32 inch Vitron Television picture upside down after motherboard replacement now fixed

I received this television from a customer who wanted it checked by a technician.

She told me that she suspect a loose cable and hence minor problem.

I checked the voltage and found they are present even on the secondary side of the power supply.

I also noted some components were getting too hot on the secondary side (Never torch components on the primary side unless if you power off and remove the power cable from the outlet) and since the power On led was off means the microprocessor was also not getting power.

I decided to do new motherboard replacement, getting these boards in my market is quite easy.

I visited the shop and I was back with one which was exactly the same and therefore I expected easy fix, plug and play.

And yes the television fired on beautifully from the back I could see backlights are on.

Turning to the screen I noted the picture/image were upside down like you can see below.

21 Inch CRT Sanyo Television (model CM21YS2S) came in dead now repaired

 I received this television from a customer who wanted it checked.

CRT television are getting phased out here in Kenya very fast but still am getting a few from customers like the one before us.

I asked the customer a brief history of the problem even before opening.

He told me that it started to take time to power up, 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours 9 hours, one day and eventually never powered again.

With that I concluded the problem is capacitor related and therefore when I opened it I first did scanning the whole board and noted one capacitor with top part slightly swollen on the vertical circuit.

Epson projector model EB-S02 with “Error in Auto Iris” now repaired.

This projector was brought by a friend who needed it checked, I powered the machine and this is what I saw on the screen.

40 inch Samsung LED television model UA40J5000AK dead now repaired!

I received a call from a client who wanted his television checked by a technician.

It was within the estate, so using the direction he gave I was able to locate the place effortlessly.

14 inch JVC CRT television model AV-14FMG3B hit by power surge now repaired.

I was visiting a client, who wanted her television checked by a technician; she has left a message to her neighbor who has a shop on the same block to direct me to her house.

Once I reached the shop, I introduced myself and my mission there, while talking to the lady another client of mine whom I have repaired  his television previously passed by and as we greeted each he mentioned that I really helped him to revive his dead television.

The shop owner heard the conversation and was interested to see if I can revive her television which was hit by power surge and decided to keep it in the store.

I proceeded to my mission and while coming back I found the lady has already picked the television from the store waiting for me.

I opened the television and since it was hit by power surge I was much interested on the power supply which always super heavy casualties once hit by power surge.

First I checked the state of the main capacitor and found its top part lightly swollen.

With this I concluded indeed this was power surge, sorry I did not take a photo before removal from the board.

Von Hotpoint microwave model HMG-202DB with “no heating problem” now repaired.

I received this microwave from my neighbor who wanted it checked by a technician.

The owner told me that there was a loud bang and since that time they set it aside (store) and were planning to buy another one since they considered the issue as beyond repair.

I took it with me to my shop and once I applied the power I noted it was powering on well, I placed a glass full of water and hit express button and after 30 seconds I checked the water and found it was still cold.

I then decided to open up the machine and do some troubleshooting.

Von hotpoint 2.0 Channel Surround speakers model HA160200 inputs not responding(stuck) now repaired

 I received this machine from my neighbor who wanted it checked by a technician.

The  complaints was machine has no response from the inputs keys, Non was working.

I took the machine with me to the workshop and upon opening it I scanned the board and I could not see any area which looked suspects in terms of stress or blackened as you can see below.