All posts by Jestine Yong

• About Equipment Plastic Cover-Beware!

  You have to beware if you come across some old equipment. The reason for it is because you may accidentally break the cover into pieces if you are not careful enough. Some equipment already went through a...

  • Posted April 30, 2013
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• Don’t be fooled by e-caps

  I believe you have seen lots of bad electrolytic capacitors are due to bulged on top of the cap. The bulged e-caps usually can be found in LCD Monitors, LCD TVs or even Plasma TVs. It is...

  • Posted April 30, 2013
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• Fujitsu FRAM

  I believe you have heard of the function of Ram. The data in the Ram will be lost if the equipment power is turned off. This is different for the latest innovation from Fujitsu which is the...

  • Posted April 30, 2013
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• Should I Charge Higher Fees For Replacing Only A Bad Capacitor?

  What is your opinion about the question “Should I Charge Higher Fees For Replacing Only A Bad Capacitor?”. I have an email from a repairer that told me he knew of a repair guy who charged US250.00...

  • Posted April 30, 2013
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• Electronics Repair Questions/Answers and Testimonials- Part 42

  I am working on a Hanns-G LCD (i think it is 32″ monitor) and it is not powering on. I opened the power supply section and started to probe around where the voltage enters and where it...

  • Posted April 30, 2013
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  Protection Against Moisture Attack For PCBs

  I've got an email recently and here is the email content: "I have a SMPS in service in a product we sell. We have 300 of these in service, and have had many fail recently due to...

  • Posted February 2, 2013
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  Video- Unsoldering Hard to Remove Parts

  As usual, videos by Dave Maltz is always building and clear. This time he posted a video about how to unsoldering hard to remove parts. Enjoy the video.   Likes(1)Dislikes(0)

  • Posted January 31, 2013
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• Video Head Tester

  I still could recall about the VCR video head tester that was used in the 80s. One of my electronic suppliers always test the new video head with the video head tester before sell it to the...

  • Posted January 30, 2013
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