Hey guys.

I got a samsung galaxy tab 2 (GT-P5100) which refuses to charge. At first i thought the battery was dead so i ordered a new battery. Same problem, the tablet recognising the charger and shows it is charging but the battery percent is going down instead of increasing!

I tried flashing the tablet with different android versions both official and cfw (ICS and Jellybean), same thing.

So since it's not the battery and it's not a software issue the little MAXIM 17042 drew my attention but i cannot find same replacement. I ordered 17040 which in...

Hi folks.

They brought me a toshiba NB200 netbook which was not powering on at all. I am familiar with the bios issue on these NB200 and despite the usual symptoms are black screen or stuck at the Toshiba logo i replaced the bios chip anyway.

The netbook powered up, loaded windows and everything seemed fine. I shut down to put all the screws in place and after that again not powering on (power button not responding).

After various checks i end up with this conclusion: The netbook will power on once and work flawelessly, even perform restarts and shut...