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Best repair day I've had in months happened on a Tuesday
I was dreading fixing this old Sony TV from 2012 that kept shutting off after 10 minutes, figured it was a dead mainboard. Turns out it was just two swollen caps near the power supply that I swapped in 15 minutes for under $2. Has anyone else had a repair that looked way worse than it actually was?
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joseph9321d ago
Read somewhere that like 90% of capacitor failures are just bad electrolytic caps near heat sources. Your 2012 Sony is right in that sweet spot where they start drying out. Had a similar situation with a Samsung monitor that would flicker after 20 minutes, replaced four caps and it was good as new. Always worth checking the cheap stuff before assuming a board is toast.
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