Toshiba TV29C90 problem; Image fades to black...

[James Sweet]

"William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgeezer@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:2L2dnY9G2JgRgZLVnZ2dnUVZ_tCrnZ2d@comcast.com...

Add to this that my eyes are not as
good as they were 20 years ago (even 5 years ago...) and that *all*
lead-free joints *look* bad with their dull crystalline surface, and I
would
have to agree that now, bad joints are likely to turn a job from a
one-coffee money spinner, to a pot-of-coffee frustrating money loser ...

What would happen if service technicians got together and agreed to refuse
to service equipment made with lead-free solder?

They'd go out of business.

Pretty much everything made now is lead free, refuse to service it, and it
simply encourages people to do what they're already doing in droves, throw
it out and buy a new one.

 

[James Sweet]

"William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgeezer@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:2L2dnY9G2JgRgZLVnZ2dnUVZ_tCrnZ2d@comcast.com...

Add to this that my eyes are not as
good as they were 20 years ago (even 5 years ago...) and that *all*
lead-free joints *look* bad with their dull crystalline surface, and I
would
have to agree that now, bad joints are likely to turn a job from a
one-coffee money spinner, to a pot-of-coffee frustrating money loser ...

What would happen if service technicians got together and agreed to refuse
to service equipment made with lead-free solder?

They'd go out of business.

Pretty much everything made now is lead free, refuse to service it, and it
simply encourages people to do what they're already doing in droves, throw
it out and buy a new one.

 

[Jerry Peters]

James Sweet <jamessweet@hotmail.com> wrote:

"bz" <bz+ser@ch100-5.chem.lsu.edu> wrote in message
news:Xns9A87DE7F5C25DWQAHBGMXSZHVspammote@130.39.198.139...
Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> wrote in news:_18Pj.117388$D_3.86716
@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:

When I worked for a large aluminum company, I had a 14" platter from a
crashed drive, the aluminum substrate had been gouged by the heads in
at least a 1/2" wide circle.

I have one of the 14" platters here, now.

In the late 70's, early 80's I actually replaced platters and heads and
aligned drives.

Again at the large Al company we had some IBM 3380 drives where the
head actuators retracted against a rubber bumper. Over time the rubber
degraded and became sticky, the IBM CE's actually replaced or covered
the rubber bumpers with new ones, while the disk were spinning! Turns
out that the disk assemblies while having a clear plastic surround,
were not really sealed.

One crash was caused by the rubber bumpers in the top of the removable
disk
pack shrinking and dropping onto the hub of the spinning disk.
The friction caused the rubber tow abrade and the dust crashed the heads.

4 heads, two platters, one fixed, one removable got trashed by the dust.

Another crash was due to the velocity transducer coming loose.
The head loading current kept increasing because there was no indication
of
the heads moving.
The carriage made a max velocity seek toward the hub.
Sounded like a shotgun going off.
Broke off the head travel stop.


....
Not in my experience. Given the number of times W9x locked up with no
alternative but to do a hard reset,

If the system is locked up, the hard reset is necessary. No choice.

It is less likely to cause damage than just killing power to the computer
in the middle of normal boot up, running or shutdown.

I have had few problems. Never had
to do a reinstall because of this.
Depending on how and what NTFS journals, XP should be good in that
regard also.

Well as the department's 'fix it' person, I see the results of bad luck.
Often they tell me 'the power was shut off accidentally' or some such.

And I have managed to crash a few, on my own, by ignoring the 'proper
shutdown' rules.




Depends on when it happens. If write caching is enabled and the machine
loses power before the cache is flushed to the disk, whatever file it was
writing will often be corrupted. These little errors tend to accumulate
until you have all sorts of weird unreliable behavior. Even proper shutdowns
don't seem to prevent Windows from eventually deteriorating.

Exactly, given the general crapiness of Windows, how would you know

whether the problem is accumulated errors from improper shutdowns or
just general Windows flakiness.

Jerry

 

[Jerry Peters]

bz <bz+ser@ch100-5.chem.lsu.edu> wrote:

Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> wrote in news:_18Pj.117388$D_3.86716
@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:

When I worked for a large aluminum company, I had a 14" platter from a
crashed drive, the aluminum substrate had been gouged by the heads in
at least a 1/2" wide circle.

I have one of the 14" platters here, now.

In the late 70's, early 80's I actually replaced platters and heads and
aligned drives.

