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Hi John.
Seen a TV remote control emitting commands by itself caused by a nearby idle cell phone.
Without any other actions, tape cover the TV infrared window; move the remote to another room with batteries removed just to confirm, and come back...

Could i take my HDD out and have it scanned on another computer ? even tho my AV says it's clean ? I believe you can as a secondary drive, not booting from it. Windows does not like to boot in a planet where it was not installed. But am not an expert... Someone else will confirm or knows a trick. B...

Using a 'live' CD/USB to boot Linux from, without alteration to the -still present and connected- sick hard drive allows to tamper, delete, modify, erase, repair, fix anything in the sick hard drive; and to save to any external device the precious data, programs, that got impaired. Explore ----> htt...

"Someone tell me something to make me feel more at ease." --- Not easy :???: Am afraid your mainboard will arrive; you will perform a lot of risky surgery; and if everything ends well, the problem will remain. Because the offender lives in the hard drive. Had to deal with a ransomware once...

It is not the wonderful clean internet of the nineties any more. Every web site wants control of your screen and never stop pumping garbage clogging your storage, processing and patience. But they demand to visit their sites pushing acceptance of terms. But we users cannot set our demand terms for t...

Anything smaller than 40" is not worth repairing ... That size is less fragile; the dismantling part is less risky. Larger than 40" have a higher price sticker, worth repairing; if dismantling/reassembling goes well. Smells like the cost of the repair bill is more driven by the price of th...

Thanks. Yes, just like your image, one emitter in a strip and another in other strip found dead; had to test all 60 one by one as failed open, the whole series section shows dark. Ordered all the dozen strips kit ($36) and will replace all the owner wants. Replacing the $0.10 emitters individually t...

Thank you, Tzap. After looking at some dismantling videos and closely inspecting how this LG 50LN5400 is put together, decided to NOT do it the way everyone does it. Good thing ! Handling such a large thin LCD and keeping it safely and lint/fingerprints-free aside until replacement emitters arrive w...

Seems this is it: second schematic = third image at : ----> https://electronicshelponline.blogspot.com/2015/08/lg-power-supply-eay62810801-schematic.html?_escaped_fragment_ Q803 and Q805 are off, controlled by the IC shown below. Now I have to check on its data sheet ----> https://pdf1.alldatasheet....

Thanks, Tzap. Do not understand the above. I could "force" feed the supply into a LED strip by jumping from GND to L- with a ~100 ohm resistor ? +80V-------------------------- LED+ LED- ----------------Mosfet-----------------gnd (red is connector) Edited... Seems this is it: second schemat...

Hi fellows. A LG model 50LN5400 TV has two circuits for backlights. They do not turn on. There is video by sticking a flashlight onto the screen. LED strips connector is marked L+, L- and L+, L- From both L+ to gnd there is 80 V. From L+ to L- nothing. Seems to be in a 'protection state' How to test...

NiMH are replacements for NiCd. Same charging protocol, same charger useable. That was the point, to canibalize the PorterCable or any battery to use their cell packs in your application. BlackDecker have that offset centre row geometry too. Shown here ----> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPH11WVHp6o

What you are after is ----> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32951045518.html and cheaper as ----> https://www.ebay.com/c/26011463278 and even cheaper with charger plus drill at ----> https://www.ebay.com/itm/18V-2000Ah-Ni-CD-Harbor-Freight-Drill-Master-Adapt-New-to-Old-192827-3-192826-5/263397877414...

A junk VCR could be a donor of its clock / timer set to "record" a daily program, firing a 15 second trigger.
Never played with an orphan smart phone with no service and set its clock alarm to audio-trigger something...

Looks exactly like my lithium cell that fattened itself with no abuse nor fast food. Actually, bought new, charged properly once and left unused almost a year. Now it is a balloon... Viva China ! Am blowing it up with a sewing needle tiny hole, deflate and seal with a drop of glue hoping that diet w...