[TechAssist] Re: UPDATE, Final solution! Re: Gateway Plasma GTW-P42M102zapped by static from a hot secretary.
- From: Jim Myers <jr.myers@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 14:16:06 -0500
I would boycott Gateway, but I would never purchase anything from them
anyway so what good would it do.
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Since 1972
Jim Myers
Telrad Electronics
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Doug Keller wrote:
> 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
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> Jim Myers wrote:
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>>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
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>>Jim Myers wrote:
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>>>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
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>>>greentron@xxxxxxx wrote:
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>>>>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
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>>>>>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
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>>>>>
>>>>>Scott Beebe wrote:
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>>>>>
>>>>>>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
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>>>>>>Jim>
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