Again at the large Al company we had some IBM 3380 drives where the
head actuators retracted against a rubber bumper. Over time the rubber
degraded and became sticky, the IBM CE's actually replaced or covered
the rubber bumpers with new ones, while the disk were spinning! Turns
out that the disk assemblies while having a clear plastic surround,
were not really sealed.

One crash was caused by the rubber bumpers in the top of the removable disk
pack shrinking and dropping onto the hub of the spinning disk.
The friction caused the rubber tow abrade and the dust crashed the heads.

4 heads, two platters, one fixed, one removable got trashed by the dust.

Another crash was due to the velocity transducer coming loose.
The head loading current kept increasing because there was no indication of
the heads moving.
The carriage made a max velocity seek toward the hub.
Sounded like a shotgun going off.
Broke off the head travel stop.

At a bank I worked for in the '70s the operators used to stick a punch

card with the volser on it in the groove between the clear plastic top
of the disk pack holder and the base (used to hold unmounted disk
packs). One day one of the cards managed to get inside the pack when
it was mounted. Crashed that pack and the one in the drawer above or
below it. These were IBM 3330's with 2 drawers per unit.

....
Not in my experience. Given the number of times W9x locked up with no
alternative but to do a hard reset,

If the system is locked up, the hard reset is necessary. No choice.

It is less likely to cause damage than just killing power to the computer
in the middle of normal boot up, running or shutdown.

I have had few problems. Never had
to do a reinstall because of this.
Depending on how and what NTFS journals, XP should be good in that
regard also.

Well as the department's 'fix it' person, I see the results of bad luck.
Often they tell me 'the power was shut off accidentally' or some such.

And I have managed to crash a few, on my own, by ignoring the 'proper
shutdown' rules.

I'm _not_ advocating ignoring proper shutdown. I always try to
shutdown properly. I just don't think it causes all of the problems
some people tend to blame on improper shutdown. Especially considering
the number of times I've had to power off W98.

Jerry

 

[Jerry Peters]

bz <bz+ser@ch100-5.chem.lsu.edu> wrote:

Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> wrote in news:_18Pj.117388$D_3.86716
@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:

When I worked for a large aluminum company, I had a 14" platter from a
crashed drive, the aluminum substrate had been gouged by the heads in
at least a 1/2" wide circle.

I have one of the 14" platters here, now.

In the late 70's, early 80's I actually replaced platters and heads and
aligned drives.

Again at the large Al company we had some IBM 3380 drives where the
head actuators retracted against a rubber bumper. Over time the rubber
degraded and became sticky, the IBM CE's actually replaced or covered
the rubber bumpers with new ones, while the disk were spinning! Turns
out that the disk assemblies while having a clear plastic surround,
were not really sealed.

One crash was caused by the rubber bumpers in the top of the removable disk
pack shrinking and dropping onto the hub of the spinning disk.
The friction caused the rubber tow abrade and the dust crashed the heads.

4 heads, two platters, one fixed, one removable got trashed by the dust.

Another crash was due to the velocity transducer coming loose.
The head loading current kept increasing because there was no indication of
the heads moving.
The carriage made a max velocity seek toward the hub.
Sounded like a shotgun going off.
Broke off the head travel stop.

At a bank I worked for in the '70s the operators used to stick a punch

card with the volser on it in the groove between the clear plastic top
of the disk pack holder and the base (used to hold unmounted disk
packs). One day one of the cards managed to get inside the pack when
it was mounted. Crashed that pack and the one in the drawer above or
below it. These were IBM 3330's with 2 drawers per unit.

....
Not in my experience. Given the number of times W9x locked up with no
alternative but to do a hard reset,

If the system is locked up, the hard reset is necessary. No choice.

It is less likely to cause damage than just killing power to the computer
in the middle of normal boot up, running or shutdown.

I have had few problems. Never had
to do a reinstall because of this.
Depending on how and what NTFS journals, XP should be good in that
regard also.

Well as the department's 'fix it' person, I see the results of bad luck.
Often they tell me 'the power was shut off accidentally' or some such.

And I have managed to crash a few, on my own, by ignoring the 'proper
shutdown' rules.

I'm _not_ advocating ignoring proper shutdown. I always try to
shutdown properly. I just don't think it causes all of the problems
some people tend to blame on improper shutdown. Especially considering
the number of times I've had to power off W98.

Jerry

 

[ian field]

"James Sweet" <jamessweet@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:2DJPj.7340$XY1.2361@trndny03...

tnom@mucks.net> wrote in message
news:ehmu041cmkkmrjomg3job3i79p9t0779kk@4ax.com...
I have a 10 year old 32" Magnavox that pincushions intermittently.

