Anyone seen something like this?
Today I saw the display flickering and then went blank.
I shut off the rear switch. Then turned it back on. Nothing. But did notice the typical bad capacitor stench.
I flicked it back on and the display flickered for a fraction of a second. Then nothing.
It is sending voltage to my LNB and 8 port switch because the channel I was watching came back.
The cap doesn't look like it spewed but the unit was supposed to be new when I got it.
Looks like a quickie repair was done to it though. The 1000 uF cap is soldered to what looks like pins from a failed one instead of fixing it proper. And it looks like if the previous bad cap was swapped, there is leftover electrolyte that wasn't cleaned from the board. I don't know. Never had it opened until now.
Details!!
I can pull it and check it. And check a few other components. There was a screw and star washer floating around inside from the aluminum base plate. All of those screws look loose because its rattling around a bit.
The ground cinch connector was floating around inside too.
I was very careful opening it up. Very!
The front display connector was barely hanging on and came loose before I could snap a pic. Crap!
Anyone have a photo of how it plugs back in. There's more pins than connector. Sucks.
Brian? Any tips? It hasn't moved from its home since I had it. Is there a common place to look?
The remote and keyboard was unresponsive. It was working like a peach.
You know I'm fully equipped with a bench. Beyond basic component checks.
Same as it commonly is without a schematic. Out in the woods unless something stares me in the face.
Fluke to the rescue.
What do you think? Help!! And that front display connector. I need to know how it gets plugged back in.
Today I saw the display flickering and then went blank.
I shut off the rear switch. Then turned it back on. Nothing. But did notice the typical bad capacitor stench.
I flicked it back on and the display flickered for a fraction of a second. Then nothing.
It is sending voltage to my LNB and 8 port switch because the channel I was watching came back.
The cap doesn't look like it spewed but the unit was supposed to be new when I got it.
Looks like a quickie repair was done to it though. The 1000 uF cap is soldered to what looks like pins from a failed one instead of fixing it proper. And it looks like if the previous bad cap was swapped, there is leftover electrolyte that wasn't cleaned from the board. I don't know. Never had it opened until now.
Details!!
I can pull it and check it. And check a few other components. There was a screw and star washer floating around inside from the aluminum base plate. All of those screws look loose because its rattling around a bit.
The ground cinch connector was floating around inside too.
I was very careful opening it up. Very!
The front display connector was barely hanging on and came loose before I could snap a pic. Crap!
Anyone have a photo of how it plugs back in. There's more pins than connector. Sucks.
Brian? Any tips? It hasn't moved from its home since I had it. Is there a common place to look?
The remote and keyboard was unresponsive. It was working like a peach.
You know I'm fully equipped with a bench. Beyond basic component checks.
Same as it commonly is without a schematic. Out in the woods unless something stares me in the face.
Fluke to the rescue.
What do you think? Help!! And that front display connector. I need to know how it gets plugged back in.