New Members - please post your introductions here

[ojan83]

Hi all the community, I'm B, a senior programmer. What brought me here?, a corrupt Bios in a Dell. In more than 20 years had a problem with a Bios, until now...!.
Most of the PCs i had broken, been fixed, hope this one would not the first can't fix!, xD

[matiws2008]

Hi,
I’m new here and happy to join this forum. Looking forward to learning and sharing knowledge with you all. You're doing a great job.
Thanks for all

[pat ken]

hello everyone my name is pat. im excited to be a new member of this group. :-)

[TECNOVA]

Hola un gusto estar aquí y poder aprender mas cosas, saludos

[Benard akosa]

Wow.
this is great and I'm very glad to join this forum. As a beginner and a computer repairer I want to thank the administrator for creating this forum. I'm new in schematic reading.
does anyone knows a site or has videos to upgrade my schematic reading
kindly share with me please

[azamittech]

hopefully it can help me to troubleshoot laptop and others, thanks for accept it me again

[kimsw]

I'm studying laptop repair. I'd appreciate any help.

[Elhaseef]

Hello guys I am Hassan Audu Ibrahim from Nigeria I am 38 years old and computer engineer, I am here to find some over some complicated problems hardware and software issues.

[Bahdja]

Hi

[gustavo persch]

olá sou gustavo 26 anos moro no brasil e estou aqui para aprender e resolver alguns problemas

[jrios]

2509 pagina... Ups... desde el 2003 hasta hoy 2025 ha crecido muchisimo. Mis felicitaciones...!
Muchas gracias por esta comunidad, desde colombia un gran saludo.
Soy nuevo en esto de las reparaciones de Board, espero encontrar buenos contenidos , buenos tutores, aliados y quien quita buenos amigos.
Nuevamente Mil gracias y aqui vamos...!

[Milchgl_s]

Hi Guys, Best Greetings from Germany!

[ElConde]

Hola. Un gusto unirme a su comunidad. Soy de Argentina. Soy técnico en electrónica y en reparación de placas madre. Me dedico a la reparación electrónica de equipos portátiles. gracias a todos por adelantado.

[aimebob]

Hi,
new member of this wonderful community, hope that we'll share some knowledge together. thanks for accepting me here.
cheers

[bednarek]

Hello guys!
I´m Bednarek and work with laptop chip level repair. I hope to help here and be helped at same time.
Nice work and health for you all here, in BadCaps.

[eaassistencia]

OLA A TODOS SOU DE PORTUGAL

[CG_Dionysos]

Hello everyone,

I am a software developer from Germany.
I found this forum while looking for repair resources.
I accidentally spilled coffee on my MacBook Pro.

This model seems relatively uncommon, and I haven’t been able to find detailed repair information elsewhere, so I’m hoping to get some guidance here.

MacBook Pro 15” specs:

• Model: A1707
• Mid 2017
• 3.1 GHz Core i7
• 16 GB RAM
• Radeon Pro 560
• 1 TB SSD
• 820-00928-A (board number)

After a complete cleaning with 99.9% isopropanol, the machine powers on, but the internal SSD is no longer detected (blinking question mark folder).

I am looking for schematics, board views, and advice on where to take measurements in order to locate faulty components or determine if the onboard SSD itself is damaged.

Thanks for having me here.
Greetings from Germany!

[3t3rnitytv]

Hello everyone,

My name is Sergiu and I’m from Romania 🇷🇴. I recently started working on repairing an HP EliteBook 8460p and came across this forum while searching for reliable BIOS recovery tools and branding utilities.

The laptop was showing the “Product Information not valid” error at boot, and after some research I realized the system board is missing key identifiers like Product Name, Serial Number, and Feature Byte. I’ve already gone through the BIOS settings and prepared a FreeDOS bootable USB, but I’m now looking for the correct version of the HP DMI tool (NbDmiFit or HPBQ138) that works with this model.

Here are the specs:

• Model: HP EliteBook 8460p
• Serial Number: CZC1362J1W
• Product Number: LG744EA#ABN
• Issue: Missing system board info → stuck at startup with BIOS error
• Goal: Reprogram BIOS identifiers using the correct toolset

If anyone has experience with this model or can confirm which version of NbDmiFit works best, I’d really appreciate the help. Also open to advice on generating a valid Feature Byte and Build ID if needed.

Thanks for having me here! Greetings from Romania!
:X:x:X

[ArtemisIE]

Hey,

I'm Ryan, I'm from Ireland 🇮🇪!

In my spare time I like to repair vintage (and sometimes modern...) electronics and appliances, and this forum has been a great help thus far, particularly in motherboard (corrupt BIOS) and GPU repairs.

It's great to be a part of this community, too much repair information is kept secret these days.

All the best!