1.3 KiB
Repairs for 2018.
AppleMacbook 2010: A battery had blown up inside, and I removed the battery.
Just a quick note about putting the cables back (microscopes and tweezers help). Success.
Bose Cinemate: A repair from Craigslist. A Generation 1 Bose Cinemate, would
not turn on (light stays red). Turned out the remote control IR receiver failed. Easy repair. Also covered by others online. Success.
Harbor Freight Bauer Drill - A drill made to fail, (surprise) failed. Attempts
to replace the Power MosFETs inside. WIP.
HP Pavilion 15 cs0053 - User spilled soda (sticky water) on a laptop.
Didn't turn it off, or clean it afterwards. Sticky residue caused a short on I think the 19V rail. Could've been avoided by turning laptop off after spill, and cleaning soda water residue from laptop. WIP
NYNE Bass - Water (rain) caused a chip inside to go into a safety mode. It was
necessary to dismantle the device and turn it off, turn it back on. Success.
Sony PVM 14M4U - A television that was displaying moving lines. Op Amp negative
voltage rail is off by 5-7 volts. Attempted to repair, but damaged other parts while repairing. Fail.
Weller WSD51 - Soldering Iron suddenly failed. Under warranty so covered by
Weller. May have been the iron's fragile temperature probe wire which was damaged by rough usage. Success.