New Members - please post your introductions here

[bl1nk]

Hi everyone! My name is Sergio, and I'm from Cuba 🇨🇺. I'm passionate about technology and have been working in an electronics repair workshop for several years. I specialize in diagnosing and fixing hardware issues, and I also work on renewable energy projects across the country — from solar installations to energy-efficient systems.

I'm always eager to learn more about BIOS repair, firmware recovery, and embedded systems. I recently started exploring SPI flash programming and BIOS dumps as a hobby, and I'm excited to connect with others who share these interests.

Looking forward to learning from this amazing community and contributing wherever I can. Thanks for having me!

[Fede802]

Ciao a tutti, mi presento: sono un appassionato di informatica e mi diverto con le riparazioni fai da te quando qualcosa non va. Ed indovinate un pò mi ritrovo qui proprio per cercare di risolvere un problema del mio vecchiotto notebook che si accende ma va a schermo nero. Però non è questo il thread giusto, perciò prima studio se qualcuno ha avuto lo stesso problema e poi si vedrà.

[somnus]

Hello,

Im just new here.
I'm Mark from Philippines.
Hope i can learn from all of you.
Thank you guys.

[Paul494]

My name is Paul. Guess I jumped the gun. This is my introduction. Former navy sonar tech 70'74. Worked in TV broadcasting production with some tech experienced over 40 years. Been retired since 2014. Just stumbled on Badcaps while searching for some cap tech help on some older powermac gear. Orginally from Western NY. Now live in Southern Oregon since '78.

[Shakedown]

Hi all,

I'm Samy and I want to learn how to repair GPU as a side hustle.
Just diagnosed my first 2 broken GPU so excited to learn more!

Thanks!

[strevo]

Hello Badcaps community,

My name is Mada, and I'm writing from Romania.

I've been working in the IT industry for about 10 years. I found this forum while searching for solutions to a specific problem I'm facing.

Currently, I'm trying to fix an HP EliteBook 840 G7, and I suspect it needs a BIOS reflash. I've seen a lot of expertise on these boards, so I'm hoping to learn from you all.

Looking forward to being part of the community!

Best regards, Mada

[Desmond Tech]

Since everyone is social here I will be introducing myself...my name's Desmond Tech I have been on this industry for 2yrs now.

I started on my own 3 November and I had many board repairs issues but don't know where and how to start from, where no customers though but really want to improve myself I don't have and work station but hope I will get it one day.

I will be happy if I make friends here and teammate as well ❤️🩹

[kalross]

Great site. Thanks for all the hard work of Team Badcaps.

K

[nx1x2]

Just popping in to say hi, and to give my thanks to the folks here. 👍

[Danu7721hell]

Hello, I'm Danu, I'm happy to be here and to be able to collaborate and learn more about electronics. Thank you.

[SoldierDragon3]

Hi guys, I study electronics and I've always loved fixing things.

[duck_of_death]

Howdy!

I am a man of wealth and taste. I also have a broken ThinkPad T480s I'd like to learn how to fix!! I've dabbled in electronics as a hobby and I enjoy it but wish I knew more.

[TyMercer]

Hello. I'm here trying to fix what I believe to be a corrupted BIOS on an HP mini computer. As part of that process I'm trying to learn how to create a clean bios .bin file or at least to recognize when a bios .bin file is actually clean. I've just started getting into home lab things and I'm hoping to add this defective pc to the one I've already got running a minecraft server. If i can get it going I think I'll use it as a test bench for other things. Those of you in the BIOS reflashing community will probably hear from me once I know what questions to ask and once my non-hobby life gives me another opportunity to work on this.

I'm also interested in reusing and recycling and keeping older electronics functional, but feel the constraints of my budget when it comes to building out my electronics lab. I still take a great deal of satisfaction though when I can get something that's broken going again.

Ty