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[Tams]

I couldn't find a thread on repairing tech, and I just finished repairing something so...

Three hours, Three hours of intense concentration and tension. But now my Sony RX100 MV is working again. I have now conditioned myself to hate ribbon cables, but I I'm feeling pretty proud of myself. Just ignore that I had to reassemble it three times because I kept on forgetting screws or putting them in the wrong place (and yes, I did use iFixit organisation trays - just dumb human syndrome).

So, have any of you fixed any tech lately?

 

[bati]

I don't usually touch electronics unless it involves reconnecting or replacing cables/components or some very basic soldering. Just don't have any background knowledge to tackle these things on a low level. But when it comes to using software to restore old devices back into working condition, that's more my forte. I recently flashed an old Samsung tablet that was pretty much useless, running Android 4.xx and was lagging and crashing so much that you couldn't do anything with it, opening browser took like 3 minutes and then it would crash. I slapped a custom rom on it and I'm now using it as a button box for ETS2. Speed improved by ~10x and battery life by ~5x+ minimum, I shit you not.

I'm currently in the process of breathing new life into my mom's 10 year old laptop, just waiting for a pair of ram sticks to arrive, then I'll do a deep clean, put on some user friendly linux distro with basic apps and that will be it.

 

[ReBurn]

I've been fixing things here and there lately. I have the soldering station out connecting some sensors and microcontrollers to some ESP32's for a garden project I'm doing so I've been replacing caps and fuses on a few things I've been meaning to get around to. It has to be big enough for me to see, so no microsoldering going on over here. I've fixed a 6 can mini fridge, and LED mood lighting lamp and an old RC car that needed a new DC motor in the past couple of weeks.

 

[YCoCg]

So, have any of you fixed any tech lately?

All the damn time, I love modding hardware and watching videos from Macho Nacho, etc, tech modding is my calming place.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Fixed unresponsive touch panel on the oven. Had to cut the power for one minute to make the circuit board re-boot. Working as new.

 

[The Stig]

Took me 4 hours but I fixed the seat motors on my 2002 bmw m5 (driver and passenger):


replaced the shift knob with the proper one that lights up when you turn on the headlights:

https://www.ecstuning.com/b-genuine-bmw-parts/m5-illuminated-shift-knob-6-speed/25112282400/

Took less than 5 minutes.

 

[srerwws]

I don't usually touch electronics unless it involves reconnecting or replacing cables/components or some very basic soldering. Just don't have any background knowledge to tackle these things on a low level. But when it comes to using software to restore old devices back into working condition, that's more my forte. I recently flashed an old Samsung tablet that was pretty much useless, running Android 4.xx and was lagging and crashing so much that you couldn't do anything with it, opening browser took like 3 minutes and then it would crash. I slapped a custom rom on it and I'm now using it as a button box for ETS2. Speed improved by ~10x and battery life by ~5x+ minimum, I shit you not.

I'm currently in the process of breathing new life into my mom's 10 year old laptop, just waiting for a pair sharp copier repair near me of ram sticks to arrive, then I'll do a deep clean, put on some user friendly linux distro with basic apps and that will be it.

Great Working on tech repair and love on different hardware for videos.

 

[Mistake]

Once I clean my house out, I plan on setting up a nice repair station. I can't just up and solder something without practicing a bit first, otherwise I make a mess. Last thing I fixed was the laser on a dreamcast. Calibrating those are damn picky. I have an old dumb TV I need to fix from 2013. It's actually super nice with a good picture and 240hz, but it doesn't want to stay on anymore