Toshiba TV29C90 problem; Image fades to black...

[Meat Plow]

On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:34:19 -0700, GURU ǝʇoɹʍ:

FOR HOT MALWARE INFECTIONS

http://hotmalware+virusinfections.blogspot.com

 

[Meat Plow]

On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:16:49 -0700, Bipasa wrote:

HOW CAN I HACK $5000 FROM PAYPAL WATCH VIDEO. At
http://easyXXXXXXXXXXX

Due to high security risks,i have hidden the cheque link in an image
laden with malicious code designed to turn your computer into a mindless
rogue bot.

Edited for the truth.



--
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[David Nebenzahl]

On 7/19/2010 10:48 AM Meat Plow spake thus:

On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:16:49 -0700, Bipasa wrote:

HOW CAN I HACK $5000 FROM PAYPAL WATCH VIDEO. At
http://easyXXXXXXXXXXX

Due to high security risks,i have hidden the cheque link in an image
laden with malicious code designed to turn your computer into a mindless
rogue bot.

Edited for the truth.

Sorta.

First of all, yes, it's fucking spam, and the spammer deserves death or
worse. It's the phoniest goddamn web page possible, dolled up to look
like a blog (no doubt because the spammer heard that having a blog on
your page cranks up your SEO, and he believes that crap), but with
completely bogus "content", like:

World map google maps yahoo maps microsoft live maps famoushub com
mojohost com for complete domain details go to whoischeck aspx domain.
Godaddy domains world famous go daddy may be famous for its irreverent
super about [...]

Complete and utter bullshit, trying desperately to score hits.

But when you say "image laden with malicious code", do you mean the
image itself (a .PNG in this case), or what happens if you click on it?
If you mean the latter, then yes, one would have to be crazy or stupid
to do that. But images themselves don't carry viruses or "malicious
code", so far as I know. It's the links they're connected to that you
have to watch out for.

Anyhow, I'd just like to be able to one day take a peek inside the head
of a spammer like this and ask them, "What were you thinking?!?!?!" Do
they actually expect to strike it rich this way?


--
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with the flaunting of well-defined muscle, wrapped in flags.

- Comment from an article on Antiwar.com (http://antiwar.com)

 

[Reverend Fuzzy]

Shameful, this one... the spammers aren't even trying anymore.

Due to high security risks, i have hidden the PayPal Form link in an
image.  in that website On Top Side Above search box , click on image
and enter your  PayPal  id And Your name.  please don,t tell to any
One.

 

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[Mark Zacharias]

"nitro2" <nitro2-remove-this-@scarlet.be> wrote in message
news:4bae1ab1$0$395$5f6aeac3@news.scarlet.nl...

a little plastic lever has been found on the bottom of the unit .

it is not broken0ff of something but maybe came loose when holding the
unit vertical whilst cleaning the cabinet.

since it is white with the famous pink grease marks i assume it is from
the drive itself , but cannot find the place where it should
go.......................



please help



nitro2

Looks to me as if it may have broke off the loading basket.

Mark Z.

 

[John Robertson]

mike@nowhere.nope wrote:

Have a Scientific Atlanta Explorer 3200 cable box that yesterday
started making a ticking noise when it's on. The ticking noise is
coming from the box itself, not the TV speakers. If I remove the
coaxial cable that's coming from outside the noise goes away, screw
the cable back in the noise comes back. No problem with the TV
picture or sound. I presume it's a component inside the box that's
dying, and when it does picture and sound will die as well. Anyone
have any ideas what could be causing this?

And no, I don't think the box is about to explode. At least I hope
it's not.

Well, its either very bad news (boom!) or more likely the sign of a
failing capacitor on your switching supply.

If you have a capacitor checker I'd pull it out and check all the caps
before it fails.

The Blue ESR cap kit is a good start...

John :-#)#

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[Allodoxaphobia]

On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:15:46 -0400, mike@nowhere.nope wrote:

Have a Scientific Atlanta Explorer 3200 cable box that yesterday
started making a ticking noise when it's on. The ticking noise is
coming from the box itself, not the TV speakers. If I remove the
coaxial cable that's coming from outside the noise goes away, screw
the cable back in the noise comes back. No problem with the TV
picture or sound. I presume it's a component inside the box that's
dying, and when it does picture and sound will die as well. Anyone
have any ideas what could be causing this?

