New Members - please post your introductions here

[cemut9088]

Hi all I wan nice to meet all of member here

[Jw9392]

Hello everyone! I am a recent graduate in EE and have always been a tinkerer. So on my lasted project for work I manged to create a ground loop with my PCB I working on, and my laptop . So I am here to try and find schematics and never give uo right to repair. Hopefully this forum will give me the community and tools needed to do so!

[Jw9392]

Hello everyone! I am a recent EE grad. At work recently I managed to make an unintentional ground loop, between my PCB, and thinkpad laptop. So I am here to work on tracking down the schematic and improve my chances at repair.

[Zatoky]

Hi to everyone, im new here i know this website from YouTubers that are in this type of job EC programming and bios.

A short story of myself:
I was interested on how things do work from a young age , "the logic behind them" . I remember all statted with Metin2 private server files by Rain or Root (dont remember exactly) , I was 13-14 yo back then and i was struggling to make it work to login in game successfully on this Server Files, but never gave up till one day i managed ot took me 3 days, and from there slowly i went deeper in the client, server, database and a little for the web part for registration, bck then was with Hamachi connection till the port forwarding came to my knowledge.
I started to implement 3 d models of weapons from other games using extractors from other communities like this one and posting them(finished 3d models comverted them to be compatible with the game, texture location , alpha channel for brightness all balanced)for free on a forum to share it. I was happy to see after some years some big Pservers, using the models that i shared.
Well and so many to talk about but all ended when i was 22 yo because of real job and different focuses on life, but still I remember my many hours and struggles to understand some aspects in the game development area .
Now im a truck driver, i don't really love this job i do it because i need to earn my existence. I would love yo open my repair shop one day , slowly getting what i need (tools ).
And yes im 30 yo , life goes fast , if i work most of my life o want to do something that i really enjoy, even the hardware deserves a second chance(third, fourth...)let's fix them.
My English is not very good and i hope.to be useful in the future after i will get some experience, and i will try to extract every laptop that i pit hands on to save the firmware amd bios..
Thank you and ahave a lovely journey in your life.

[toLog]

Hello from Tom!


Hi everyone,

I'm Tom/toLog and I'm excited to join the Badcaps community!

A bit about my background:

• Self-taught electronics enthusiast with no formal training but about 6 years of hobbyist experience
• Background in IT support, but electronics repair is purely a passion project
• Started fixing things out of stubbornness - couldn't stand throwing away "broken" devices

My main interests include:

• Consumer electronics repair (laptops, monitors, TVs, audio equipment)
• Learning proper capacitor identification and replacement techniques
• Power supply troubleshooting and repair
• Currently working on reviving a dead Dell laptop motherboard

What brought me here:

• Desperately need a board view file for this laptop repair I'm tackling
• Found Badcaps through countless Google searches and forum recommendations
• Honestly might be a quick download-and-disappear situation, but the community knowledge here looks incredible

My workshop/tools:

• Hakko clone soldering station from AliExpress (does the job!)
• Generic hot air station (also from the land of cheap Chinese tools)
• Decent multimeter, basic oscilloscope, and a microscope that probably cost 1/10th what a real one does
• Full set of precision screwdrivers, tweezers, and flux - all budget versions but they work
• More enthusiasm than expertise, but learning every day through YouTube University and trial-by-fire

I'm looking forward to learning from all the experienced members here and hopefully contributing back to the community as I gain more knowledge. The wealth of information already available on this forum is incredible!

Thanks for having me, and I hope to be a helpful member of the community.

Best regards, Tom.

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[mail2crest]

Hello!
I’m new here and happy to join this forum. Looking forward to learning and sharing knowledge with you all.

[YHOTSKI]

hi, new member here