Do you repair your own electronic equipment? (killer database)

RoundEye · Post by **RoundEye** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 1:22 pm

I found a great site with lots of tips and info on repairing stuff such as TV's, VCR's, monitors, printers and such. You really need to know your way around a circuit board to use most of this info.

http://www.anatekcorp.com/index.htm

They have a HUGE database here of repairs, (the links on the left) with archives. Also near the bottom is questions that still need to be answered.

This is by far the best database that I've found on the net so far, If you have any others pertaining to repair please post them.

I just threw away two monitors about a week ago, I wish I had know about this place.

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 1:35 pm

Hey, way cool....

Thanks for the link, RoundEye.

ExarKun · Post by **ExarKun** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 1:38 pm

That site rocks.. it has some good links for how to reapir certins issues with Playstation

Thanks

minir · Post by **minir** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 1:46 pm

Hi RoundEye

Thanks, this will no doubt Light Up My Life

Handy i'm Not

regards

minir

blebs · Post by **blebs** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 2:50 pm

I've been there and never realized they had that database.
Thanks Roundeye. Now maybe I can fix a few things around here that have been disturbing my mind for awhile now.

LT-73 · Post by **LT-73** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 2:53 pm

Great link RoundEye, thanx !

Norm · Post by **Norm** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 2:53 pm

Thanks RoudEye, I have a TV that's taking a long time to warm up and show the picture. Last night it took so long we thought the picture tube may have died.

Maybe I can find a way to fix it at that link.
Hope so, I don't want to be buying another TV.

morbidpete · Post by **morbidpete** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 3:01 pm

great site. thanks a bunch!

RoundEye · Post by **RoundEye** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 3:22 pm

I thought there might be a few people here that it would intrest. :2cool:

poptom · Post by **poptom** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 3:39 pm

Good link, RoundEye. Just took a quick look at it so far and found this article especially interesting:
http://www.anatekcorp.com/testequipment/esrtext.htm

RoundEye · Post by **RoundEye** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 5:01 pm

For a computer programming class, I sat directly across from someone, and our computers were facing away from each other. A few minutes into the class, she got up to leave the room. I reached between our computers and switched the inputs for the keyboards. She came back and started typing and immediately got a distressed look on her face. She called the tutor over and explained that no matter what she typed, nothing would happen. The tutor tried everything. By this time I was hiding behind my monitor and quaking red-faced. I typed, "Leave me alone!" They both jumped back as this appeared on their screen. "What the..." the tutor said. I typed, "I said leave me alone!" The kid got real upset. "I didn't do anything to it, I swear!" It was all I could do to keep from laughing out loud. The conversation between them and HAL 2000 went on for an amazing five minutes. Me "Don't touch me!" Her "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hit your keys that hard." Me "Who do you think you are anyway?!" Etc. Finally, I couldn't contain myself any longer, and fell out of my chair laughing. After they had realized what I had done, they both turned beet red. Funny, I never got more than a C- in that class.

You really nead to read some of the tech stories.

RoundEye · Post by **RoundEye** » Sat Oct 05, 2002 5:09 pm

I was doing some additional TV outlets for a friend and fellow business owner at his personal residence. The work order was to add a few outlets in the kids bedrooms and after looking the locations over, I measured for the first outlet by locating it a certain number of inches over and down from a window corner. Having the numbers in my mind I went outside and hammerdrilled thru the brick wall and came inside to see how it came out in the bedroom. It wasn't there at all so I rechecked the measurements and went outside again thinking I had a thicker wall than I thought. This time I gave it the full length of drill bit and went inside-still no hole in wall. I thought...hmmm maybe uhhh...no couldn't be-went in bedroom down hall and sure enough the hole right where I drilled but at the wrong window - right through the wall, through the back of the dresser, through the drawer into the lady of the house's underwear drawer!! I carefully cleaned the wood shavings out and never said a thing about it. Maybe some day over a beer I will tell him.