New Members - please post your introductions here

[arminass]

Hi.
I'm just a new user looking for help to fix my Lenovo OEM desktop.

[ovejanegra152]

Hi everyone, just decided to join your forums. I found this place when I was searching for BIOS dump for my Lenovo x270. I am from Barcelona Catalonia.

[PhantomNNN]

Hello everyone.
I'm a new user who needs help and information in laptops and other tech.
I live in Slovakia

[sivera007]

Hi guys i've been a member for a while but haven't posted anything. So hellllloooo.

[Brunobraga83]

Hey guys. My name is Bruno, I'm from Brazil, Rio de Janeiro. I'm an electronics technician and work with notebook maintenance.

[VOLODYMYR POKATILOV]

Hi all !

I'm a programmer, but I love tinkering with microcontrollers and electronics!

[JGael]

Hi everyone Im a mechatronic engineer and I like all about electronic repair, I work in computer repair, software and hardware, I like micro-soldering and I want to learn a lot about Bios until I become a specialist, I like electronics, video games, putting together wooden puzzles especially the ROKR brand, it is a pleasure and It's good to have a community like this

[Orphan-Four]

HI, My adventures in computing/electronics started around 91 with a cheap epson 8088 w/dual 5.25 floppies, got my hands on a 1200 baud modem and got into bbs's in 517 248 and 810. Never stopped learning. Beta tested early Microsoft products. Did 8 years of bench work on pro audio gear to component level. My specialty now is reverse engineering components and devising refurbishment processes. I am dangerous in Linux, proficient at pascal and arduscript. Miss the days when everything was 80x25. What's your story?

[B EVOL]

Hi !
I'm a programmer, but I love microcontrollers !

[tdd233]

hi,
i am tdd 233 and
i am a me engineer.

[vidman]

H i Smitty here just looking to read

[XIII]

Hi, I'm hassen I'm an industrial maintenance technician who fixes computers as a hobby!

[idegenerated]

Hello everyone, I'm Austin and I'm a computer engineering student in Illinois. Looking to get some help on a locked BIOS I have and hopefully I can help others eventually too

[tillard]

Hi guys I'm newish to this forum. I'm fairly new to the world of micro electronic repair, however I come from an electrical.engineering background so it's not totally alien to me.

[Follka]

Hello, my name is Dima. I understand that only here are there enough qualified people who will help me with my questions. Good luck to everyone!)

[Prangalf]

Hi, I'm Prangalf. I'm from Mexico and I am a PC and videogame consoles enthusiast, I like to tinker with every device I own, and I also do some PC repairs on my spare time. Ifound this forum while looking for help to unlock the Bios on an Alienware 17 R5.

[XUPOH]

Hi guys,
I'm a CNC engineer with some interest in PC
Got a couple of motherboards needing repair, maybe someone could help me (need Asrock Z270 Taichi boardview)
Many thanks in advance!)

[Neologic]

Hi! I´m Neologic. Just a tech looking for expert advice on a matter.

[umarjaan]

i am umar jaab from Pakistan, I have done MSCS in computer networks. Hardware repairing up to chip level is my hobby. I found the website very useful and its members are very cooperative and they tried their best to help each other.

[nebiros]

Not sure exactly what to say, scrolling through this forum I'm amazed at how knowledgeable many users seem to be. So far on this site, I've learned that I have a LOT to learn. And honestly, I'm excited about that and excited to get started.

I'm on the younger side of the millenial crowd, been graduated with my bachelor and fully employed for just about 5 years now. Working in the real world was quite a bit different than I expected, and so far my career has taken a path I never would've predicted. My degree was chemistry/physics focused, but while I was interning at a manufacturing company back in 2018 one of the IT guys mentioned what a pain it was replacing the $300+ thin clients they were using to run powerpoint presentations on TVs around the plant. I said it was ridiculous to pay that much for a computer just used to play a slideshow, and that I could replace the thin clients with $50 Raspberry Pis no problem. Got told to put my money where my mouth was, did just that, and then found myself facing disciplinary action for breaking the company's global IT policy about connecting unauthorized hardware to the company intranet.

While that definitely seemed like a bad thing at the time, apparently it impressed the right people and I found myself with a full time offer once I graduated. It's been a number of years since then, but now I've found myself in a more information-technology focused role in a group that for all appearances stopped trying to learn new technology in about '02. It's industrial manufacturing, we don't need to be up with the cutting-edge of the tech world, but I would like to see us, at minimum, stop storing application passwords in plaintext excel files and update our company servers to support https.

I guess in general I can see an ocean of progress to cover, and I know I personally need to learn at least a sea's worth before we'll get there, so I'm looking forward to learning more about what makes the tools tick.

On a personal level, I'm an enthusiastic hobbyist working on setting up my home lab. In programming, python was my mother tongue, but I'm avidly working on learning C and getting a better grip on cryptography applications like SHA and PGP. I've been using Linux as my daily driver for a couple years, but know that there's HEAPS more to learn, lol. I've also got a nasty habit of finding myself in ratty little computer repair stores, bargaining for old refurbished hardware to mess around with & figure out how it works. My most recent acquisition was a Surface Pro 3 with an unknown UEFI password, which I took as an opportunity to learn more about BIOS/UEFI programs & encryption. That led me to this site, which in and of itself made the purchase worthwhile.

I'm looking forward to learning from you all, and sharing whatever knowledge I can.