If you smack the housing it usually has an effect on the condition so
I suspect a connector or other hardware problem.

Before I actually tackle taking this 200 pound TV apart I thought I'd
ask for specific locations that may be suspect in the horizontal sweep
section of the TV. Any suggestions?

Cracked solder joint(s) in the pincussion circuit. Usually it sits
somewhere between the horizontal and the vertical sections.

I'd add to that, the fault should be attended to sooner rather than later as
arcing and carbonised PCB is a possibility.

 

[ian field]

"James Sweet" <jamessweet@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:2DJPj.7340$XY1.2361@trndny03...

tnom@mucks.net> wrote in message
news:ehmu041cmkkmrjomg3job3i79p9t0779kk@4ax.com...
I have a 10 year old 32" Magnavox that pincushions intermittently.

If you smack the housing it usually has an effect on the condition so
I suspect a connector or other hardware problem.

Before I actually tackle taking this 200 pound TV apart I thought I'd
ask for specific locations that may be suspect in the horizontal sweep
section of the TV. Any suggestions?

Cracked solder joint(s) in the pincussion circuit. Usually it sits
somewhere between the horizontal and the vertical sections.

I'd add to that, the fault should be attended to sooner rather than later as
arcing and carbonised PCB is a possibility.

 

[ian field]

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:gYCdnSPEu62w-ZLVnZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@earthlink.com...

ian field wrote:

Its a terrifying monster that preys on big girly wuss's.

Be afraid..............be very afraid!


Yawn.......................

Keeping you up are we?

 

[ian field]

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:gYCdnSPEu62w-ZLVnZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@earthlink.com...

ian field wrote:

Its a terrifying monster that preys on big girly wuss's.

Be afraid..............be very afraid!


Yawn.......................

Keeping you up are we?

 

[ian field]

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:05KdnZjCfsyqP5LVnZ2dnUVZ_qLinZ2d@earthlink.com...

ian field wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:gYCdnSPEu62w-ZLVnZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@earthlink.com...

ian field wrote:

Its a terrifying monster that preys on big girly wuss's.

Be afraid..............be very afraid!


Yawn.......................

Keeping you up are we?


Boring me with your self importance. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZzz............

Eh?!

 

[Dr.Hal0nf1rŁ$]

§ńühw¤Łf wrote:

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:43:07 +0100
"Dr.Hal0nf1rŁ$" <femail@nospam.kustomkomputa.co.uk.invalid> wrote:

§ńühw¤Łf wrote:
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:32:32 +0100
"Dr.Hal0nf1rŁ$" <femail@nospam.kustomkomputa.co.uk.invalid> wrote:

§ńühw¤Łf wrote:
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:15:06 +0100
"Dr.Hal0nf1rŁ$" <femail@nospam.kustomkomputa.co.uk.invalid> wrote:

§ńühw¤Łf wrote:
On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:34:16 -0700
Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com> wrote:

On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:09:53 -0500, in the land of
alt.usenet.kooks, snuhwolf@netscape.net (§ńühw¤Łf) got double
secret probation for writing:

Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com> clouded the waters of pure
thought with:
On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:01:56 -0700, in the land of
alt.usenet.kooks, §ńühw¤Łf <snuhwolf@netscape.net> got double
secret probation for writing:

On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:35:53 +1000
"Kadaitcha Man" <nospam.nospam.nospam@gmail.com> wrote:

"Aratzio" <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
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On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:26:03 +1000, in the land of
alt.usenet.kooks, "Kadaitcha Man"
nospam.nospam.nospam@gmail.com> got double secret
probation for writing:

"Butch Haynes" <butch@huntsville> wrote in message
news:zbmdnUfjYIjDTZXVnZ2dnUVZ_gWdnZ2d@comcast.com...
radiant_x@outgun.com> wrote in message
news:293e3140-e027-496c-89d8-27906e8991f7@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...

I recently installed a DVD drive into my PC. (2 days
ago.) Since then, I get spontaneous power loss
periodically - sometimes seconds after booting, other
times after hours of operation. I've tried replacing
the power supply, and I've tried removing all my
hardware (other than RAM), so I'm thinking it must be
motherboard related.

Unplug/replug all power and data connections. That way,
the errant loose one will be fixed and your problem will
be resolved.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Tech support by feng shui.

"I've tried removing all my hardware(other than RAM)"

Do none of them understand what that entails?


None of them understand anything.

