I own some Creative Labs I-Trigue L3800 2.1 speakers.
http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/review/creative_labs/i-trigue_l3800/219071/
They are about 8 years old now, and have served me well up until a couple of days ago when the sound to the satellite speakers would stop and start. Sound to the sub woofer does not appear to be affected.
I thought this might be a faulty 3.5mm cable and replaced it, but that made no difference. I also thought it might be an error with my Samsung TV, but testing the speakers with a PC reproduced the error (although less frequently).
I removed the circuit board from the sub woofer speaker and all of the components seem to be coated in a plastic coating that might make attempting a repair difficult. I looked at the capacitors to see if any were bloated, but could not see any obvious bad ones. I am quite good at repairing computers, but my knowledge of electronics is almost non existent. I am hoping someone can give me some simple advice at the novice level as to how I should go about attempting a repair. I am guessing that some component(s) on the circuit board have failed or there is a poor connection somewhere on the circuit board. I can not afford to replace these speakers, so repair is my only option.
http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/review/creative_labs/i-trigue_l3800/219071/
They are about 8 years old now, and have served me well up until a couple of days ago when the sound to the satellite speakers would stop and start. Sound to the sub woofer does not appear to be affected.
I thought this might be a faulty 3.5mm cable and replaced it, but that made no difference. I also thought it might be an error with my Samsung TV, but testing the speakers with a PC reproduced the error (although less frequently).
I removed the circuit board from the sub woofer speaker and all of the components seem to be coated in a plastic coating that might make attempting a repair difficult. I looked at the capacitors to see if any were bloated, but could not see any obvious bad ones. I am quite good at repairing computers, but my knowledge of electronics is almost non existent. I am hoping someone can give me some simple advice at the novice level as to how I should go about attempting a repair. I am guessing that some component(s) on the circuit board have failed or there is a poor connection somewhere on the circuit board. I can not afford to replace these speakers, so repair is my only option.