New Members - please post your introductions here

[Pianodrop]

HI all! I'm a computer and electronics tech in my late 50's in NZ, having abandoned a promising career 3 decades ago as a professional engineer (planning) in NZ's then leading (ex monopoly) telecommunications service provider. My brain is wired ADHD which makes me a fair problem solver but also means I spend time on all sorts of wonderful but unnecessary details!

First PC I ever programmed was actually a Dick Smith System 80 in 1982 (AKA Video Genie in the UK, a near-functional clone of the Radio Shack TRS-80 from the US). I bought my own one a couple of years later.
I bypassed the Apple II and IBM-PC and jumped straight into the world of the Apple Macintosh, which has been my main focus ever since (and yes, we suffered Bad Caps in Macs for a few years too)
Along the way I have also repaired the occasional PC and general electronics too.

These days as I hone my SMD rework skills, I'm getting more adventurous in board level repair, hence I found this forum.

[badvpn]

Hello!
I'm a computer & communications engineer.
I fixed the Problem with the LG-TV.

TCON was bad.
After change -> TV work fine again.

thanks
badvpn+

[maddmaxx]

Hello everyone,

I am from Portugal (Porto), I am 45 years old and have been passionate about electronics since I was a child. This is a hobby of mine and an area that fascinates me.

I found this forum through several searches about a problem I am facing with my PC's BIOS and I was extremely pleased to discover that there is a forum with such high quality as this one.

I hope to contribute with help to make this forum even better and to be an active member of the community.

Best regards.

[peloz123]

My name is Ben, I'm exited to join this community as I'm very new to this.

[repare59]

Bonjour je me pr

[mariog]

New to the forum, been in electronics 20 years and assembly programming back in the day but been defeated trying to fix a corrupt/bad 8FC8 PW lock.

If anyone can provide some suggestions (or I'd settle for an alternative working passcode at this point) on how to generate these on my own as this is the second time in 2 years I've had an issue with the damn 8FC8 😑.

My pain is a Latitude 7420 with service tag 6HMR5J3-8FC8

Thanks in advance for help/ideas

[Troystain]

Hello, I'm new to the forum, I've been a repair tech for phone for almost 12 years and 3 years repairing PC and laptop now for new laptop I need more deep understanding about the EEPROM or bios some of these on HP units seems a bit hard to remove CMOS/Battery does not work.
That's the reason why I joined to this forum to learn more about repair PC and laptops. I'm not a perfect tech in laptop and PC so I hope to learn from you and get some ideas. I can also contribute to any kinds of problem as far as I know the solution.

[Puyoreyes]

Hi my name is Diego and I'm an electronic engineer that wants to fix almost everything that touches my hands, even things that are functioning correctly.

[Gatito mono 47 f]

Been working with PC's since I was 8 now main reason I'm joining is because I'm very interested in understanding how to mod, flash and rip bios'es since it's right now something I don't have experience (appart form having upgraded my main pc B550M K bios via the gigabyte Q-FLASH tool which was easy so I don't think that counts has anything) if anyone wondering I do have a CH431A programmer that I've yet to use which I wan't to use to give 8th and 9th gen cpu support via the coffe time tool to my HP Prodesk 400 G4 SFF that I use has server

[canterburyflyer]

Had a power outage and reversed polarity on a work horse used around the shop and 3D printing room. Not a happy outcome. I Do CNC work and many other related work.
Epoxy tables, 3D design and CAD CAM

[ptkh33]

Hello, I am an analog electronic engineer. I like to repair everything which is broken and I am happy to join the community😀

[nicusopterean]

Hi, I am an Electronic engeneer, and I have a lot to learn. Thank's.

[zemel4e]

I'm angry at how anti-consumer are all newer devices. Time to get control of our devices. Badcaps is step toward this future.

[oualid hajan]

hey everyone, still learning how to use forums

[backdoorsecurity]

Hello everyone! i am just dipping my toes in the waters of flashing bios chips, unfortunately following an unsuccessful bios flash not voluntary.
I have a p52 "20mas1ef00".

I dumped the flash contents of both chips 3 times and made backups, i am assuming the macronix 25l25673g "the bigger one" is the main bios chip.
Is there a way to patch the .fl1 or .fl2 files into the dumped bios file?
What about booting bootable usb update utility in qemu and extracting the flash contents?

Does anyone have a file for this model?
I do not need pw removed just a good bios flash.

If you need more information ask and i will provide, thanks in advance!

[Poliveira]

Hi all. Just decided to join your great forum.
I'm just a DIY guy that loves electronics I want very much to learn.
I hope I can also be of help to any of you.

Regards

[Michigann]

Hello,

I just found this website because I was searching for my mobo dump, so I thought maybe I can find my solution here. If anyone has a dump for Lenovo Ideapad Slim 3i 15IAH8 tell me right away. Thankyou.

[ZioSabatinoFiniuccio]

Hello to all. My name is Sabatino Finiuccio and i'm from Italy. I like to do basic electronic repairs in my (less and less) spare time. Sorry for my broken english, but at least is better than my repair skills... Thank you in advance for all the informations you shared on this forum. I'm sure they'll be very helpful. Saluti dall'Italia

[neotology]

New Members

Hi guys, just decided to join your forums. I found this place when I was searching for bios and schematic, iwant to learn more about laptop.

thank you

[John Dndnnd]

Hi everyone, I'd like to take a moment to introduce myself.

I've been working with technology for quite a while now—back when a 200 MHz processor was still considered cutting-edge. My journey with computers started in the late '80s, with my first machine being a modest 8 MHz 286 and a 20 MB hardcard. These days, my focus is primarily on networking, though I also enjoy dabbling in programming and hardware projects whenever I can.

I tend to work behind the scenes here, helping set up services and occasionally offering some friendly tech advice. And, of course, I'm always up for a little tech banter!

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or want to chat about anything tech-related. I'm happy to help however I can!