Topic: What are you doing right now?

[6pairsofshoes]

Yeah.  Spies vying for the recipe of the world's best egg salad vs Mad Dog DJ.  Hard to pick.   The idea of the FCC blowing up radio pirates is sort of entertaining.

[goldshirt*9]

Girding ones loins for a weekend of fun

[8ullfrog]

Wouldn't that result in an unpleasant weekend?

[goldshirt*9]

depend how you look at it

[dweez]

Chilling at a coffee shop working on a linux server. I still can't get onto Diasfora from my home network (or the coffee shop; I'm VPN'd into my work network) and haven't really had the time to do a deep dive as to why.

[smokester]

Prolly 'cos smokes tried to promote you, but failed and managed to ban you from 3/4 of the intarwebs.

Hey! it's you with the mad voodoos.

[8ullfrog]

My TV died again. I don't know what I'm doing to the damn things.

anyway, it was doing six blinks, so I thought it was a BIOS code.

Nope, every site agrees, it's the same damn thing as everywhere else when a TV won't work. Inverter Board or Power board. Either way, $225 to fix, regardless of model, and the people who do the repair work say "just buy a new one".

So I took a shop vac to it. No dice.

So I just held the power button in, kind of a little tantrum. You know the one "I DON'T CARE WHAT IS WRONG JUST WORK!" that sort of thing.

And it powered on. I'm using it right now. For once being stubbornly angry about something resulted in a positive result!

[6pairsofshoes]

Maybe the next time it dies, you should bury it in the Pet Sematary, but then, once revived, it would only show horror movies.

[8ullfrog]

They're remaking the movie. Gave away one of the bigger "twists" in the trailer. I hate that practice.  I tried doing a factory reset on my tv and learned two things. One, it was a budget set, the factory reset is for the higher end sets and Two, I shouldn't have done that, because it'it's dead again.

I read up on it a bit and it turns out this is a protection mode because it didn't like some voltage that went through it. But much like Mafia protection it doesn't come with instructions so I have no idea when I will be able to use it again.

[6pairsofshoes]

There's all kinds of fora online for people who like to DIY fix it stuff.  I assume you've already checked these?  Perhaps the manufacturer might help?  It's criminal that there's no easy alternative to replacing electronic components.  It's so wasteful.

I'm getting ready for bed after futzing with a problem for two hours and only getting it partially right.  I'll have to get on it in the morning when I'm not so stupid with fatigue.

[8ullfrog]

Discontinued. Read up, most manufacturer practices use capacitors rated for the life of the warranty. The upgraded caps are 99 cents a pop, so $15 for all of em. Unfortunately, the caps are fine. Swapped power cords, no dice.

I might try plugging it in in the kitchen, but I'm not exactly holding my breath.

New annoyance is browsing shopping websites, they really need to stop making 720p sets.

[goldshirt*9]

 

[8ullfrog]

I thank you for the offer. Found a 32 inch for $160 on Amazon, and it turns out my insurance will cover amazon purchases for four years after mfr warranty.

Got out the dell warhorse.

[6pairsofshoes]

That's a relief.

[8ullfrog]

Now I get to worry about porch pirates!