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    Working with micro connectors

    Look, you're not FUBAR'd. If you can't find mfgr part numbers on your connectors, and you're not sure how to find a replacement set by measuring what the connectors are: Check the pin measurements on your PCB (it's called the connector footprint). Find a matching connector of ANY type you...
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    Working with micro connectors

    Looks to me like the white (large) connector is soldered to the board. Make sure there on no clips that need to be disengaged on that connector, to remove the cable connector. Then stick a small screwdriver under the ends of the cable connector, and gently pry the cable connector (a little...
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    Solution by Explanation

    I have to 'third' that. When you've got an issue on your mind you're trying to solve, I think the mind doesn't turn-it-off, when you go to bed. Many is the time I've found myself awake with the answer to the problem I was considering the day before. I assume my mind was still working...
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    Fan Starting Problem

    My experience with fans is dirt accumulation between the rotor and the stator, or just a warping of the lamenations, that causes the rotor to drag on the lamenations of the stator. It sounds to me like the second choice here. If that's the case, there's not much you'll be able to do about...
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    High voltage forum

    Why don't you try asking the question here? I don't see a 'low voltage' section on this site either.
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    Electronic scanner info help please

    Consider sticking with just the X-ray. From the X-Ray, an electronics specialist would be able to determine what the devices are, and their capability. So you need the X-ray, and somebody who could identify the devices. A mystery device like the one you describe, would have to be something...
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    Hello from England

    Most everybody here likes to help, if you stick around and ask questions. Some of us won't admit it, but we're all still learning too.
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    82C55A help

    Sent an email to NEC tech support, and ask them
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    Would like some tips on types & brands of solder,rosin/flux,solvents,cleaners etc.

    *steve* pretty much covered it. Most rosin core solders have flux in them (that's the rosin core), you don't need additional solder flux to make connections. The only time I use flux, is when I'm using DE-soldering braid (solder-wick), but many solder-wicks also now have flux on them to...
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    Why I want my old world back!

    We ARE living the dark side. Like the blind, many can't see it because of the darkness.
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    Why I want my old world back!

    A lot of the country hasn't turned yet, you just never hear about the rest of us. The libs own the schools, the media, and the political process. And they silence any opposition. I'm just worried about how much of the population HAS already been turned to the dark side.
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    DC Jack spark

    I seriously doubt it just started happening. Your customer probably just noticed it for the first time and got scared. Good luck dealing with this.
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    Sansui 5000a

    One more opinion, check those big electrolytic caps in the power supply. I also have 1970's era stereo gear, and that's the only problem I've had with them (so far).
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    DC Jack spark

    I've got five HP laptops now. The spark occurs when I plug them ALL into their power adapter. I've tried plugging the DC plug in first, and then the AC power end, and I get the spark at the power input! I don't know why, Harald Kapp's explaination makes sense. It's gotta be a design 'flaw'...
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    Need help identifying a thermistor.

    I just look-up the parts I need for my Sears washing machine on their website. That's a Sears part number. Get on their parts website with your washing machine model number, and follow the steps to ID your part. If they have it in stock you can buy it on-line, if they don't there are...
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    Why I want my old world back!

    PETA's already after the advertiser for showing the boy catching the fish in the first place. The sequel will be grandpa,dad, and son chowing down on tofu. I've been looking and looking, but I don't recognize this country as the one I grew up in.
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    Error Codes comes up on R&S SMPD Signal generator

    I'd keep looking for someplace that explains your error codes, maybe the manufacturer, or their website would have a free operators manual. Sounds to me like you've already isolated one fault though, no reference oscillator output frequency.
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    Geeky rulers

    Already got one here in the States. We call him our President (Hey, Geeky joke)
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    Error Codes comes up on R&S SMPD Signal generator

    Do you have a manual for the instrument? Even an operator's manual should give you the description of the error code. We can't help you without the model number of your instrument.
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    Help finding Rheostat

    Just buying what you need is probably the best way to get the job done. When I'm not in a hurry, I Google the part I want, and try to find the cheapest price. There are a lot of salvage-type places that sell obsolete parts at a large discount, but finding the part and mail-ordering it, takes...
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