Kezg1 5th Gear March 20, 2013 Share March 20, 2013 2 days back my 40" series 4 TV color faded quite badly...as it is only 4 years old, its a waste to sell to karang guni( probably can fetch $10 only). So made a few call to friends and in-laws if there is any lobang of TV repair man....Was given a number to call.(mr Ho, 62524555) Old unker came to my hse, saw the faded color..open up ..check here and there..toke out a PC board and said he needed to bring back and change a chip as he need to buy it at SL tower Next day came back and fixed up everything..ON the TV....and it goes ...cost $90 To me its worth it...and probably will last me another 3 or 4 years before I buy a new one Have a chart with him and understand that nowadays not many people will repair their TV once it is a few years old... So what I am harping here is ...if your TV kong-out and you wanted to know if it can be repair and safe some $.....do give him a tinker BTW...he not relate to me..just helping lah ↡ Advertisement 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman888 Moderator March 20, 2013 Share March 20, 2013 can tell what chip he change? the chip probably cost $10, next time we can change it on our own. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kezg1 5th Gear March 20, 2013 Author Share March 20, 2013 can tell what chip he change? the chip probably cost $10, next time we can change it on our own. Will take a photo for you the next time he open up my TV again... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha78 6th Gear March 20, 2013 Share March 20, 2013 Actually, if the TV can last beyond 5 years, that's more than enough. Beyond that, high chance you get ghosting shadows, dead pixels or bright pixels that cannot be fixed at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happily1986 5th Gear March 20, 2013 Share March 20, 2013 can tell what chip he change? the chip probably cost $10, next time we can change it on our own. you know how to do soldering huh? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrianli Hypersonic March 20, 2013 Share March 20, 2013 you know how to do soldering huh? He can learn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happily1986 5th Gear March 20, 2013 Share March 20, 2013 He can learn. what i am concerned about is that board makers are gradually moving towards BGA (Ball Grid Array) mounting. Almost next to impossible to demount and mount. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF 4th Gear March 20, 2013 Share March 20, 2013 He can learn. but he old man hand shaky leh....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happily1986 5th Gear March 20, 2013 Share March 20, 2013 but he old man hand shaky leh....... This reminds me of a joke. Old man gynae and young man gynae, which one do women prefer? ans: old man cos hand shaky. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafansu Turbocharged March 20, 2013 Share March 20, 2013 You can actually get a 40 lcd tv at about $500 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF 4th Gear March 20, 2013 Share March 20, 2013 You can actually get a 40 lcd tv at about $500 but nowadays LCD getting rare liao.......LEDs are the common one........I just replaced my 27-yr old 29" CRT with a 39" LED and it already cost just above $600..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainbowbiatch 6th Gear March 20, 2013 Share March 20, 2013 you know how to do soldering huh? he has a very li hai friend who knows.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadhogger 2nd Gear March 20, 2013 Share March 20, 2013 what i am concerned about is that board makers are gradually moving towards BGA (Ball Grid Array) mounting. Almost next to impossible to demount and mount. BGA is still reworkable...unless is underfilled...the fumes from the underfilling is toxic so it not actually allowed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happily1986 5th Gear March 20, 2013 Share March 20, 2013 (edited) BGA is still reworkable...unless is underfilled...the fumes from the underfilling is toxic so it not actually allowed wah you can desolder CPUs on BGA and solder a new one in with functionality intact? bravo bravo! Care to share how you do it? It seems that you are hindered by the fumes nia which can be resolved easily by working in an ordinary fume hood. I am interested in how you can achieve desoldering and wicking of the individual ball solders wor. Edited March 20, 2013 by Happily1986 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamstart 1st Gear March 20, 2013 Share March 20, 2013 The repairman got repair CRT TV bo? Am still using a 29"inch JVC, paiseh to say that. Hehe No chance to turn my head watching from such a "small TV". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donut Supercharged March 20, 2013 Share March 20, 2013 can tell what chip he change? the chip probably cost $10, next time we can change it on our own. not so ez lor, uncle........ you know how to diagnose the problem meh? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donut Supercharged March 20, 2013 Share March 20, 2013 $90 is worth to repair, if this $90 can last you for another 3-4 years. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF 4th Gear March 20, 2013 Share March 20, 2013 not so ez lor, uncle........ you know how to diagnose the problem meh? maybe old man will change all the chips on the board...... ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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