Articles on Repair
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The articles presented here have all been published in print media.

Driving Multiple VGA Monitors by Michael Swartzendruber. A very useful circuit is described, includes schematic

VCR Idler and Pulley Diagnosis and Repair by Alex. A couple of useful tips

Soldering and Desoldering Surface Mount Components by Jim Park. An inexpensive way to do it.

TV Repair by Sam Goldwasser. An excellent and extensive article on all aspects of television repair. Available for downloading (300Kbytes)

Degaussing Color Monitors by John Bachman was published in Electronics Servicing & Technology and The PC Troubleshooter in 1994. The text version is available for downloading (6Kbytes)

Sources for Monitor Schematics and Parts by John Bachman was published in Electronics Servicing & Technology andThe PC Troubleshooterin 1994 and Computer Service and Repair in 1995. The text version is available for downloading (12Kbytes)

Color CRT's, Shadowmasks, Magnetic Fields and Degauss was written by Sam Goldwasser and an engineer at Phillips NV in the Netherlands.

Testing Transistors with DMM or VOM The original author of this article is unknown but it has been extensively edited by Sam Goldwasser

Desoldering Surface Mount Components a short but very informative piece by Mark Neff

Salvaging a CVF from a _DD File This article by Matt Gilmore is not precisely related to electronic hardware repair but does address a problem faced by all computer users sooner or later.

The Correct Removal and Reinsertion of Surface Mount Packages The information you'll need to do this correctly and properly with NO PROBLEMS.
 
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