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One of the main reasons that component level repair today seems so difficiult is that most of the hardware in modern electronics is in the million+ transistor integrated circuits, not isolated to discrete components as it was 20+years ago. There are usually only a few power supply caps, external coils, and mirco-resistors outside the ICs.
Not only is the failure of one of these difficult to diagnose, finding a replacement after only a few years is harder than finding a part for a 50+ year old radio.
Modern electronics is truly designed to be throw-away, not repairable.
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01-15-2004, 04:40 PM
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