[757labs] Panasonic Plasma failed!

[chad at merritt.org]

That's better than my personal guide to fixing broken electronics..

1. Smack with hand
2. Smack with hammer
3. Smack with recently emptied beer bottle
4. Sell on CL, give to lab, or throw away and buy a new/better one.

> 757Labs guide to fixing broken electronics
>
> 1. Replace all caps
> 2. Replace boards from boards from other device
> 3. Replace over worked crappily designed components
> 4. If still broken, replace whole device
>
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Michael Buckbee
> <michaelbuckbee at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I propose that a series of challenges is setup to see what the upper
>> limits
>> of fixability are
>>
>> The first might be something really easy like a flashlight with loose
>> wire.
>> The final challenge might be more MacGuyver like and involve fixing a
>> nuclear reactor with a bucket full of pencil erasers, a plastic pocket
>> comb
>> and some loose change.
>>
>> - Mike
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Kyle Kroskey <solareon at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Don't think so
>>> On Apr 29, 2011 12:41 PM, "Bad Kobold" <badkobold at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > That is awesome. Is there anything you can't fix? ;)
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > -BK-
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 12:29 PM, <telmnstr at 757.org> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> That sucks the Panasonic took a dump.
>>> >>> The 50" is a heavy bitch. I would not trust it on a cheap $25 wall
>>> mount.
>>> >>> Hope the Panasonic can be fixed with the part swap.
>>> >>>
>>> >>
>>> >> It's fixed.
>>> >>
>>> >> TV uses 575 watts, so the UPS that would match it will have to be
>>> pretty
>>> >> beefy. Probably 800va?
>>> >>
>>> >>
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> Thanks,
> Kyle Kroskey
> solareon at gmail.com
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