Electronics Repair

I like to repair things in general, and as a result there are many electronic personal projects that I have done in the past few years. However, it is safe to assume that I am the go to electronics repair guy among my friends and have already helped many doing so.

Computer repairs either involve a system that won't boot and trying to troubleshoot that, or conducting an upgrade with the owner.

Other electronics usually are just given to me broken and I attempt to either fix them or utilize them for parts in other projects.

This Graphics Card Upgrade was a little troublesome since we went from Nvidia to AMD, but it worked out after we did a fresh windows installation.

This RAM & SSD Upgrade made a world of difference to my roommate. His laptop was much less frustrating to use!

Troubleshooting a No Display Laptop. This ended up being a bad connector. My mom was pleased to get her laptop working again!

Transferring my Laptop RAM & SSD to a "New" to me Laptop. After which I replaced the "new" laptops battery, got the right charger, & replaced the SD card reader.

This box of laptops ended up being donated to a friend of mine who wanted to learn computer repair, but didn't have systems to work on. I even challenged him to build a compute unit out of these systems over the course of 2022.

I verified that all systems function, but most have significant issues.

Some are missing chargers or have dead batteries. I ended up getting a universal laptop adapter kit, and cut off the connector on a charger that there was a duplicate of.

Some laptops have broken screens, touchpads, or keyboards. Many are missing their internal hard drive, as the previous owners wanted to keep them.

However, they all do work! Its exciting to hear him figure out how to repair these issues and his progress on integrating them together for the compute cluster!

I received a Luci Solar Lamp that wouldn't work. After taking out the electronics, I discovered that the battery was dead, but it otherwise worked just fine! I quickly set out to scavenging a battery of similar voltage to power the system. Afterwards, I mounted the assembly in a 3D Printed housing that I modeled. This little lamp has been very handy around the house, and should make for an excellent camping accessory!

Another example of general electronic repair includes this car jumper pack and compressor combo. A quick check of the battery showed 1 V across it. This obviously suffered from a severe internal short. I put in a scavenged 12V sealed lead acid battery that still had charge to revive this equipment. And I still utilize it in my Honda CRV.

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