Tektronix
The most serviced scope brand on our bench. Full support for TDS, DPO, MSO, and MDO digital families plus the 2465 series and other analog classics that Tektronix stopped supporting decades ago.
The 2465 is the model we are asked about most. Usual failures: hybrid attenuators, readout board, and power supply electrolytics. A recap plus attenuator work brings most back. Tektronix has not supported these in decades.
Common faults
- Will not power on, or powers on and immediately shuts down
- Blank screen with fans running — power supply or display board
- Signal Path Compensation fails or self-cal stops partway through
- One channel dead, noisy, or reading a fraction of the correct amplitude
- Vertical gain out of tolerance at specific V/div settings
- Attenuator relays clicking without changing range
- Trigger unstable or will not trigger
- Front panel encoders skipping or dead buttons
- CRT dim, defocused, or burned on analog units
- LCD backlight failure on TDS3000 and TDS5000 families
- Hard drive or floppy failure on Windows-based scopes
- Fan failure and thermal shutdown
- GPIB or LAN communication dropped