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Default help identify smd component in DTT set-top box


"Ross Herbert" wrote in message
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On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:06:10 -0700 (PDT), b
wrote:

:I am trying to repair a digital terrestrial set top box
which had
:bulging caps, would shut down and had no audio. changed
the caps, box
:works but still no sound. I discovered two small 3 legged
smd
:transistors (at least I assujme thats what they are)
burned,
resumably due to high voltage and/or poor regulation
from the faulty
su.
: The only reference visible on the components is a '2'.
In the same
cb there are others marked '2A', so i'm assuming these
two might be
:the same.
:
:They are on the pcb as Q5 and Q6, and the pcbitself is
maerked: HY650
:39150 DST VER 1.7 (2004) and it has the Zoran supraTv
chip
:
:Now I know these are disposable items, but I don't mind
investing a
:bit of time and effort trying to fix it, as it doesn't
owe me
:anything. I'm all ears as to suitable equivalent parts.
:TIA
:-b.


Unless you can read the identifying codes on the burned
devices you can't find
out what the devices are. The only other method is to get
a copy of the
schematic. Your chances either way are probably zero.


I assume that this is your equipment and are not trying for
a profession repair. If the burned parts are just small
signal bipolar transistors, I would remove the parts and use
a voltmeter to try to figure out if they are NPN or PNP and
identify which leads are C,B, and E. Just replace them with
about any generic equalavent. You can even use thru hole
parts in a pinch if there is space for them.

David