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Caps Wiki: Place For You To Share Your Repair Notes

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Arsenijs Picugins
the Caps Wiki logo, showing a few bulging capacitors, with "Caps Wiki" text under it

A right-to-repair battle is being waged in courts. The results of it, we might not see for a decade. The Caps Wiki is a project tackling our repairability problem from …read more Continue reading Caps Wiki: Place For You To Share Your Repair Notes→

Posted in capacitor failure, Hardware, recapping, repair guide, repair hacks, retrocomputing, Right to Repair, troubleshooting | Tagged Repair

Novena Open Source Laptop Reborn as Desktop Machine

Posted on February 23, 2022 by Chris Lott

When your 5-year-old laptop dies it’s usually time for a replacement. But [Andrew Menadue]’s Novena laptop is fully open-source. He has full access to all the documentation, so he decided …read more Continue reading Novena Open Source Laptop Reborn as Desktop Machine→

Posted in laptops hacks, Novena, open source hardware | Tagged Repair

A New Senate Bill Would Give Farmers the Right to Repair Their Own Tractors

Posted on February 2, 2022 by Matthew Gault

The Agricultural Right to Repair Act would force manufacturers to give farmers the tools and documentation they need to keep their equipment running. Continue reading A New Senate Bill Would Give Farmers the Right to Repair Their Own Tractors→

Posted in State of Repair, tech | Tagged John Deere, Repair

Acid-Damaged Game Boy Restored

Posted on January 18, 2022 by Bryan Cockfield

The original Game Boy was the greatest selling handheld video game system of all time, only to be surpassed by one of its successors. It still retains the #2 position …read more Continue reading Acid-Damaged Game Boy Restored→

Posted in acid, battery, damage, game boy, game boy color, games, jumper, restoration, smd, solder, wire | Tagged Repair

PCB Microsurgery Puts the Bodges Inside the Board

Posted on December 15, 2021 by Dan Maloney
PCB internal bodge

We all make mistakes, and there’s no shame in having to bodge a printed circuit board to fix a mistake. Most of us are content with cutting a trace or …read more Continue reading PCB Microsurgery Puts the Bodges Inside the Board→

Posted in blind via, bodge, copper, epoxy, fr4, pcb, repair hacks, trace, via | Tagged Repair

What Really Goes Wrong With Your Tablet

Posted on December 14, 2021 by Jenny List

We’ve all seen our share of consumer electronic devices that need repair. It’s inevitable that, however well-cared-for it will be, there’s always the unforseen that brings its life to an …read more Continue reading What Really Goes Wrong With Your Tablet→

Posted in repair hacks, Right to Repair, Statistics | Tagged Repair

John Deere Blows Off Shareholders Asking About Right to Repair

Posted on December 9, 2021 by Matthew Gault

Facing mounting legislation and pushback from customers and shareholders, an embattled John Deere looks to the SEC to keep it from answering questions. Continue reading John Deere Blows Off Shareholders Asking About Right to Repair→

Posted in State of Repair, tech | Tagged Repair

Fail of the Week: Hackaday Writer Attempts XBox Repair

Posted on December 8, 2021 by Dan Maloney

Like a lot of Hackaday readers, I pride myself on being “the fix-it guy” in my family. When something breaks, I get excited, because it’s a chance to show off …read more Continue reading Fail of the Week: Hackaday Writer Attempts XBox Repair→

Posted in Fail of the Week, Hackaday Columns, hot air station, rework, smd, smt, Xbox | Tagged Repair

What Apple’s New Repair Store Means for the Right-to-Repair

Posted on November 19, 2021 by Matthew Gault

The biggest names in the fight to let you fix your own stuff come onto Cyber and explain Apple’s change of heart. Continue reading What Apple’s New Repair Store Means for the Right-to-Repair→

Posted in apple, iPhone, State of Repair, tech | Tagged Repair

There’s Not a Cassingle Thing Missing From This Cassette Deck Masterclass

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Kristina Panos

For [ke4mcl], this whole cassette craze of late is not a new discovery so much as it is a personal nostalgia machine. Since [ke4mcl] sees a lot of basic questions …read more Continue reading There’s Not a Cassingle Thing Missing From This Cassette Deck Masterclass→

Posted in audio cassette, capstan, cassette, cassette deck, how-to, tape head | Tagged Repair

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