What electronic items have you fixed/bodged/repaired/modded/taken apart?

citizen0100 said:
Recently - A Oven and a hoover!!
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I have two hoovers waiting to be fixed. One scorches and makes marks on the carpet so will probably just be assigned to the garage to replace the "garage hoover". You know....the hoovers that are old and can only be assigned suction hose tasks such as to clean out cars and the likes. :) The other one is all fine, but it won't stand up straight and the bit you hold falls down to the ground. Something has snapped out of it but I can't work out how to take it apart yet from my 2 minute "lets have a quick look love" after she broke it. :rolleyes:

Some gooduns in here, keep them coming all. I'll post mine later.
 
Fixed several computers through the years.
Built one washing machine out of two duff ones.
Built several land rover from wrecks.
Turned broekn laptop into server.
Modded my old XboX.
Hacked about with my N900 and Orange SanFran (now with Voda sim)
Rebuilt GF's iPhone 3GS with new LCD and Digi

I think this list could go on forever, the limiting factor being how much I can remember!

as a rule of thumb, if I can mod it I will and if it's broken I will fix it.
 
jaybee said:
This is a thread dedicated to people who might like to explore and take matters into their own hands. Maybe it's to fix or repair or bodge something that has annoyed you when it stopped working just outside of warranty? Or maybe you modified a piece of hardware? Maybe you wanted to fix something on the cheap? It can be anything really but I thought I would try to keep the theme on electronics or powered items.
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Some 17" LCD screen, inverter packed up so I replaced it with one from a CCFL case lighting kit, seemed to work. Extra bodge marks for using gaffer tape to hold the case together...

Also fixed some studio monitor type speakers, these were active, but the amp blew in one of them. Took all the electronic stuff out and used a good quality Tripath amps and digital crossover, they sound good now... they sounded rough before...

Also fixed a behringer DEQ2496, firmware EEPROM seemed to have died, ordered EEPROM programmer and blank EEPROM (from Canada!) and the DEQ is working again...

A load of car amps and PA amps also, the capacitors tend to bulge after a few years...

Also owning a french car means you soon get used to soldering the wiring in order to keep it roadworthy!

Often a bodge can turn into a project, as you're ever trying to improve your old bodge! :D
 
Recently took my Tosh 32" lcd tv apart as it wouldnt switch on... After googling around found the fault, ordered the part for £6 and replaced the part. The tv is now working again.
 
Had playstation 2's in bits as far as taking the laser unit out of the cradle it sits in in the drive. Had 2/3 knackered ones gifted at various times so built a pretty solid one out of the various parts.

Had a htc touch pro 2 in bits for a screen+touchpad replacement too. That one's pretty scarey.
 
Stovies said:
Recently took my Tosh 32" lcd tv apart as it wouldnt switch on... After googling around found the fault, ordered the part for £6 and replaced the part. The tv is now working again.
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That's what I was saying above about my TV is about to do this. Also a Tosh. Where did you get the part fella? Any info and methods that save me researching it myself will be greatly appreciated to save time. :) I have a 46inch, think it is the 46XV635DB. cheers
 
Playstation 3 controller but it was only a trigger button that started not springing back in to place so I took the controller apart and bent a staple in to the shape of the spring and it works fine now.
 
MikeHunt79 said:
Some 17" LCD screen, inverter packed up so I replaced it with one from a CCFL case lighting kit, seemed to work. Extra bodge marks for using gaffer tape to hold the case together...
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Did exactly the same, monitor eating through inverters at £10 a pop, so replaced the tubes too. I only had blue ones though :(

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Bodged a 32gb Sandisk 5000 SSD into a Microsoft Zune with faulty hard drive last year.
Zune cost £15 and the drive was scavenged out of a Dell D430. Removed the drive casing and constructed a shoddy electrical tape housing, win.

The Sandisk SSD in question is awful, better in an MP3 player than in a computer.
 
jaybee said:
That's what I was saying above about my TV is about to do this. Also a Tosh. Where did you get the part fella? Any info and methods that save me researching it myself will be greatly appreciated to save time. :) I have a 46inch, think it is the 46XV635DB. cheers
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I got this part from the bay STRW6765
Tv's symptoms: switch on at wall socket you would hear the click click, but the power led did not come on.
I am at work at the mo but will try and find the links for you to fix it when i get home. The circuit board was the top right behind the tv cover. I removed the whole circuit board and desoldered the 6pin chip. I didnt remove the heatsink tho. soldered in the new STRW6765 and bingo..
 
I suck at fixing things. I had a fairly new Black wireleess Xbox 360 pad. I dropped it a couple of times so the shoulder buttons on it felt stuck.

I bought some torx screwdrivers, unscrewed it and 15 mins later it was in the bin. :p
 
Today I've done some more bodging, managed to hack open a few laptop battery packs and am using the cells to make a portable sound system...
Steeps said:
Did exactly the same, monitor eating through inverters at £10 a pop, so replaced the tubes too. I only had blue ones though :(

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Nice! :D I've been outbodged! You could probably throw some white ones in at some point, but I think that the blue has a certain goofieness to it...
 
MikeHunt79 said:
Today I've done some more bodging, managed to hack open a few laptop battery packs and am using the cells to make a portable sound system...


Nice! :D I've been outbodged! You could probably throw some white ones in at some point, but I think that the blue has a certain goofieness to it...
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I've got 3 of these screens, might try a red one too :D
 
Recently: Xbox 360 wireless reciever, needed a new fuse as apparantly these blow all the time. Bit of solder, job done. A new laser in my 10 year old sony dvd player not long back. Oh, I replaced some caps in my parents tft monitor that was failing.... I also did a couple of ps2 chips back in the day as well as replacing jack sockets on laptops etc. At the moment I have a whole host of laptops with (nv)8400 chips in them that need some love.

To be honest I tend to try my hand at fixing just about anything. Even have a new awesome butane soldiering iron which has some brilliant attachments including a hot knife and a flame thrower attachment... love it... best christmas present the misses parents could have got me :)
 
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