HAH! Gateway always was a waste of time! We don't even take them in for repair anymore. I have found the untimate use for them though. Turn them into hardware firewall running on a linux kernel. Smoothwall is the easiset to set up. See www.smoothwall.org for details. Jim McVey McVey Alltronix 327 Broadway Newburgh Ny 12550 ph: 845 561 8383 fx: 845 561 9017 Consumer electronics & computer service. Factory authorized for over twenty brands. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Keller" <dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 3:08 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: UPDATE, Final solution! Re: Gateway Plasma GTW-P42M102 zapped by static from a hot secretary. > Is that all? Only a grand? I figured it would be more when they wanted > $300 just to reload windows. (you need their "secret code" to unlock the > cmos and it must be so classified that they can't tell you over the > phone, by email, or snail-mail) > > Doug Keller > Wis-Kel Electronics > 101 Freeland Ave. > Terra Alta, WV > USA 26764 > dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.tech-assist.org > "Learn from the mistakes of others, because you > won't live long enough to make them all yourself" > > > > > > Jim Myers wrote: > > >Gateway refuses to sell parts even with pressure from the customer. > >Return set to customer, Gateway will send someone to fix it for a cool > >$1000.00. > >*************************************************************************** **************************************** > >Since 1972 > >Jim Myers > >Telrad Electronics > >Fort Wayne, Indiana > > > > > >Jim Myers wrote: > > > > > >>The voltage goes to zero with the sensor removed. There is no pullup > >>resistor so I'm pretty sure the IC is the problem. I'll try Zenith next > >>week, maybe the have a similar model. > >>************************************************************************** ***************************************** > >> > >>Since 1972 > >>Jim Myers > >>Telrad Electronics > >>Fort Wayne, Indiana > >> > >> > >>greentron@xxxxxxx wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Do you measure a low resistance to ground on the sensor output lead? > >>>Does the voltage on that lead go up to 5 (or maybe 3) volts with the > >>>sensor removed? Is there a pull-up resistor? > >>>J Silverman > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Tried a different IR sensor, no help, still just three tenths of a > >>>>volt on the output pin and ity-bitty pulses from the remote. I traced > >>>>the IR path to IC U4 which is an 80 pin surface mount square > >>>>flatpack, goes to pin 80. Number on U4 is 6413079F18 and it is on the > >>>>board with 2 15 pin VGA, 1 9 pin serial and a flat panel monitor > >>>>connector. Any information on where to get the ic or the board? > >>>>Thanks, > >>>>************************************************************************ ******** > >>>> > >>>>*********************************** > >>>>Since 1972 > >>>>Jim Myers > >>>>Telrad Electronics > >>>>Fort Wayne, Indiana > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>Scott Beebe wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Hello Jim, > >>>>>If you take out the IR sensor, then that would rule out the > >>>>>receiver. But it > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>sounds like a micro problem to me. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Thanx, > >>>>> > >>>>>Scott Beebe > >>>>>Ohm Electronics Inc. > >>>>>609 W. Clinton St. > >>>>>Ithaca NY 14850 > >>>>>Voice: (607) 273-8406 > >>>>>Fax: (607) 273-8743 > >>>>>WWW.OhmElectronicsInc.com > >>>>>mailto:Scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>>> > >>>>>Wednesday, March 31, 2004, 3:57:48 PM, you wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>Jim> Are technical questions still allowed? > >>>>> > >>>>>Jim> This Gateway GTW-P42M102 has a sticker on the inside that says > >>>>>it is a > >>>>>Jim> LG model PDP42WVSN3. The owner says a worker at the office > >>>>>caused a > >>>>>Jim> static spark when she reached for the buttons on the front, now > >>>>>it has > >>>>>Jim> the menu displayed over the picture all the time with the > >>>>>cursor bar > >>>>>Jim> scrolling up over and over. Also the remote no longer works. > >>>>>The wire > >>>>>Jim> from the remote receiver at the connector has three tenths of a > >>>>>volt and > >>>>>Jim> very low amplitude pulses when the remote is activated. The end > >>>>>wire on > >>>>>Jim> this 6 pin connector has 5 volts. 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