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Dave caught a rare sight, an alkaline battery leakage in the potassium hydroxide liquid form before it had time to crystalise. This time in a Made in USA Energizer Max Plus AAA alkaline battery. Forum: //www.163115.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1349-energizer-battery-leakage-made-in-usa/ Podcast: Download

A look at and teardown of the world’s first IBM PC compatible PC, the Compaq Portable. Also some meter and oscilloscope part 1 repair action… Forum: //www.163115.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1348-worlds-first-ibm-compatible-pc-the-compaq-portable/ Podcast: Download

New SMD Thermal Jumper parts could radically change your PCB thermal designs! //www.vishay.com/docs/60157/thjp.pdf //atceramics.com/userFiles/uploads/pdfs/Q-BRIDGE.pdf Forum: //www.163115.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1347-smd-thermal-jumpers-could-be-game-changing!/ This is a follow-on from the original SMD Thermal Design video: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ygnAv6koSQ Podcast: Download

Dave tears down and investigates a Dell infrared IR optical touch screen monitor found in the dumpster. Infrared touch screen are not often used in consumer computer monitor applications compared to resistive and capacitive touch screen technologies. Forum: //www.163115.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1346-how-an-infrared-optical-touch-screen-works/ Podcast: Download

Dave fixes a thermal issue with his old video editing laptop, a HP Pavilion dv7 Forum: //www.163115.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1345-hp-dv7-laptop-repair/ Podcast: Download