I go toetally on into-ition.
Just do what feels good for a few hours...take out a few
cables...fondle them...blow out the dust bunnies...listen to
the Grateful Dead live at Winterland for inspiration. Drink
another beer...
Change a bunch of jumpers on the Mobo at random.
Leave shit scattered around on yer workbench and wander
away. Watch cartoons for another hour...
Come back and put it back together.
Holy Shit! Now it works.
Thats how I do it anyway.
FYI
HTH

Dunno why you geeks muck about with all that crap.

I take em out to the back 40, prop em against the side of the
gully and show them my Springfield 30-06.

BLINK
BLINK
OMG! I would never shoot a poor defenceless computer!

They always work after that.

I assume you miss...

Works good with the employees, wife and kids too.

Note to self: dont work for 'Ratz.

Never had need to actually fire the damn thing.

Interesting. So you say that pc's respond to threats of
annihilation? I've got a sledge hammer laying about...
Will it solve my booting problems?

Try steel toe caps.

That didnt help at all.

You didn't kick it hard enough.

Now it wont turn on at all.
You owe me a new computer.

You weren't supposed to kick the on/off switch; especially with
steel toe caps!

I kicked the po\/\/3r supp1y.
Smokin!

Now replace the PSU and discover that the old one was the cause of the
original fault, and now the computer works perfectly - Problem solved.

--
http://www.kustomkomputa.co.uk
- Personalised Desktop Computers

 

[relic]

Dr.Hal0nf1rŁ$ wrote:

§ńühw¤Łf wrote:
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:43:07 +0100
"Dr.Hal0nf1rŁ$" <femail@nospam.kustomkomputa.co.uk.invalid> wrote:

§ńühw¤Łf wrote:
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:32:32 +0100
"Dr.Hal0nf1rŁ$" <femail@nospam.kustomkomputa.co.uk.invalid> wrote:

§ńühw¤Łf wrote:
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:15:06 +0100
"Dr.Hal0nf1rŁ$" <femail@nospam.kustomkomputa.co.uk.invalid
wrote:
§ńühw¤Łf wrote:
On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:34:16 -0700
Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com> wrote:

On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:09:53 -0500, in the land of
alt.usenet.kooks, snuhwolf@netscape.net (§ńühw¤Łf) got double
secret probation for writing:

Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com> clouded the waters of pure
thought with:
On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:01:56 -0700, in the land of
alt.usenet.kooks, §ńühw¤Łf <snuhwolf@netscape.net> got
double secret probation for writing:

On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:35:53 +1000
"Kadaitcha Man" <nospam.nospam.nospam@gmail.com> wrote:

"Aratzio" <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
news:9opi0456deigk7ihd4bq4mq3u9mar9tha3@4ax.com...
On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:26:03 +1000, in the land of
alt.usenet.kooks, "Kadaitcha Man"
nospam.nospam.nospam@gmail.com> got double secret
probation for writing:

"Butch Haynes" <butch@huntsville> wrote in message
news:zbmdnUfjYIjDTZXVnZ2dnUVZ_gWdnZ2d@comcast.com...
radiant_x@outgun.com> wrote in message
news:293e3140-e027-496c-89d8-27906e8991f7@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...

I recently installed a DVD drive into my PC. (2 days
ago.) Since then, I get spontaneous power loss
periodically - sometimes seconds after booting, other
times after hours of operation. I've tried replacing
the power supply, and I've tried removing all my
hardware (other than RAM), so I'm thinking it must be
motherboard related.

Unplug/replug all power and data connections. That way,
the errant loose one will be fixed and your problem
will be resolved.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Tech support by feng shui.

"I've tried removing all my hardware(other than RAM)"

Do none of them understand what that entails?


None of them understand anything.

I go toetally on into-ition.
Just do what feels good for a few hours...take out a few
cables...fondle them...blow out the dust bunnies...listen
to the Grateful Dead live at Winterland for inspiration.
Drink another beer...
Change a bunch of jumpers on the Mobo at random.
Leave shit scattered around on yer workbench and wander
away. Watch cartoons for another hour...
Come back and put it back together.
Holy Shit! Now it works.
Thats how I do it anyway.
FYI
HTH

Dunno why you geeks muck about with all that crap.

I take em out to the back 40, prop em against the side of
the gully and show them my Springfield 30-06.

BLINK
BLINK
OMG! I would never shoot a poor defenceless computer!

They always work after that.

I assume you miss...

Works good with the employees, wife and kids too.

Note to self: dont work for 'Ratz.

Never had need to actually fire the damn thing.

