[PLUG] motherboard repairs
wes
plug at the-wes.com
Sun Jul 26 00:24:13 UTC 2009
IR temperature sensors are becoming more and more commonplace. I used to
have one, and will again as soon as I have occasion to visit a place that
sells them. I think Fry's has them, for example.
-wes
On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Erik Lane <eriklane at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, that sounds good, but at the moment I don't have access to an IR
> camera. I might be able to track one down through networking with
> people, but that might take a while. I can't think of anything I have
> that would be good at finding the problem by heat. Other than my
> fingers... :)
>
> I'll have to check around and play with it some more.
>
> Thank you!
> Erik
>
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Larry W<larryw at holbrookmasons.org>
> wrote:
> > Erik Lane wrote:
> >> Thanks for the ideas!
> >>
> >> It definitely could be something heat related.
> >
> > It sure sounds like it. Back when I troubleshot at the device level I'd
> > search for a hot device and hit it with a burst of CO2. If it started
> > to work, I'd replace the device. These days you can use an IR camera or
> > other IR sensor to find the hot device, but unless you can replace the
> > device you might be better off replacing the circuit card.
> >
> > Larry
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