Tag: 4k

Intenso High Speed Line 128GB (WHL #117)

At work, we tend to use those godawful USB thumb drives that generally fall into two categories:

  • Ancient (and therefore tiny in capacity)
  • Cheap marketing giveaways (and therefore dog slow)

    Some even cover both bases and were the slow, crappy type ten or even fifteen years ago – and they have our own logo printed on them, because they were surplus items whenever the company logo changed.

    Sure, that happens for a lot of companies, but it’s fucking annoying, it’s embarrassing to operate in such a way, and it just wastes company time.

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Panasonic TX-55AXW634 backlight (short-term) fix (WHL #84)

TVs are apparently still a thing, and so are defective ones. Here’s what I did to a 55″ Panasonic TX-55AXW634 with the red blinking light of death – likely also applicable to similar units of the “LA58 chassis” generation, e.g. the TX-48AX630B 48″ unit or the even smaller 40″ TX-40AX630E. While this fix isn’t perfect nor permanent (I heard it lasted for four months, when presumably another row of LEDs died), it’s good enough to keep the TV going for a bit longer, so one can order spare parts or decide/save up for a new unit. […]