New Members - please post your introductions here

[computerbacon79]

Hello. I am new here.

I enjoy messing around with computers, and seeing what I can make them do.

I also enjoy working on my car in my spare time, because it never works.

Ive used many computers and many systems, but the thing I really do not like is when the older ones get bad drives, and you have to find a strange adapter to a CF Card to get it working because SATA-3 doesn't go to it. Of course, it was 5 dollars at a thrift store, but man is it ever annoying trying to find adapters for those old PATA drives, but it also has the advantage of letting me write stuff right to it's drive using another computer with a CF reader instead of playing leap frog with hard drives or burning CDs. So many things with the older ones

[Bernardngondo Iloga]

Bonsoir à tous

[Donald Nixon]

Former Apple and Dell certified tech, finally diving into the wonderful world of board level repairs after many moons!!

[KoSLoW]

Hello, new here i'm electronic and retro game console lover, love to mod and repair hardware in general. See you soon everyone 😎

[m8h]

Have been working as a computer tech for almost 25 years (mostly Windows and Linux workstations, Linux servers, small networks and so on). Been fixing my own computers for much longer.

Now the first time did something as stupid as setting a BIOS password to my Latitude 5400 without marking it up on paper or saving it in the password manager. Thought that the password is so easy that I don't need to.
And quite obviously, managed to forget it. Tried all passwords and combinations I thought it could have been, but no luck. This happened a few years ago.
Visited badcaps back then as a guest/lurker, but there was no working 8FC8 patcher available at the time (the one that existed got removed for being bugged).

The BIOS is still locked, but now I need to unlock it to swap the NVMe SSD drive in it for a larger one, thought to give it a try using the now available patcher.

[rramdandi]

hello greetings everyone, let me introduce myself, I am Rizki from Indonesia
thank you for allowing me to join, I got a solution to my problem here, this forum is very helpful, thank you all..
warm regards

[Sofiia]

Hello, I am just learning how to disassemble circuits for laptop repair.
Nice to meet you, I hope to learn a lot of useful things here

[wangfeng]

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[tabflo]

Hi Im Stefan and I work as a Software developer.
I used to be a Technician an repaired Pcbs for Samsung Mobilephones for a decade.

Currently I Am looking for a Boardview or Shematics for an Asus Zenbook UX391UA with no backlight. Can anybody help?

[lordrockz]

hi . im an it and computer hardware enthusiast. love solving problems regarding laptop motherboards issue. i hope i can get more ideas to enrich my skills and to share basic to advanced troubleshooting. thank you badcaps community

[xtint16]

Hello, I am hoping to learn how to upgrade the capacity of soldered RAM on laptops or even increase the VRAM on graphics cards.

[jordilc]

Hello all.

I work in the world of IT, although not on hardware. Laptop fixing is an (obsessive!) hobby I started some time ago. I consider I've learnt a lot during this time, and there is still a lot to learn. In that sense, these forums and all the material uploaded has been of great help. I hope I can keep learning and also collaborate where I can.

[Eugenio60]

Buonasera,

sono Eugenio, pensionato, diplomato in Informatica, appassionato di elettronica, mi piace riparare televisori ed altro.
Un saluto a tutti voi.

[Raul Alvarez]

An old Spaniard here.

I hope to retire early soon and now I'm going to find time to repair all kinds of gadgets. At the moment I'm already fixing several TVs, refrigerators in their electronic part and trying to repair an LG washing machine electronic card that is driving me crazy... 57 years old and like a child learning everything I can to repair better and better.

[denjimakima]

Hello everyone,

I'm new to this community and found my way here after a Google search for "corrupted BIOS," which is an issue I'm currently facing and could really use some help with.

Thank you in advance for any assistance you can offer!

[Economiser]

Hi erstwhile compatriots, I hail from the UK & enjoy a tale or two based around the realms of electronics diagnostics and hope to throw in my twopence worth at intervals : )

[09hitchesk]

Hi all my names kerrie and I love old Tech

[Ubair Khan]

I m 38 and good at DIY stuff. Looking for BIOS fix for my Dell latitude 5440 which i think is corrupted so looking for a clean dump or someone who can fix my backup