| Author | Message | ||
     Patrick Lockyer. Grand Master Username: pat_lockyer Post Number: 1820 Registered: 9-2004 |
Bother the LCD Tele stopped working at six years old. No power red light just the flickering green when remote used. Rebooted with no luck! No red light no codes! A quick look at new types, how things move on! And less costly. Anyway last evening had a few spare moments and thought I would take it apart. Checked the power into the board etc all ok, next a check on connections out to the LCD screen, and the last one was the prob, this is what I found, just like many of the electronic cars failings.  Should be like this:  A good use of contact spray etc and reassembled the TV and all is well.  Power board and connections.  | ||
| Vladimir Ivanovich Kirillov Grand Master Username: soviet Post Number: 846 Registered: 2-2013 |
Patrick 6 years on a TV and you fixed it. That is amazing. I would have cracked it with baseball bat. A few years back here in Queensland retailers were offering 3 months only warranty. I recently bought a TV with a DVD being part of it. Naturally, made in China which I translate as F**ked when new, the DVD would freeze contantly. I took it back to the shop and 6 weeks later, they have replaced the DVD inside the TV for free. YAY Australia once made TVs which lasted 30 years. Naturally, they had to be stopped. My 1976 Cadillac has a computer running its EFI. In a Cadillac forum I read that these computers are really nifty at starting a fire which then burnt a number of USA mansions to the ground. I am going to remove the computer, install a Holly carby then throw the computer in the air and blast it with a shotgun using buckshot. Thats the only way to go! | ||
| David Gore Moderator Username: david_gore Post Number: 2853 Registered: 4-2003 |
Hi Vladimir, "I am going to remove the computer, install a Holly carby then throw the computer in the air and blast it with a shotgun using buckshot." YouTube video link details required please.....  . | ||
| Patrick Ryan Grand Master Username: patrick_r Post Number: 1866 Registered: 4-2016 |
Yes!! I want to see that for sure! Oh, BTW Good job Pat, the TV lives for another day | ||
| Patrick Lockyer. Grand Master Username: pat_lockyer Post Number: 1822 Registered: 9-2004 |
Vladimir, you are right the old TV we had lasted 20+ years and we only replaced it because of the electric it consumed. Patrick, the repair had a good test last night with my wife watching the soaps etc all night long. Very rewarding! | ||
| Larry Kavanagh Prolific User Username: shadow_11 Post Number: 152 Registered: 5-2016 |
We had no TV when we were kids. I did a recent survey with my siblings to find out if any of us felt that we had missed out as a result and the response was a resounding, unanimous "No" from all 29 of us! | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 1446 Registered: 4-2009 |
how many Larry????? 29???? | ||
| Larry Kavanagh Prolific User Username: shadow_11 Post Number: 154 Registered: 5-2016 |
One has to find some other source of amusement when a TV is not available Omar! | ||
| Patrick Ryan Grand Master Username: patrick_r Post Number: 1867 Registered: 4-2016 |
Larry, 29? Does that mean extended family, or like the Brady Bunch? | ||
| Larry Kavanagh Prolific User Username: shadow_11 Post Number: 155 Registered: 5-2016 |
yes Patrick! | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 1447 Registered: 4-2009 |
come on Larry... we need an explanation quickly or you risk Vladimir making something up that may be wholly inappropriate | ||
| Patrick Ryan Grand Master Username: patrick_r Post Number: 1868 Registered: 4-2016 |
Omar, Of course we would like to see Larry’s reply, but I would also like to see what Vlad comes up with as well  | ||
| Larry Kavanagh Prolific User Username: shadow_11 Post Number: 156 Registered: 5-2016 |
Vladimir would never make up something wholly inappropriate, would he? | ||
| Vladimir Ivanovich Kirillov Grand Master Username: soviet Post Number: 847 Registered: 2-2013 |
The breeding of 29 Irish would be far more interesting than anything on commercial TV so Larry missed out on nothing. | ||
| Larry Kavanagh Prolific User Username: shadow_11 Post Number: 157 Registered: 5-2016 |
Exactly Vladimir, I knew that you would understand. You are obviously an experienced man of the world. |
