I was asked to look at a Taco VFD that would not power up. This particular model was discontinued and the replacement cost was more than double the cost of brand new unit. Examined the SMPS and it was clear what the issue was. A number of capacitors had leaked. Read more…
To NAS or not to NAS. Received a hard drive from a failed RAID configuration. Upon troubleshooting found issues with media. Requested the missing drive and also received the controller. It was a WD unit. Diagnosed the second drive, it was in much worse shape. Upon checking log in controller, Read more…
I was asked if I could repair a toy car, that had sentimental value. The car had multiple wires that were disconnected form it’s control board. There is of course no wiring diagram available. There were a number of buttons that controlled different sounds and effects. After finding out what Read more…
New board to the rescue. Had a request from a friend to look at his Samsung S42AX TV that had no display Narrowed down issue to main board. Now there was chance I could repair the board, but a replacement would be more certain. Opted for the replacement since parts Read more…
Putting back the Wi in WiFi. With many working from home due to pandemic and meeting with others by means such as Zoom, the need for reliable internet connection is important. This particular laptop did not have the 5GHz as an option and also the signal level was poor. Ordered Read more…