Interesting. So you say that pc's respond to threats of
annihilation? I've got a sledge hammer laying about...
Will it solve my booting problems?

Try steel toe caps.

That didnt help at all.

You didn't kick it hard enough.

Now it wont turn on at all.
You owe me a new computer.

You weren't supposed to kick the on/off switch; especially with
steel toe caps!

I kicked the po\/\/3r supp1y.
Smokin!

Now replace the PSU and discover that the old one was the cause of the
original fault, and now the computer works perfectly - Problem solved.

I've been following this... it's all so simple!

 

[Dr.Hal0nf1rŁ$]

relic wrote:

Dr.Hal0nf1rŁ$ wrote:
§ńühw¤Łf wrote:
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:43:07 +0100
"Dr.Hal0nf1rŁ$" <femail@nospam.kustomkomputa.co.uk.invalid> wrote:

§ńühw¤Łf wrote:
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:32:32 +0100
"Dr.Hal0nf1rŁ$" <femail@nospam.kustomkomputa.co.uk.invalid> wrote:

§ńühw¤Łf wrote:
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:15:06 +0100
"Dr.Hal0nf1rŁ$" <femail@nospam.kustomkomputa.co.uk.invalid
wrote:
§ńühw¤Łf wrote:
On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:34:16 -0700
Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com> wrote:

On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:09:53 -0500, in the land of
alt.usenet.kooks, snuhwolf@netscape.net (§ńühw¤Łf) got double
secret probation for writing:

Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com> clouded the waters of
pure thought with:
On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:01:56 -0700, in the land of
alt.usenet.kooks, §ńühw¤Łf <snuhwolf@netscape.net> got
double secret probation for writing:

On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:35:53 +1000
"Kadaitcha Man" <nospam.nospam.nospam@gmail.com> wrote:

"Aratzio" <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
news:9opi0456deigk7ihd4bq4mq3u9mar9tha3@4ax.com...
On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:26:03 +1000, in the land of
alt.usenet.kooks, "Kadaitcha Man"
nospam.nospam.nospam@gmail.com> got double secret
probation for writing:

"Butch Haynes" <butch@huntsville> wrote in message
news:zbmdnUfjYIjDTZXVnZ2dnUVZ_gWdnZ2d@comcast.com...
radiant_x@outgun.com> wrote in message
news:293e3140-e027-496c-89d8-27906e8991f7@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...

I recently installed a DVD drive into my PC. (2 days
ago.) Since then, I get spontaneous power loss
periodically - sometimes seconds after booting, other
times after hours of operation. I've tried replacing
the power supply, and I've tried removing all my
hardware (other than RAM), so I'm thinking it must be
motherboard related.

Unplug/replug all power and data connections. That
way, the errant loose one will be fixed and your
problem will be resolved.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Tech support by feng shui.

"I've tried removing all my hardware(other than RAM)"

Do none of them understand what that entails?


None of them understand anything.

I go toetally on into-ition.
Just do what feels good for a few hours...take out a few
cables...fondle them...blow out the dust bunnies...listen
to the Grateful Dead live at Winterland for inspiration.
Drink another beer...
Change a bunch of jumpers on the Mobo at random.
Leave shit scattered around on yer workbench and wander
away. Watch cartoons for another hour...
Come back and put it back together.
Holy Shit! Now it works.
Thats how I do it anyway.
FYI
HTH

Dunno why you geeks muck about with all that crap.

I take em out to the back 40, prop em against the side of
the gully and show them my Springfield 30-06.

BLINK
BLINK
OMG! I would never shoot a poor defenceless computer!

They always work after that.

I assume you miss...

Works good with the employees, wife and kids too.

Note to self: dont work for 'Ratz.

Never had need to actually fire the damn thing.

Interesting. So you say that pc's respond to threats of
annihilation? I've got a sledge hammer laying about...
Will it solve my booting problems?

Try steel toe caps.

That didnt help at all.

You didn't kick it hard enough.

Now it wont turn on at all.
You owe me a new computer.

You weren't supposed to kick the on/off switch; especially with
steel toe caps!

I kicked the po\/\/3r supp1y.
Smokin!

Now replace the PSU and discover that the old one was the cause of
the original fault, and now the computer works perfectly - Problem
solved.

I've been following this... it's all so simple!

Pure genius.

--
http://www.kustomkomputa.co.uk
- Personalised Desktop Computers

 

[Michael Kennedy]

"kilowatt" <nosparts@okanagan.net> wrote in message
news:9c4cbc5a-3e79-44bd-bbfb-4409d68adaf5@u12g2000prd.googlegroups.com...

