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:D No lah, I wouldn't throw away the mount lah :oops:. Just very disappointed at that very moment. Anyway, mine is a supercharge scope.... by Dr Clay himself. Spend around S$500 dollars. I doubt he did a bad job, it's just my bad luck. So I'm sure mechanically wise and optically wise there shouldn't...

HaHa.....touch wood lah.. 8) ...no so easily spoil one. Mine is just bad luck. Anyway, it's true.. not easily to obtain spares for an ETX. I've check out with some telescope spare parts company in US, no luck. :( However, there's one company dealing with LX200 series electronics though. I even downl...

Hello Rich, Really appreciate your effort. Many thanks! :D Ya, it's not easy to see the IC marking, it's normal...hehe... I suspect too it is 4947(A dual P-Channel MOSFET), as I'm come across ppl burning the PCBA in the LDX55 series as well, which also uses 4936 with the 4947. All these 4XXX series(...

Hi Lee, Wah say.... :shock: an mini ipod ah! cannot afford liao lah. Anyway, Pai say leh, never bought the scope from him/you direct. I did enquire Meade scope from him too. Since it's cheaper out there in US, where i bought my scope. Now I'm broke and now I don't think i can affort to pay so much f...

Thank you very much Chee Chien, Not to trouble you initially. I'm currently requesting help from the ETXatro forum. If I can, I'll repair it myself, if not my last chance is to write to Meade. Will let you know how's my repair. Many thanks! have a nice day ahead! Wu Ya Meade quality control for its ...

Hi Chee Chien and WeiXing, I'll post in weasner website as well. Thanks. Anyway, the IC is burn beyond recognition. Only part of the part no. can be seen. Yes, not only the IC was burnt. There's 2 PCBA traces also burnt which I think i can fix. I found some small metal chips on the PCBA, thus I susp...

Hi all, Very sad, my ETX125 is only 3 months old. Really need help from the members here who owns an Meade ETX125. My ETX went dead(Only the RA axis) recently and I've found out that it's due to a burnt MOSFET IC(Q2) in the main PCBA driver board located inside the battery compartment. :cry: Really ...

yup...I never bought anything from Optcorp but their service and response is good in my dealings with them. Very tempted to buy the N8i brand new but the price is still a wee bit high for me and including the shipping, its a killer even though overall their prices still way lower than Astro Science...

sometimes, I am not even sure if Astro Scientific is sincere to sell to us normal folks. Their price is more than double of the US price + shipping + GST. It's like they are trying to discourage you to buy. 10 years ago, I can still understand why they give this kind of prices. There were no intern...

I don't intend to pay the extra for the special edition but if there is one N8i selling at a reasonable price here, I will grab it! Too bad the AstroScience is selling it at a whopping $4500!! rich AstroScience quote me S$4999 for the N8i few months back! :x Not likely to get anything from them. I'...