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   David Beazley (dabeaz@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Nov-2024 02:46:47 JST David Beazley

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   Hmm. Initial reports are negative. Still a problem. Maybe a bad soldering job so I'll need to double check. Not giving up that easy.

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     David Beazley (dabeaz@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Nov-2024 02:46:47 JST David Beazley

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     Opened it back up to check solder joints. Replaced another only slightly bulging capacitor. Now seems to be working properly again. Keeping fingers crossed. The TV is about 17 years old so if not, it's not the end of the world (but keeping it alive is still worth trying on principle ;-).

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     David Beazley (dabeaz@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Nov-2024 02:46:47 JST David Beazley

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     Kid semi-annoyed that I won't buy a new TV.

     "Look kid, if I can't even keep the TV alive for 17 years, how would I be expected to keep you alive?"

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     David Beazley (dabeaz@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Nov-2024 02:46:48 JST David Beazley

     Welp, a third time replacing yet another bad capacitor in the TV. Now awaiting kids' report to see if it actually fixed the problem again. The TV powered back on and is showing a picture after my repair so that's better than nothing.

     For anyone wondering how one actually knows to replace a bad cap, the TV would predictably power-cycle and reboot itself whenever a video went to an all-white screen.

     Open it up, look closely, and you'll see a tented cap.