HELLO, MODERATOR, ?

Are you there.???? It is time to get rid of handbag, rolex watch
frauds and XXX ads.
Are you ever reading the posts, looks like you are not reading the
topic about managing your members.

I would be happy to post interesting items for members, but they can't
see the posts for all the JUNK STUFF.

Below was pasted from the Google groups site...

til8r
kw

SNIP

This is NOT Google Groups. It is an unmoderated Usenet group.

http://www.pandia.com/searchworld/2001-30-usenet.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet

 

[Dr.Hal0nf1rŁ$]

§ńühw¤Łf wrote:

On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:19:58 +0100
"Dr.Hal0nf1rŁ$" <femail@nospam.kustomkomputa.co.uk.invalid> wrote:

§ńühw¤Łf wrote:
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:43:07 +0100
"Dr.Hal0nf1rŁ$" <femail@nospam.kustomkomputa.co.uk.invalid> wrote:

§ńühw¤Łf wrote:
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:32:32 +0100
"Dr.Hal0nf1rŁ$" <femail@nospam.kustomkomputa.co.uk.invalid> wrote:

§ńühw¤Łf wrote:
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:15:06 +0100
"Dr.Hal0nf1rŁ$" <femail@nospam.kustomkomputa.co.uk.invalid
wrote:

§ńühw¤Łf wrote:
On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:34:16 -0700
Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com> wrote:

On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:09:53 -0500, in the land of
alt.usenet.kooks, snuhwolf@netscape.net (§ńühw¤Łf) got double
secret probation for writing:

Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com> clouded the waters of
pure thought with:
On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:01:56 -0700, in the land of
alt.usenet.kooks, §ńühw¤Łf <snuhwolf@netscape.net> got
double secret probation for writing:

On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:35:53 +1000
"Kadaitcha Man" <nospam.nospam.nospam@gmail.com> wrote:

"Aratzio" <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
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On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:26:03 +1000, in the land of
alt.usenet.kooks, "Kadaitcha Man"
nospam.nospam.nospam@gmail.com> got double secret
probation for writing:

"Butch Haynes" <butch@huntsville> wrote in message
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radiant_x@outgun.com> wrote in message
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I recently installed a DVD drive into my PC. (2 days
ago.) Since then, I get spontaneous power loss
periodically - sometimes seconds after booting, other
times after hours of operation. I've tried replacing
the power supply, and I've tried removing all my
hardware (other than RAM), so I'm thinking it must be
motherboard related.

Unplug/replug all power and data connections. That
way, the errant loose one will be fixed and your
problem will be resolved.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Tech support by feng shui.

"I've tried removing all my hardware(other than RAM)"

Do none of them understand what that entails?


None of them understand anything.

I go toetally on into-ition.
Just do what feels good for a few hours...take out a few
cables...fondle them...blow out the dust bunnies...listen
to the Grateful Dead live at Winterland for inspiration.
Drink another beer...
Change a bunch of jumpers on the Mobo at random.
Leave shit scattered around on yer workbench and wander
away. Watch cartoons for another hour...
Come back and put it back together.
Holy Shit! Now it works.
Thats how I do it anyway.
FYI
HTH

Dunno why you geeks muck about with all that crap.

I take em out to the back 40, prop em against the side of
the gully and show them my Springfield 30-06.

BLINK
BLINK
OMG! I would never shoot a poor defenceless computer!

They always work after that.

I assume you miss...

Works good with the employees, wife and kids too.

Note to self: dont work for 'Ratz.

Never had need to actually fire the damn thing.

Interesting. So you say that pc's respond to threats of
annihilation? I've got a sledge hammer laying about...
Will it solve my booting problems?

Try steel toe caps.

That didnt help at all.

You didn't kick it hard enough.

Now it wont turn on at all.
You owe me a new computer.

You weren't supposed to kick the on/off switch; especially with
steel toe caps!

I kicked the po\/\/3r supp1y.
Smokin!

Now replace the PSU and discover that the old one was the cause of
the original fault, and now the computer works perfectly - Problem
solved.

I smoked the rest. Put it in a pipe and smoked it.
I saw ones & zeros for like six hours man!

RS232/i386 wacky backy! Cool.

