Fixing Xbox 360
Had a chance to fix friends Xbox 360. It was not powering on. Repair center said it was not fixable. Symptoms were: psu was glowing […]
Hardware
Fixing EPSON SMD-1000 floppy disc drive
Another fix I did to my Laptop 386sx was fixing its EPSON SMD-1000 FDD. It was working – disc was spinning, head was moving, but it could […]
Fixing Conner CP-3044 hard drive from old 386sx laptop
One of fixes I did to my Laptop 386sx was fixing Conner CP-3044 hard drive. This hard drive was identified by the system, but randomly (most of […]
Replacing ER3 3.6V battery with couple of button cell batteries
One of fixes I did to my Laptop 386sx was replacing of ER3 3.6V battery with couple of button cell batteries. I did not have […]
600Eplus UM9007F ISA network card
Got this card in one of my retro PC`s. Trying to gather as much info as possible about it. It is based on UM9007F UMC […]
Second 486 PC resurrection (or 486 build #2)
Got my second 486 PC to restore. That is my first motherboard with VESA interface. Had no PC`s in with VESA in early days. But […]
Restoring 486 pc from the junkyard (or 486 build #1)
Working on another PC from junkyard. Page with Chaintech motherboard support information and bios updates. Motherboard Manufacture: Chaintech 4SPIChipset: SiS 85C496/7BIOS String: 02/16/95-SiS-496-497/A/B-2A4IBC31-B2BIOS Version: Award […]
Back to the 90s, adventures in restoring retro PC from the junkyard (or Pentium build #1)
Recently I came up with the idea to build myself a newer retro PC from the ’90s, something like the first Pentium with DOS 6.22 […]
Modify Arduino 5v relay module to work from 3.3v
I am implementing a power-off function for my Ender 3 using OctoPi. For that, I need a relay and I happened to have one. Unfortunately, […]
Removing supervisor password (SVP) on ThinkPad T42
Recently received two ThinkPad T42 laptops ( some company decided to upgrade its IT and were giving away them almost for free ). After turning […]