And no, I don't think the box is about to explode. At least I hope
it's not.

With over-the-air antennas and coax feeds, one can experience the effect
of high static buildup arcing from the center conductor to a nearby
ground -- probably right at the back of the coax connector on the
chassis. tick - tick - tick - tick - tick ....

I would not expect that to happen with a cable lash-up. But, when
'things' are not working as expected, they are - well, ummmm - not
working as expected.

Jonesy
--
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38.24N 104.55W | @ config.com | Jonesy | OS/2
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[Franc Zabkar]

On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:08:07 -0500, "Mark Zacharias"
<mark_zacharias@sbcglobal.net> put finger to keyboard and composed:

"nitro2" <nitro2-remove-this-@scarlet.be> wrote in message
news:4bae1ab1$0$395$5f6aeac3@news.scarlet.nl...
a little plastic lever has been found on the bottom of the unit .

There is a service manual here:
http://www.eserviceinfo.com/downloadsm/19136/Philips_VR171,VR175,VR276,VR277,VR475,VR476,VR477,VR675,VR676,SB100,SB105,SB205,SB405,SB505,SB605,SB705,DV10.html

http://www.eserviceinfo.com/downloadsm/39847/Philips_Philips%20VCR%20service%20manual%20Deck:%20Turbo%20Drive,%20Queen%20volume%20Covers:%20VR171,%20VR175,%20VR276,%20VR277,%20VR475.html

- Franc Zabkar
--
Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

 

[Meat Plow]

On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:15:46 -0400, mike wrote:

Have a Scientific Atlanta Explorer 3200 cable box that yesterday started
making a ticking noise when it's on. The ticking noise is coming from
the box itself, not the TV speakers. If I remove the coaxial cable
that's coming from outside the noise goes away, screw the cable back in
the noise comes back. No problem with the TV picture or sound. I
presume it's a component inside the box that's dying, and when it does
picture and sound will die as well. Anyone have any ideas what could be
causing this?

And no, I don't think the box is about to explode. At least I hope it's
not.

Could be static bleeding off from the center conductor of the connector.
They do build in protection for this. Other than that it's anyone's
guess. If you rent the box from a cable company ask them for a
replacement. If a replacement still makes noise, the cable company needs
to know about the problem.



--
Live Fast, Die Young and Leave a Pretty Corpse

 

[N_Cook]

<mike@nowhere.nope> wrote in message
news:1fbt865l06l4fiij5vo4hghv4uo85gdpps@4ax.com...

Have a Scientific Atlanta Explorer 3200 cable box that yesterday
started making a ticking noise when it's on. The ticking noise is
coming from the box itself, not the TV speakers. If I remove the
coaxial cable that's coming from outside the noise goes away, screw
the cable back in the noise comes back. No problem with the TV
picture or sound. I presume it's a component inside the box that's
dying, and when it does picture and sound will die as well. Anyone
have any ideas what could be causing this?

And no, I don't think the box is about to explode. At least I hope
it's not.

Is there a small relay inside ?

 

[Mike]

John Robertson wrote:

mike@nowhere.nope wrote:
Have a Scientific Atlanta Explorer 3200 cable box that yesterday
started making a ticking noise when it's on. The ticking noise is
coming from the box itself, not the TV speakers. If I remove the
coaxial cable that's coming from outside the noise goes away, screw
the cable back in the noise comes back. No problem with the TV
picture or sound. I presume it's a component inside the box that's
dying, and when it does picture and sound will die as well. Anyone
have any ideas what could be causing this?

And no, I don't think the box is about to explode. At least I hope
it's not.

Well, its either very bad news (boom!) or more likely the sign of a
failing capacitor on your switching supply.

If you have a capacitor checker I'd pull it out and check all the caps
before it fails.

The Blue ESR cap kit is a good start...

John :-#)#

--
(Please post followups or tech inquiries to the newsgroup)
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Call (604)872-5757 or Fax 872-2010 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games)
www.flippers.com
"Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."

I don't have a capacitor checker.

 

[Mike]

Meat Plow wrote:

On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:15:46 -0400, mike wrote:

Have a Scientific Atlanta Explorer 3200 cable box that yesterday started
making a ticking noise when it's on. The ticking noise is coming from
the box itself, not the TV speakers. If I remove the coaxial cable
that's coming from outside the noise goes away, screw the cable back in
the noise comes back. No problem with the TV picture or sound. I
presume it's a component inside the box that's dying, and when it does
picture and sound will die as well. Anyone have any ideas what could be
causing this?