--
http://www.kustomkomputa.co.uk
- Personalised Desktop Computers

 

[Dr.Hal0nf1rŁ$]

§ńühw¤Łf wrote:

On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:19:58 +0100
"Dr.Hal0nf1rŁ$" <femail@nospam.kustomkomputa.co.uk.invalid> wrote:

§ńühw¤Łf wrote:
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:43:07 +0100
"Dr.Hal0nf1rŁ$" <femail@nospam.kustomkomputa.co.uk.invalid> wrote:

§ńühw¤Łf wrote:
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:32:32 +0100
"Dr.Hal0nf1rŁ$" <femail@nospam.kustomkomputa.co.uk.invalid> wrote:

§ńühw¤Łf wrote:
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:15:06 +0100
"Dr.Hal0nf1rŁ$" <femail@nospam.kustomkomputa.co.uk.invalid
wrote:

§ńühw¤Łf wrote:
On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:34:16 -0700
Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com> wrote:

On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:09:53 -0500, in the land of
alt.usenet.kooks, snuhwolf@netscape.net (§ńühw¤Łf) got double
secret probation for writing:

Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com> clouded the waters of
pure thought with:
On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:01:56 -0700, in the land of
alt.usenet.kooks, §ńühw¤Łf <snuhwolf@netscape.net> got
double secret probation for writing:

On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:35:53 +1000
"Kadaitcha Man" <nospam.nospam.nospam@gmail.com> wrote:

"Aratzio" <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
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On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:26:03 +1000, in the land of
alt.usenet.kooks, "Kadaitcha Man"
nospam.nospam.nospam@gmail.com> got double secret
probation for writing:

"Butch Haynes" <butch@huntsville> wrote in message
news:zbmdnUfjYIjDTZXVnZ2dnUVZ_gWdnZ2d@comcast.com...
radiant_x@outgun.com> wrote in message
news:293e3140-e027-496c-89d8-27906e8991f7@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...

I recently installed a DVD drive into my PC. (2 days
ago.) Since then, I get spontaneous power loss
periodically - sometimes seconds after booting, other
times after hours of operation. I've tried replacing
the power supply, and I've tried removing all my
hardware (other than RAM), so I'm thinking it must be
motherboard related.

Unplug/replug all power and data connections. That
way, the errant loose one will be fixed and your
problem will be resolved.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Tech support by feng shui.

"I've tried removing all my hardware(other than RAM)"

Do none of them understand what that entails?


None of them understand anything.

I go toetally on into-ition.
Just do what feels good for a few hours...take out a few
cables...fondle them...blow out the dust bunnies...listen
to the Grateful Dead live at Winterland for inspiration.
Drink another beer...
Change a bunch of jumpers on the Mobo at random.
Leave shit scattered around on yer workbench and wander
away. Watch cartoons for another hour...
Come back and put it back together.
Holy Shit! Now it works.
Thats how I do it anyway.
FYI
HTH

Dunno why you geeks muck about with all that crap.

I take em out to the back 40, prop em against the side of
the gully and show them my Springfield 30-06.

BLINK
BLINK
OMG! I would never shoot a poor defenceless computer!

They always work after that.

I assume you miss...

Works good with the employees, wife and kids too.

Note to self: dont work for 'Ratz.

Never had need to actually fire the damn thing.

Interesting. So you say that pc's respond to threats of
annihilation? I've got a sledge hammer laying about...
Will it solve my booting problems?

Try steel toe caps.

That didnt help at all.

You didn't kick it hard enough.

Now it wont turn on at all.
You owe me a new computer.

You weren't supposed to kick the on/off switch; especially with
steel toe caps!

I kicked the po\/\/3r supp1y.
Smokin!

Now replace the PSU and discover that the old one was the cause of
the original fault, and now the computer works perfectly - Problem
solved.

I smoked the rest. Put it in a pipe and smoked it.
I saw ones & zeros for like six hours man!

RS232/i386 wacky backy! Cool.

--
http://www.kustomkomputa.co.uk
- Personalised Desktop Computers

 

[ian field]

<tnom@mucks.net> wrote in message
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On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:10:52 -0400, tnom@mucks.net wrote:

I have a 10 year old 32" Magnavox that pincushions intermittently.

If you smack the housing it usually has an effect on the condition so
I suspect a connector or other hardware problem.

Before I actually tackle taking this 200 pound TV apart I thought I'd
ask for specific locations that may be suspect in the horizontal sweep
section of the TV. Any suggestions?


