#pc repair

[raccoon-go-bweh]

The 2016 GPD Win 1 I'm gonna repair is coming in 4 DAYS EARLY!!!!!!!!!!

Gonna put Linux mint on it and play old pc gamesssssssss

[ai-satin-chic]

"I tried to fix it, but I think I made it worse. It's a bit old - I don't suppose you could help?"

[astelor]

so the laptop boots without the battery lol

[verilog-official]

I am literally repairing the speakers of my laptop by taking it apart on my floor.

I used my stereo playing a burnt CD copy of the TF2 soundtrack as a function generator, with alligator clips attached to the headphone output and literal staples on the other end for probes.

the speaker was repaired using scotch tape cut with literal nail clippers.

while I'm supposed to be studying for finals

you may think I'm joking or hyperbolizing, but I am not.

that is exactly how it went down.

meanwhile:

this is the story of my life. random spurts of motivation to do something absolutely absurd right now when it would be so much better if I just brought everything downstairs. all the while when I'm supposed to be doing something so much more important.

what's even funnier is that I did this because I had the random motivation to try to overclock my netbook

to do that, I needed to figure out what the clock generator IC is. and to do that I had to take the laptop apart. and I thought, while I'm at it, I'll fix the speakers.

followed by the sudden realization that I have to put everything back together so I can continue studying. how fun

[thatawkwardbryce]

Me when I got my PC back from the repair place, and it hadn't been fixed:

[unrelentingcheeseburgers-ss13]

me and my bro r. repairing this old macbook that i used to own and he owns now and we're both referring to her lovingly as the old lady :3

[doodle-doofus27]

don’t worry i figured it out lol

[roseverdict]

hey who wants to look at the innards of the laptop i've been tasked with repairing and help me figure out whether i can safely unplug a ribbon cable that's blocking the connection i actually need to switch out for a new one

it's an acer aspire vx5-591g if that helps. or vx 15. idk why there's multiple model numbers. the hard drive replacement was simple enough but i've been connectionblocked here wksjaizhajzhaha

also here's the replacement i wanna put in there. ik it's not completely identical but it looks like it'll fit in the same spot without issue and it's not quite as high wattage so it wouldn't burn anything out so. yeehaw