And no, I don't think the box is about to explode. At least I hope it's
not.

Could be static bleeding off from the center conductor of the connector.
They do build in protection for this. Other than that it's anyone's
guess. If you rent the box from a cable company ask them for a
replacement. If a replacement still makes noise, the cable company needs
to know about the problem.

--
Live Fast, Die Young and Leave a Pretty Corpse

I own the box. Have another box I'll try after work today, but will need to
call the cable company to activate it.

 

[Mike]

Allodoxaphobia wrote:

On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:15:46 -0400, mike@nowhere.nope wrote:
Have a Scientific Atlanta Explorer 3200 cable box that yesterday
started making a ticking noise when it's on. The ticking noise is
coming from the box itself, not the TV speakers. If I remove the
coaxial cable that's coming from outside the noise goes away, screw
the cable back in the noise comes back. No problem with the TV
picture or sound. I presume it's a component inside the box that's
dying, and when it does picture and sound will die as well. Anyone
have any ideas what could be causing this?

And no, I don't think the box is about to explode. At least I hope
it's not.

With over-the-air antennas and coax feeds, one can experience the effect
of high static buildup arcing from the center conductor to a nearby
ground -- probably right at the back of the coax connector on the
chassis. tick - tick - tick - tick - tick ....

I would not expect that to happen with a cable lash-up. But, when
'things' are not working as expected, they are - well, ummmm - not
working as expected.

Jonesy
--
Marvin L Jones | jonz | W3DHJ | linux
38.24N 104.55W | @ config.com | Jonesy | OS/2
* Killfiling google & XXXXbanter.com: jonz.net/ng.htm

I opened the box yesterday, turned it on, couldn't see any kind of arcing.
Was hard to tell where the noise exactly was coming from, but there's a
large thin aluminum box that the coax cable plugs into, the noise could have
been coming from there. Of course, could have been arcing inside of that
box.

 

[Mike]

N_Cook wrote:

mike@nowhere.nope> wrote in message
news:1fbt865l06l4fiij5vo4hghv4uo85gdpps@4ax.com...
Have a Scientific Atlanta Explorer 3200 cable box that yesterday
started making a ticking noise when it's on. The ticking noise is
coming from the box itself, not the TV speakers. If I remove the
coaxial cable that's coming from outside the noise goes away, screw
the cable back in the noise comes back. No problem with the TV
picture or sound. I presume it's a component inside the box that's
dying, and when it does picture and sound will die as well. Anyone
have any ideas what could be causing this?

And no, I don't think the box is about to explode. At least I hope
it's not.

Is there a small relay inside ?

I opened the box yesterday, didn't see anything that looked like a relay.

 

[Mike]

Meat Plow wrote:

On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:47:15 -0400, Mike wrote:

Meat Plow wrote:

On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:15:46 -0400, mike wrote:

Have a Scientific Atlanta Explorer 3200 cable box that yesterday
started making a ticking noise when it's on. The ticking noise is
coming from the box itself, not the TV speakers. If I remove the
coaxial cable that's coming from outside the noise goes away, screw
the cable back in the noise comes back. No problem with the TV
picture or sound. I presume it's a component inside the box that's
dying, and when it does picture and sound will die as well. Anyone
have any ideas what could be causing this?

And no, I don't think the box is about to explode. At least I hope
it's not.

Could be static bleeding off from the center conductor of the
connector. They do build in protection for this. Other than that it's
anyone's guess. If you rent the box from a cable company ask them for a
replacement. If a replacement still makes noise, the cable company
needs to know about the problem.

--
Live Fast, Die Young and Leave a Pretty Corpse

I own the box. Have another box I'll try after work today, but will
need to call the cable company to activate it.

I would think that being active wouldn't make a difference but swapping
the set top box with another of the same make/model is the definitive
step in troubleshooting.

--
Live Fast, Die Young and Leave a Pretty Corpse

It's a different model.

 

[Mike]

"Geoffrey S. Mendelson" wrote:

Mike wrote:

I opened the box yesterday, didn't see anything that looked like a relay.


Generally the ticking noise is a self destructing swithing powersupply. Some sort
of internal fault detection (or a fault itself) is causing it to shut off, and
then after it resets, it trys again.

