Glad you were able to get it working again! Its nice when simples things fix stuff! If only this country needed a couple capacitors replaced we would really be in business!
Nice ,,Jughead,,no more squinting ?
S/F
2ndChildhood
10-30-2010, 18:09
Nice work!
Were the caps visibly swelling or leaking?
btw Hbar, I mostly shoot out at pawnee, we should hook up sometime.
patrick0685
10-30-2010, 18:14
Nice I have one of those tvs they are very nice
Great job. I once threw away a 22" flat screen monitor for my desktop, only to back inside, find out that it was a simple fix, and have it be gone from the dumpster hours after I had tossed it. That really sucked.
HBARleatherneck
10-30-2010, 18:37
the capacitors were visually swollen on top. i should say, i have never soldered a circuit board before. i have soldered wiring on my harley, truck, etc. but not anything like that. i was suprised i didnt screw it up.
yes we should all shoot sometime.
gnihcraes
10-30-2010, 19:25
The capacitor problem never really made the news, but has caused a lot of frustration for the last 10 years. If you don't know the story; Guy stole the formula for making the capacitors, sold it to another company and they cranked them out by the millions. Turns out the formula is bad. After a period of time the capacitors GAS too much and cause the case to bulge and leak.
Recently my Satellite receiver quit working, cracked the case on it, same thing. Power supply caps leaking.
I just wonder how many millions of devices are being tossed over the years due to this problem? And what types of devices? TV, Computer, Appliances, Medical Equipment?
The capacitor problem never really made the news, but has caused a lot of frustration for the last 10 years. If you don't know the story; Guy stole the formula for making the capacitors, sold it to another company and they cranked them out by the millions. Turns out the formula is bad. After a period of time the capacitors GAS too much and cause the case to bulge and leak.
Recently my Satellite receiver quit working, cracked the case on it, same thing. Power supply caps leaking.
I just wonder how many millions of devices are being tossed over the years due to this problem? And what types of devices? TV, Computer, Appliances, Medical Equipment?
Sounds like a conspiracy to force consumerism to me.
theGinsue
10-30-2010, 21:28
Were the caps visibly swelling or leaking?
The capacitor problem never really made the news, but has caused a lot of frustration for the last 10 years. If you don't know the story; Guy stole the formula for making the capacitors, sold it to another company and they cranked them out by the millions. Turns out the formula is bad. After a period of time the capacitors GAS too much and cause the case to bulge and leak.
Had a boot load of Dell workstations at work that had this same problem. Given that they belonged to Uncle Sam and they have strick policies on working on equipment on this level, I had to get them all replaced. they were older and junk anyway so I was glad to get them replaced.
Of course, the replacements were still used dell workstations that were just one model up from the ones I replaced. Good ole Uncle Sam.
Byte Stryke
10-30-2010, 21:37
Sounds like a conspiracy to force consumerism to me.
please tell me that you aren't just now catching on to that
gnihcraes
10-31-2010, 07:46
Had a boot load of Dell workstations at work that had this same problem. Given that they belonged to Uncle Sam and they have strick policies on working on equipment on this level, I had to get them all replaced. they were older and junk anyway so I was glad to get them replaced.
Of course, the replacements were still used dell workstations that were just one model up from the ones I replaced. Good ole Uncle Sam.
Did my fair share of Dell 280 motherboards for Mr. Sam myself.
We replaced hundreds of Gx/Sx 270/280 Dell motherboards. Dell had a "recall" on any board that failed. I personally replaced between 10 and 20 a week, and I did that for several months. The factory "recall" ended January 31, 2007? Maybe 2008, anyway, I still have about ten MBs in their boxes waiting for return shipping from Dell. The powers-that-be will not allow me to recycle them. They're too afraid Dell will want them back.
Dave
argonstrom
10-31-2010, 21:11
Dell had a "recall" on any board that failed. I personally replaced between 10 and 20 a week, and I did that for several months. The factory "recall" ended January 31, 2007?
Wish I had known about that! Oh well, I've learned how to build my own computer as a result. :)
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