March 21, 2009
by Pavel
111 comments
A friend of mine recently gave me his malfunctioning Samsung SyncMaster 204B monitor. He reported problems with display flicker and intermittent failure of the backlight. Suspecting a bad inverter, I plugged it in on my workbench only to be greeted by a blinking power light. Thanks to some Google searches and a hint from this page about the slightly different 204T model, I started to suspect bad capacitors.
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Electronics
March 14, 2009
by Pavel
0 comments
RIAA Radar is a website designed to allow people to know whether the music they are considering buying (or are about to buy) is tainted by the RIAA.
Simply type in the name of an artist, album, or record label and instantly see whether the music is “kosher”, so to speak.
There is also a Greasemonkey script for Amazon that ties into RIAA Radar. Highly recommended!
Miscellaneous
March 13, 2009
by Pavel
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Despite the cost, the quality is definitely lacking! I will be recycling the actual cable (which is not bad at all, but not worth the price by any stretch of the imagination) by using better connectors.
Don’t buy into Monster Cable’s hype, kids!
I suggest purchasing good quality cable from Blue Jeans Cable, Monoprice, etc.
(sorry for the artsy photo, i couldn’t resist)
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