January 2015 – MickRed

Ep05 – Superman 36 (New52) – The Men of Tomorrow Chapter 5 w/ RedBeard

This is a special show because one of my very best friends, RedBeard, has joined me to talk about Superman!! We get that twist we’ve been waiting for, and a cliffhanger question that demands answers. We’ll see what we can do…We’ll cover New 52 Superman #36, talk about the story and art, talk some news, the DC Famous Movie covers, and much more!! Get to know RedBeard now, he’ll be back often!!

As it always goes when RedBeard and I do a show – stay for the outtakes after the credits!

Links mentioned:

Chris Hadfield’s “An Astronauts Guide to Optimism”

DC Covers as Famous Movie Posters

Podcasts Mentioned:

Earning My Ears

From Crisis to Crisis: A Superman Podcast

My Star Wars Story

We’re Alive – A Zombie Story of Survival

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Thanks to Kevin MacLeod for allowing me to use his songs:

“Our Story Begins” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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“Five Armies” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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“Perspectives” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Thanks to Jason Shaw for allowing me to use his News Theme Sound. You can find his music here: http://audionautix.com/

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Philips TV Model 37mf331d/37 Power Supply Repair

Philips TV Model 37mf331d/37
2006 – 37” LCD TV with Fluorescent Backlight
Information on TV

Got a call about this Philips TV and was asked if I could fix it. When I went to check it out the TV was already taken apart and the owner had already researched the issue identifying the power supply as the culprit. At first look I saw that he was right because there was a section blown out to include an erupted capacitor. So I left with a part number of and the power supply.

Power Supply Unit: 715t2056-1

This the same power supply used in several products so I thought if nothing else I might be able to salvage an old power supply board from something else. Its more fun to try and fix the issue so I was hoping salvage wouldn’t be the solution. I ordered the surface mounted resistor, zener diode and capacitor from Mouser for less than $2.

I removed and replaced the capacitor with no issues. Then I began to remove the diode and the damage really reared its head. Whenever these parts blew it blew a chunk of circuit board with it that wasn’t noticeable until the solder was taken off. This took off the surface mounted resistor and the mounting location for one side of the diode. Well crap! After giving this some thought I came to the conclusion that the resistor was probably more for tolerance matching and protection than anything else so I refilled the broken trace and connected the diode directly to it. This was a bit sloppy due to the missing pieces of circuit board so I covered the area with hot glue to secure it.

A. Capacitor B. Diode Connection C. Repaired Broken Trace, Bypassed Resistor & Diode Connection

Not being able to test it immediately after repair made me a bit worried. Today I went back and installed the repaired power supply and reassembled the TV just enough to test it out. When we plugged it in I could hear it hum to life automatically. Initially it did nothing but light up the power button but after a few seconds the screen came on and this older flat-screen TV got an extended life for less than two dollars.

Linksys WRT54G V8 Update

Update to my previous article on the WRT54G V8

This has to be the 4 or 5th Linksys WRT that has suddenly fizzled out. This WRT54G V8 was running modded firmware but in a stable fashion, not overclocked, not over powered. I got maybe 5 months of use out of it before it bit the dust. Linksys has been passed around to a few companies over the past 10 or so years to include Cisco and now I think I know why. With that I say farewell to Linksys and will most likely not own another.

Interesting Finds 3

Randy Builds Things and sometimes Randy Destroys Things. If that doesn’t get your attention I don’t know what will. This blog has an assortment of projects that include repairs, tear downs and builds. There’s not a ton of posts, I can’t say much, but this is one to watch. I might have to ask Randy to move his blog to MickRed.

http://randybuildsthings.wordpress.com/

About Randy excerpt from his website:

Randy is a geekly filmmaker and producer that likes to work with computers, media and power tools, not necessarily in that order.

Who Lives in a Pineapple?

Spongebob Peltier Cooler missing power cord – $6 from Savers (a thrift shop) – Originally sold for $45-$60
DC Female Plug – $3.99 from radio shack
12vdc Power Supply – $1.99 from Savers (a thrift shop)
Total Cost – 11.98
Cost Difference from Original Price: ~$38.02

I searched for a while to try and find a power cord with no luck. So I bought and installed a new one from Radio Shack. IT WORKS!!!

Philips TV Model 37mf331d/37 2006 – 37” LCD TV with Fluorescent Backlight Information on TV

About Randy excerpt from his website:

Philips TV Model 37mf331d/37
2006 – 37” LCD TV with Fluorescent Backlight
Information on TV