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Old 30-03-2013, 17:23   #6361
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Doing my weekly voluntary work (Which is the church newsletter) - I /almost/ feel useful

Planning the next Sunday School too.

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Well having gone through the rigmarole of upgrading my Sony laptop the backlight started flickering and you could hear a frying noise on one side and it was getting hot there, so hot that the display was going dark in the corner. So I took the chance and dismantled the display knowing that it wasn't going to fix itself and would fail fairly soon anyway. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Turns out the wire to one end of the small flourescent tube that gives the backlight had burnt through. Had to bend the bezel at the bottom to get it out to solder the end back on as I didn't want to disturb the main circuit board at the top and the myriad connections there to the actual display glass. Everything is soo delicate, I wondered if it would ever work again but it does.

There's a little bit of unevenness at the extreme bottom but I can live with that for a fixed machine.
Excellent

I find too many people these days telling me 'It can't be fixed' - Pah unless they try who knows
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Old 30-03-2013, 17:25   #6362
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Well having gone through the rigmarole of upgrading my Sony laptop the backlight started flickering and you could hear a frying noise on one side and it was getting hot there, so hot that the display was going dark in the corner. So I took the chance and dismantled the display knowing that it wasn't going to fix itself and would fail fairly soon anyway. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Turns out the wire to one end of the small flourescent tube that gives the backlight had burnt through. Had to bend the bezel at the bottom to get it out to solder the end back on as I didn't want to disturb the main circuit board at the top and the myriad connections there to the actual display glass. Everything is soo delicate, I wondered if it would ever work again but it does.

There's a little bit of unevenness at the extreme bottom but I can live with that for a fixed machine.
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Old 30-03-2013, 18:30   #6363
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Thanks guys. The engineer in me won't accept that something cannot be repaired unless it is really a lost cause: The last one being the kitchen TV whose scan coils developed a short circuit. Finito. But I did replace it with a nice HD DVD combo unit

The biggest problem these days it trying to work out how to get things apart without wrecking something. I have a comprehensive security bit set but they still come up with a new wheeze now and then. Screws hidden under sticky labels or rubber feet is a common one.
See, now that's something I didn't have before the PS3 incident

I do now though
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I'm so pleased with our new carpets it's like living in a new house.
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Old 03-04-2013, 10:13   #6365
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that sounds nice and comfortable :-)
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Old 03-04-2013, 15:34   #6366
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I'm so pleased with our new carpets it's like living in a new house.
Indeed it is lovely when we use something new.
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I'm so pleased with our new carpets it's like living in a new house.
I would love to do some serious work on my living room but there is so much stuff in here and I have nowhere to put it to do a proper job
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I would love to do some serious work on my living room but there is so much stuff in here and I have nowhere to put it to do a proper job
I know the feeling, we're hoping to paint this year, hoping to just move everything into the centre of the room and do one wall at a time. We don't have any spare rooms to move anything to. Same with the carpets, we'll have to just do one room at a time.
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Old 03-04-2013, 15:43   #6369
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I know the feeling, we're hoping to paint this year, hoping to just move everything into the centre of the room and do one wall at a time. We don't have any spare rooms to move anything to. Same with the carpets, we'll have to just do one room at a time.
What I did instead of a new carpet I bought a large piece of carpet and had the edges bound like a huge rug
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Over in UK for a few days only. Happy thought -Flight to the States will not be snowed in. And arranged for the puppy to come over as well
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Over in UK for a few days only. Happy thought -Flight to the States will not be snowed in. And arranged for the puppy to come over as well
Nice to see a old marra well and happy.
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I'm so pleased with our new carpets it's like living in a new house.
It took a week of plastering, painting, repapering and general spring cleaning before we were ready for the carpet, but I reckon it was well worth it.



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Old 03-04-2013, 20:31   #6373
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bet you do not come down them stairs in socks lol
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No way tizme, but it has plenty of places to hang onto going up after a few vimtos lol!
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That's looks very nice indeed Tinky but can we arrange a Cable Forum party there please.
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