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

  • From: "Ed Gaidies" <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 15:37:30 -0400

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
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> "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.
>
>***************************************************************************
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> >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.
>
>>**************************************************************************
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> >>
> >>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,
>
>>>>************************************************************************
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> >>>>
> >>>>***********************************
> >>>>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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