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my tv broke so i opened it up, tracked down a faulty capacitor and burnt out board, ordered new parts and soldered 'em in. now it works great and saved me over a thousand bucks for a new set.
- but...
black Friday?
consumerism?
capitalism?
planned obsolescence?imbecile - shit, knew i forgot something.
*put on trampling shoes*scarabin - I knew it was scarabin after the first sentencemoldero
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I have a perfectly good i7 and motherboard that has a blown cap, justw waiting for me to get good enough to be able to fix the fucker. So tiny, so fiddly.detritus - Actually, i should just pay someone to fix it for me..detritus
- fast clap. nice workGnash
- nice imbecile
nice scarabinbklyndroobeki - Wouldn't have occurred to me to open up a broken hdtv. Good job! I will do this of my tv dies and it refuses to after 7 years.monospaced
- What TV gets a burnt out circuit board lol? May want to check out the wiring in your house first.fadein11
- the wiring's fine. the capacitor took out a couple things with itscarabin
- apparently it's a common problem with that model TV after a certain agescarabin
- I love fixing my stuff, too.nb
- Capitalism! Consumerism! Black Friday! You're doing it wrong! I love apple but F capitalism! You can't buy your own part nerd!Hayoth
- De hell are you on about?pango
- You can buy parts, look around. Apple doesn't sell the parts. You're complaining that a company doesn't sell the items you want.nb
- Back in tha day, this situation was considered a business opportunity.nb
- I found a Samsung 50" or so in the trash in my apt complex few years back. Figured out it was a similar issue. Replaced $5 in parts...new TV :)sublocked
- ^ fuck yeah!scarabin
- feels good manfeel
- feels good man indeedernexbcn
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