"jim78565" wrote in message
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HK wrote:

Well..I am pretty good at assemblying computer from component parts, and
general soldering, but you guys are beyond my abilities.


By component parts do you mean assemblies or discrete components? Any
three year old can screw together a case fans PS MB etc. Especially if he
has a set of fine German screwdrivers to work with.



In the old days, real "skill" meant determining *what* component or
components needed to be replaced using a schematic, meter and/or an o'scope.

Much of today's modern electronic circuitry has built in diagnostics that
scream "replace me" when they go bad.

Eisboch