[TechAssist] Re: UPDATE, Final solution! Re: Gateway Plasma GTW-P42M102 zapped by static from a hot secretary.

  • From: "Tel-Tek" <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 21:28:45 -0400

They do...Jeff.
But a dying breed. The last CRT rebuilder we have (Hi-Vac) is barely holding
on.
Even Monitor and R/P are on the way out.
Just talked to Roy last week, at Hi-Vac...Direct View are a thing of the
past. And pricing of new TV's do not make it economical to change CRT's
anymore.

-Ed-
Tel-Tek Electronics
Ontario-Canada
teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shoreline Electronics" <jstielau@xxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 9:17 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: UPDATE, Final solution! Re: Gateway Plasma
GTW-P42M102 zapped by static from a hot secretary.


> This why I tell all my customers who mention " I want a Plasma set!
> ".......no you don't!  You'll be sorry in the end.
>
> CRT based sets rule!
>
> ==========================
> Jeff Stielau
> Shoreline Electronics Repair
> 344 East Main Street
> Clinton,CT 06413
> 860-399-1861
> 860-664-3535 (fax)
> jstielau@xxxxxxxx
> ========================
> "If you push something hard enough it will fall over."
> Fudd's First Law of Opposition - Sir Sidney Fudd
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Myers" <jr.myers@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 3:50 PM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: UPDATE, Final solution! Re: Gateway Plasma
> GTW-P42M102 zapped by static from a hot secretary.
>
>
> > Other manufacturers are doing about the same thing, lots of new products
> > are exchange only, no parts available, no service manuals available and
> > once the product is out of warranty the price to exchange it is more
> > than a new replacement unit. I'm sure there are laws against some of
> > this, unfair trade practices, price fixing, etc. but I'm too far over
> > the hill to really give a damn. Maybe some organization like NESDA
> > should be looking into it. Maybe they are, does anyone know?
> >
>
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> ***************************************
> > Since 1972
> > Jim Myers
> > Telrad Electronics
> > Fort Wayne, Indiana
> >
> >
> > Ed Gaidies wrote:
> > > Whole new Rip-Off.
> > >
> > > -Ed-
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Tel-Tek Electronics
> > > Ontario-Canada
> > >
> > > teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > ----- 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. Sounds like the micro or
the
> > >
> > > IR
> > >
> > >>>>>>>Jim> receiver got zapped but if anyone has service manual or
> > >>>>>>>information on
> > >>>>>>>Jim> this a little help would be nice.
> > >>>>>>>Jim> Thanks,
> > >>>>>>>Jim>
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>
> >
>
>>>>>***********************************************************************
> *
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> > > ********
> > >
> > >>>>>>***********************************
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>Jim> Since 1972
> > >>>>>>>Jim> Jim Myers
> > >>>>>>>Jim> Telrad Electronics
> > >>>>>>>Jim> Fort Wayne, Indiana
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>Jim>
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>
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