This causes the oscillator to start up again, and makes the core of the
transformer "click".

Checking capacitors is a good idea, they are often at fault.

Occasionaly, they have enough juice stored in the filter caps that it stays
on without being noticed as a failure.

We had a combination satellite box and pvr that did it for the last 3 years.
It still worked fine until it reached over 100F here (first time in the
14 years I've been here), when it crashed.

Since our cable bill included insurance on the unit, they came out and replaced
it with a new one. It runs much cooler and does not click.

Geoff.

--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM
To help restaurants, as part of the "stimulus package", everyone must order
dessert. As part of the socialized health plan, you are forbidden to eat it.

So it could die tomorrow or work for years? I'd just leave it alone until it did
die, but I can hear the noise while watching TV and it's quite annoying.

 

[Meat Plow]

On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:47:15 -0400, Mike wrote:

Meat Plow wrote:

On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:15:46 -0400, mike wrote:

Have a Scientific Atlanta Explorer 3200 cable box that yesterday
started making a ticking noise when it's on. The ticking noise is
coming from the box itself, not the TV speakers. If I remove the
coaxial cable that's coming from outside the noise goes away, screw
the cable back in the noise comes back. No problem with the TV
picture or sound. I presume it's a component inside the box that's
dying, and when it does picture and sound will die as well. Anyone
have any ideas what could be causing this?

And no, I don't think the box is about to explode. At least I hope
it's not.

Could be static bleeding off from the center conductor of the
connector. They do build in protection for this. Other than that it's
anyone's guess. If you rent the box from a cable company ask them for a
replacement. If a replacement still makes noise, the cable company
needs to know about the problem.

--
Live Fast, Die Young and Leave a Pretty Corpse

I own the box. Have another box I'll try after work today, but will
need to call the cable company to activate it.

I would think that being active wouldn't make a difference but swapping
the set top box with another of the same make/model is the definitive
step in troubleshooting.



--
Live Fast, Die Young and Leave a Pretty Corpse

 

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

Mike wrote:

I opened the box yesterday, didn't see anything that looked like a relay.

Generally the ticking noise is a self destructing swithing powersupply. Some sort
of internal fault detection (or a fault itself) is causing it to shut off, and
then after it resets, it trys again.

This causes the oscillator to start up again, and makes the core of the
transformer "click".

Checking capacitors is a good idea, they are often at fault.

Occasionaly, they have enough juice stored in the filter caps that it stays
on without being noticed as a failure.

We had a combination satellite box and pvr that did it for the last 3 years.
It still worked fine until it reached over 100F here (first time in the
14 years I've been here), when it crashed.

Since our cable bill included insurance on the unit, they came out and replaced
it with a new one. It runs much cooler and does not click.

Geoff.

--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM
To help restaurants, as part of the "stimulus package", everyone must order
dessert. As part of the socialized health plan, you are forbidden to eat it.

 

[Meat Plow]

On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:36:35 -0400, Mike wrote:

Meat Plow wrote:

On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:47:15 -0400, Mike wrote:

Meat Plow wrote:

On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:15:46 -0400, mike wrote:

Have a Scientific Atlanta Explorer 3200 cable box that yesterday
started making a ticking noise when it's on. The ticking noise is
coming from the box itself, not the TV speakers. If I remove the
coaxial cable that's coming from outside the noise goes away,
screw the cable back in the noise comes back. No problem with the
TV picture or sound. I presume it's a component inside the box
that's dying, and when it does picture and sound will die as well.
Anyone have any ideas what could be causing this?

And no, I don't think the box is about to explode. At least I
hope it's not.

Could be static bleeding off from the center conductor of the
connector. They do build in protection for this. Other than that
it's anyone's guess. If you rent the box from a cable company ask
them for a replacement. If a replacement still makes noise, the
cable company needs to know about the problem.

--
Live Fast, Die Young and Leave a Pretty Corpse

I own the box. Have another box I'll try after work today, but will
need to call the cable company to activate it.

I would think that being active wouldn't make a difference but swapping
the set top box with another of the same make/model is the definitive
step in troubleshooting.

--
Live Fast, Die Young and Leave a Pretty Corpse

It's a different model.

Then swapping it out will not mean much.



--
Live Fast, Die Young and Leave a Pretty Corpse