New Members - please post your introductions here

[oelli]

Hello from Austria

[XXTodesname]

HI, I came here after looking for a way to fix my bios password locked laptop. This is my first time trying it out

[drewey]

Hi everyone, I'm Andrew from Novosibirsk, Russia
PC repair for hobby.

[Ramirodc]

For the record, my first system was back in 1985, being a Commodore-64 with the kick-ass 1541 5.25 floppy drive set up on an ancient 19" tube-type color TV... Now that was the kitty cat's meow back then!! DOS nothin!! That system had 64k RAM, runnin BASIC!! Didn't cut my teeth on a DOS-based machine till 1988, that was a Tandy EX-1000... WOOHOO!! My first homebuilt was back in 1994, being a Pentium 90 (overclocked to 100) with 64MB RAM and a 170MB EIDE HDD, a 4x Mitsumi CD drive, a Hercules 1MB video card, and an SB16... YEAH BABY!!

[adrianmihai83]

Hello there, my name is Adrian, I am from Romania. I am doing PC repairs as a hobby.

[artur@impreso.md]

Привет!
Я Артур (Кишинев, Молдова)
Рад быть членом в Вашем форуме.

[IT MikroElektronika]

Hello everyone!
Laptop service, game consoles and equipment, IT and other electronics.
I am located in Novi Sad, Serbia.
I hope for a mutually satisfactory cooperation!
Best regards!

[polacCoUT12]

i just need help with getting a bios file for my t440p thinkpad

[Genghis_Khan]

Hey folks!

Just wanted to say hi as a new member of the Badcaps community. I'm based in London and I’ve always enjoyed tinkering with tech - fixing up desktops, laptops, testing parts, and seeing what can be revived instead of thrown away. Recently I’ve been spending more time working on old ThinkPad and ASUS laptops I’ve picked up from eBay as damaged or faulty.

I found this site while searching for info about BIOS reflashing, and I have to say — this place is a goldmine of knowledge. I’m hoping to learn more about diagnostics, BIOS flashing, and general component troubleshooting, and also share anything useful I pick up along the way.

Looking forward to chatting with you all, learning from the experts here, and keeping some good old hardware alive to save the planet! 🤘🤘🤘

Cheers,

Genghis_Khan

[djg5761]

New member, saying hello. Amateur hobbyist. J

[slang68]

Hi everyone. Just here looking for schematics for some Lenovo boards. I'm a retired Tech that still likes to tinker. Lots of good info here it would seem..

[Francisco60]

Hi guys, just decided to join your lovely forums. I found this place when I was searching for capacitors for replacing in switch console.

Hope to have some fun here as well as learn more about computer electronics and sharpen my electronics skills.

[Mikolaus89]

Hi from Mike

Hey everyone, I'm Mike from Budapest, Hungary, and I've been working in automotive engineering for about 12 years now. Most of my time has been spent on the electrical systems and battery integration side, though I've dabbled in mechanical design when projects demanded it. I can read a wiring diagram like it's my morning newspaper, but hand me a timing belt and let's just say I'm better at specifying components than actually wrenching on them!

Not entirely sure if finding this forum is good news or bad news for my free time, but here we are. I'm currently wrestling with some controller communication issues on a prototype vehicle – keeps throwing intermittent CAN bus errors that I can't seem to pin down. Thought it was the wiring harness at first, replaced a bunch of connectors, problem seemed to vanish... until we started running full system tests, and now the gremlins are back.

Are there any threads around with recommended diagnostic tools or known-good controller setups that don't have these communication stability issues? I've been searching but haven't found much specific to my configuration yet.

Ideally I need something that can handle multiple CAN channels simultaneously (we're running 3 separate buses) and won't cost me my firstborn in the process.

Welcome any advice or war stories from those who've been down this road before!

[Bloodthirst65]

Hey just found this forum

[valerio_vanni]

Hi all. I just discovered this forum searching for how to reflash a bios chip.

[mrctools]

Just an old guy who's found some extra time on hand to burn. Trying to learn some new skills in repairing electronics.

[t77b]

Hi from Germany,

i found this Site because i have a older Laptop Lenovo X1 Yoga Gen4 which is locked with a supervisor password. I try to find out, ho i can solve this problem and found this site. Now I know that this is not simple to solve, but i understand, that i need to rewrite the Bios/UEFI Chip. I read so many post and articles and I thought - I can do this. Now i ordered a CH341A USB-Programm-Kit. Now i found out - as I opened my Laptop and found two possible chips, that the "normal" one (SOP8) is not the one with the BIOS. The other one (W25Q256JV) has to be the UEFI Chip i have to read. BUT - this one is not a SOP8 Chip, it is a WSON-8. WTF !?!? I dont have a hot Air Soldering gun, I only have a "normal" soldering iron. I hope i will find a way to not unsolder the chip and i wil hope of some nice people on this forum, who will help me to fix my project :-)

Thanks in advance !!!

[Laib]

Ich komme aus München und bin 50 J

[aldrianflores11]

hi im aldrian flores from philippines 28 yrs old i've started repairing computer and loptop at my young age at grade school
this is my bussiness now . ive heard in a lot of technicians that this team and website has a very knowledgable when its comes to repairing solutions
i came here because im willing to help and willing to learned more about repairing , troubleshooting, please accept my membership
and welcome as your new member admin thanks a lot have a good day

[aldrianflores11]

Im Aldrian flores from philippines 27yrs old,I have worked with many different types of electronic systems throughout my career as electronic technician. I have experience working with residential cellphone and loptop repairing, I also have knowledge of various safety protocols when working with these systems.

Im here because i need to explore my knowledge and to help other member or part of this organization in the future,
Please help me and im willing to help you all base on my knowlege and experienced