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[FilipV]

I’m Filip, 20 years of experience in electronics. Passionate about troubleshooting and working with laptops. Always eager to learn and share knowledge with fellow enthusiasts.

[Blend]

Hey, my Name is Ronan and I am a IT-Administrator. Since a longer time I am interested in electronics and repair smaller defects on devices. I want to learn more about computer repairs and get a deeper look into function of Mainboards, Grafic Cards etc.
In general I am addicted to learn new things and get broken things running :-). I am here to learn and share my experience.

Kind regards
Ronan

[Michael.87]

Hi , im Michael , i'm electronic and telecomunication engineer, i like to repair some easy defects for fun and kill time, also i like to plau with network firewalls, pfsense, opnsense, fortinet openwrt etc.

[mvtonline]

Hi guys.

I'm Mike, and I'm 35 years old and live in Denmark.

Best regards

[billc88c]

Hello all,

My name is Bill, i am no professional by any means, purely a hobbyist who gets a kick out of fault finding electronics and repairing them!

I have a request for an 'Asus X99-S motherboard' boardview if anyone can help? it is to help confirm my diagnosis of a burnt pch and find any other components that may have also been taken out at the same time.

I also have a request for advice trying to source a replacement pch for this board (image attached)

As I say im a novice so I'm even probably lacking the terminology to soucre one lol The best I have found so far is an 'Intel BGA chip G49628 01' says nothing about it being an 'Asus x99-s express chipset' though and I can only assume needs programming? Can these be sourced as an 'Asus x99-s express chipset'?


Kindest regards to anyone who may try to help

Bill

[bananaman2097]

Mostly posting for sake of derestricting my usage limitations :P

I've actually used these forums a number of times off and on over the years, unregistered... (I think, who knows, maybe I actually made an account once), as I've often found myself needing input and insight on failed caps and other related issues on all sorts of hardware.

Went to a vocational high school for basic digital and analog electronics about 25 years ago... right when most consumer goods had become mostly disposable -_-
So my options were basically continue school to pursue an electronics engineering degree, or be a solder-monkey on an assembly line.

I wasn't interested in either, so I never really did anything professional with my education.
I've mostly used my electronics knowledge for old game console modding, basic repair, and general electrical stuff on cars and old 70s/80s mopeds.

Coincidentally I find myself in a moderately technical position at a proper biG BoY aDuLT jOB and am kicking myself that I cannot find my old high-school electronics notebook because it would basically serve 90% of all the technical info I would need (and have long since forgotten after two decades). I'm currently tasked with maintaining PCs and assorted proprietary test boxes ranging from 20 to 50 years old... aaand among those I have run into more than a handful of mid-2000s Dell machines suffering The Plague.

Registered today to download a capacitor datasheet that I couldn't find anywhere else online, hoping the forum allows me to download it...

[TimeAmps]

New old member. Been working on, designing, building mostly tube amps since the early 60's. From what I have read, some good info. here - never to late to learn.

[CorSer]

Hello All!

Long time lurker, registered today to get out from the shadows.

My $DayJob is IT related (in fact... Storage and Backup admin) on spare time I like to try to botc.... erm! repair any electronics that falls on my hands. Lately I've been repairing my fair share of GPU's and some power supply (last one a Mosfet exploded sending shrapnel inside the PSU along some leaky caps).

Master of none, jack of all trades and with over 50 years... still eager to learn more and more.

[J Holsapple]

Hello, Just now learning embedded linux and like the idea of coreboot as an alternative to the OEM BIOS!

[Carlos Delfino]

Well, my name is Carlos Delfino, I am a software and firware developer and hardware apprentice. I am writing a book about Switching Power Supplies, which brought me to this interesting site. If you want to support my book, just visit https://fontechaveada.com.br

[k4wers]

Presentación en Castellano:

Hola, mi nombre es Mauro. Soy de Buenos Aires, Argentina, y tengo 36 años. Soy médico retirado con experiencia en psiquiatría. En su momento intenté ingresar a las carreras de Ingeniería Electrónica e Ingeniería de Sonido, pero no logré avanzar debido a que las matemáticas no son mi fuerte.

A pesar de esto, siempre me ha gustado reciclar y reparar artefactos. Desde pequeño, desarmaba mis juguetes para descubrir lo que tenían dentro y entender cómo funcionaban. Actualmente he adquirido y reparado varios monitores LED, y ahora estoy aquí porque me gustaría reparar un monitor LCD DELL 2709WFPB.

Sin más, los saludo atentamente.

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Presentation in English:

Hello, my name is Mauro Baiardi. I'm from Buenos Aires, Argentina, and I'm 37 years old. I am a retired physician with experience in psychiatry. At one point, I tried to enter the fields of Electronic Engineering and Sound Engineering, but I didn't succeed as I'm not very good with mathematics.

However, I've always enjoyed recycling and repairing devices. Since I was a child, I would dismantle my toys to see what they had inside and understand how they worked. Recently, I've acquired and repaired several LED monitors, and now I'm here because I'd like to repair a DELL 2709WFPB LCD monitor.

Best regards.

[commandercb]

hello.
58 or so
i play video games
CompTIA A+ - the lifetime one
electronics / engineering
north of USA


i grew up with older brothers ,,, 4 ... and i used to basically destroy all their gadgets and equipment

so one brother was a musician - gear - audio
the other is just a geek - ham , audio , military surplus ( used to get really crazy stuff - electronic sights / radios .. )
third is a pilot - welder - built his airplane.. but he is a a##
and last one liked to build RC and video gamer like me

all much older - i was always surrounded by gear - could operate a full hi-fi component system from like 3 YO...

....should edit this part ......out

i am here today because i am looking to recap / restore

[S.O.S CASA E OFICINA]

Hello friends, I hope to learn even more from you.

[RufiS]

Just a small time hobbyist, Looking for guidance when needed. Willing to share the minimal amount I know.

[auric119]

Hey, I'm Auric and I'm interested in reviving BIOS chips that were thought to be dead, let's see if this works

[Anonruwel@gmail.com]

Hello I'm Here to look for a new way and get knowledge as i can, Thank you

[Nonolesgazs]

Hello, I'm Arnaud, I work as a mechanical engineer in a boilermaking company.
I like to play with home automation and recue old pc.
Best regards

[Baruchgr]

Hi
My name is Baruch, I have computer business, selling and fixing

[Patrick501]

Hey I'm Patrick, I repair electric tools for living.
I can also repair computer parts and do some 3d printing but I do this just for fun...

[tomp1]

Hi, I'm Tom and I fix laptops as a hobby :-)