Things you have fixed/modded recently

[ciaomao]

Just modded my cheap multimeter with a spare GBA battery I had laying around and a spare TP4056 I had. The output voltage is close to 6v, but it's good enough for this. I just hate 9 volt batteries with a passion.

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you can start a 9V Hate group.Ill join.

 

[Jayro]

Hmm...

Do you live outside the U.S.?

No, I'm American. Why?

 

[GeekyGuy]

No, I'm American. Why?

Just never had issues finding any type of battery, especially those. Thought perhaps it had something to do with where you lived.

 

[slaphappygamer]

Fixed our water heater! The pilot light would light, but go out immediately. Turns out, either the thermopile and/or thermocoupler got too dirty. Found out there might be an issue when my kid said there was no hot water when she took a slower.

Cleaned it up and vacuumed the mess, inside the heater too. Works great now! Saved a grip of money and headache. I just wished I could’ve fixed it sooner. It’s been a couple of days.

 

[GeekyGuy]

Fixed our water heater! The pilot light would light, but go out immediately. Turns out, either the thermopile and/or thermocoupler got too dirty. Found out there might be an issue when my kid said there was no hot water when she took a slower.

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Cleaned it up and vacuumed the mess, inside the heater too. Works great now! Saved a grip of money and headache. I just wished I could’ve fixed it sooner. It’s been a couple of days.

Respect!

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

So I bought this Alienware M18x R2 last month, and have finally finished all my fixes/mods to it.

Originally came with 2x Radeon HD 7970Ms, but one of those just up and died. I ended up replacing both of those with just one GTX 980m, which I had to mod the BIOS to get working at all. Still some quirks with it, for some reason the 980m doesn't display out to the LCD (as this was before Optimus was required so it doesn't just use the iGPU for display ) unless I close/open the display. Probably a weird driver bug, since I had to also mod Nvidia's drivers just to get them to install on Windows. Threw 2x SATA SSDs in it, one 1TB and one 500GB and I'm running Windows 10 for games and Linux Mint for work, so that's fun.

Fix-wise, I replaced the charging port on it since it was a little iffy and was doing the BS Dell "AC Adapter not supported" thing, and also replaced the AC adapter as well since the original was in pretty bad shape. Had to replace the CPU fan and the keyboard as well, the fan itself was dead and then the O, L, down arrow, and . keys weren't working on the keyboard for some reason so had to swap that as well (which was a huge pain in the ass to find, seems like Aliexpress is the only place that has them ._.)

All in all, a nice fun project.

 

[slaphappygamer]

My lady nicked a garbage can and the passenger side mirror popped out. I fixed it for her. Got a nice kiss. I like to fix stuff.

 

[ciaomao]

fixed a torn off touch FPC…the dirty way

 

[slaphappygamer]

fixed a torn off touch FPC…the dirty way
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Sometimes, it’s about the end result.

 

[Hayato213]

Analog stick replacement for drifting joycon. I guess I play too much .

 

[slaphappygamer]

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Analog stick replacement for drifting joycon. I guess I play too much .

I used that paper trick. You place some cardboard (card stock) under the metal housing of the analog stick. It really resolved my drifting issue.

 

[SylverReZ]

I used that paper trick. You place some cardboard (card stock) under the metal housing of the analog stick. It really resolved my drifting issue.

Luckily I have no drifting issues with my Switch so far.

 

[AncientBoi]

I used that paper trick. You place some cardboard (card stock) under the metal housing of the analog stick. It really resolved my drifting issue.

Good to know, even though I have a cheap Logitec PS2 type controller. Thanks.

 

[ciaomao]

fixed a self-cap touch button. The button didnt turned on the LED no more. I drilled a hole above the button, but it turned out the thickness of the plastic wasnt the reason why it wasnt working. I also checked the battery, but it was charged. The root cause was the plastic itself. It draw energy from the sensor at direct contact. after I realized that, I cleaned the plastic below the sensor, but surprisingly it didnt worked any better. However after putting small stripes of doubles sided tape between sensor and the plastic shell it worked flawless again, also through the plastic. and do not ask me about the ear. I have already reattached with any type of glue. It always survives only a few days afterwards. I have given up here and accept the disability of the mouse.

 

[slaphappygamer]

Wake and bake, then fixed up some waffles.

https://www.allthingsmamma.com/homemade-waffles/#wprm-recipe-container-26669

 

[AncientBoi]

Wake and bake, then fixed up some waffles.

https://www.allthingsmamma.com/homemade-waffles/#wprm-recipe-container-26669

Waaaaaah, I dont see any coffee

 

[slaphappygamer]

Waaaaaah, I dont see any coffee

Lol. That was the second thing I fixed this morning.

 

[GeekyGuy]

Lol. That was the second thing I fixed this morning.

 

[AncientBoi]

True. CFFEE should have been the 1st thing done.

 

[slaphappygamer]

True. CFFEE should have been the 1st thing done.

I've corrected my mistake. Coffee, weed, waffles