Hi everyone, I’m Ronald. I’m originally from the Philippines and currently based in Saudi Arabia. I’ve spent 20+ years in IT support, electronics repair, and telecom—lots of board-level troubleshooting (PSU recaps, VRM and power-rail faults, backlight/LED driver issues, laptop charging circuits/PMICs, and the occasional tablet/phone board).

I’m also a hardware tinkerer (Hackintosh/OpenCore, USB mapping) and do some software on the side (Android + Firebase/Firestore; current projects include BeeHire CONNECT and eSelf). I joined Badcaps to trade repair notes, learn from the pros here,...