Follow up:

Moved the heavy TV to a work bench and removed the cover.
Very dusty. Vacuumed as much as possible. Will blow off the rest
outside tomorrow. Prodded with fiberglass rod and found a sensitive
area of the main board. Turned lights off and could just see a very
weak spark that seemed to correspond to the intermittent
pincushioning. The spark emanates from a hole in the circuit board
where a diode lead goes through to the trace side. The diode is within
the horizontal sweep section. Will get to the trace side of board
tomorrow and hopefully will just have to re-solder the diode.

Its advisable to remove the affected component and scrape its leads to make
sure of a good clean solder joint.

 

[Gareth Magennis]

"Mr. Land" <graftonfot@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:33963e36-1c90-4b75-88a8-145d4c63aa36@q27g2000prf.googlegroups.com...

Greetings,

When in use, a few of our home theater components heat up the interior
spaces of our entertainment center to a temperature that I feel is too
hot (yes, that's a very subjective statement). The entertainment
center uses tall, mostly glass doors, and they are one-piece,
therefore when they are open they protrude pretty far into the room.
When they are closed, there is little-to-no ventilation inside the
cabinets. One evening, I mustered up some courage and tried simply
leaving the doors open but sure enough, one of my kids came close to
ripping the entire door off of its hinges when she bumped into it.

Now I have a bunch of very quiet 12V computer fans in a box and, being
a long time victim of chronic tinkering disease, I was considering
installing one or two in the cabinet backs to draw hot air out. But I
know that when I am not around, no one in my family is going to take
the extra step to turn on the fans.

So I was thinking of some sort of current sensing switch to energize
the fans when the system was in use, sensing AC current draw over some
adjustable threshold value. I tried a web search and found current
sensing units, but these seemed to be industrial-quality, overkill for
my application, and well, yes, I'll admit it, it'll be more fun to
build it.

I was wondering if anyone had a pointer to a simple circuit I could
build to accomplish this.

Thanks for any help, best wishes.

Apologies if this post doesn't fall under "repair" in folks' opinions
- I suppose it could be considered "repairing" my entertainment
center...

Why not just use a thermal switch such as this?
http://uk.farnell.com/732424/industrial-controls-automation/product.us0?sku=MICROTHERM-03EN35T044-20-30&_requestid=516363

Very cheap, very simple, will only switch on the fan when it is needed.
They come in various temperatures.



Gareth.

 

[Arfa Daily]

"Mr. Land" <graftonfot@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:33963e36-1c90-4b75-88a8-145d4c63aa36@q27g2000prf.googlegroups.com...

Greetings,

When in use, a few of our home theater components heat up the interior
spaces of our entertainment center to a temperature that I feel is too
hot (yes, that's a very subjective statement). The entertainment
center uses tall, mostly glass doors, and they are one-piece,
therefore when they are open they protrude pretty far into the room.
When they are closed, there is little-to-no ventilation inside the
cabinets. One evening, I mustered up some courage and tried simply
leaving the doors open but sure enough, one of my kids came close to
ripping the entire door off of its hinges when she bumped into it.

Now I have a bunch of very quiet 12V computer fans in a box and, being
a long time victim of chronic tinkering disease, I was considering
installing one or two in the cabinet backs to draw hot air out. But I
know that when I am not around, no one in my family is going to take
the extra step to turn on the fans.

So I was thinking of some sort of current sensing switch to energize
the fans when the system was in use, sensing AC current draw over some
adjustable threshold value. I tried a web search and found current
sensing units, but these seemed to be industrial-quality, overkill for
my application, and well, yes, I'll admit it, it'll be more fun to
build it.

I was wondering if anyone had a pointer to a simple circuit I could
build to accomplish this.

Thanks for any help, best wishes.

Apologies if this post doesn't fall under "repair" in folks' opinions
- I suppose it could be considered "repairing" my entertainment
center...

I've sent you a pdf which might do the trick. Let me know if you don't
receive it.

Arfa

 

[Dave Plowman (News)]

In article <x4idnYjsJYajXY3VnZ2dnUVZ_qSonZ2d@earthlink.com>,
Rick Cortese <ricortes@earthlink.net> wrote:

I got tired of my Mickey Mouse wall wart charger taking forever to
charge up the power pack on my 18V portable drill. I switched to a
regulated 30V DC at 1.2 amps supply! The thing is at full charge I
figure I have ~12V at 1.2 amps or 14 Watts of power going into the
battery pack. I can tell when it has a full charge by how hot it is!

Perfect way to knacker any battery. Properly looked after rechargeables
can last for many many cycles. Overcharging them can damage them
permanently in one go.

--
*Middle age is when work is a lot less fun - and fun a lot more work.

Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.