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Right to repair law

No, it's mainly for household appliances, TVs etc. A GPU would probably be classed as a component part anyway seeing as it's not actually functional on its own.
 
Bouton Aide said:
I hope nobody gets a shock opening their TV. A nasty shock if they do it wrongly.
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I may be wrong, but I assumed it was from the POV of paying to have it repaired again becoming viable like the good old days, rather than just binning it and buying another.

I don't think they're encouraging a load of ham fisted desk jockeys to go opening up electronics and poking it with a rusty knife out of the cutlery drawer.
 
it brings the banning of practices that make items unrepairable
It is not meant for low skilled individuals to repair stuff
It is more like baning software limitations in exchanging parts
Assembling in methods that make it e-waste in case of repair
And providing parts at a reasonable price
 
Bouton Aide said:
I hope nobody gets a shock opening their TV. A nasty shock if they do it wrongly.
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Modern TV's are no more risky to open up than any other appliance, less so than many as they're typically operating at low voltages with the exception of the psu board(s).

CRT's on the other hand had a well earned reputation for being dangerous to service (and some pre 80's designs especially), because they had exposed high voltage parts.


Back on topic I can't quite see what parts of a GPU could be considered repairable outside a specialist facility (which would usually cost more than the thing is worth as a one off), with the exception of the fans and possibly cooler.
 
Bouton Aide said:
You can get TVs repaired, there's nothing stopping you or any shop doing it.
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Yes but how many actually are repairable? This is what should hopefully change, the availability of parts to allow economical repairs. There is obviously a problem otherwise we wouldn't need legislation to encourage it.
 
Ive come across this problem. I bought a Spear and Jackson hair clippers set 3 years ago. The grade #1 attachment broken a few weeks ago. Spear and Jackson told me that the attachments can't be bought seperately so I have to throw a perfectly good working pair of hair trimmers in the bin and buy a new set.

That is a serious problem for the environment.
 
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CuriousTomCat said:
Ive come across this problem. I bought a Spear and Jackson hair clippers set 3 years ago. The grade #1 attachment broken a few weeks ago. Spear and Jackson told me that the attachments can't be bought seperately so I have to throw a perfectly good working pair of hair trimmers in the bin and buy a new set.

That is a serious problem for the environment.
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Always associated spear and jackson with garden stuff, mind you my hair is like a hedge backwards at the moment, so probably requires something from Husqvarner, Stihl & Spear & Jackson to manage it.

If it's plastic maybe you could get someone to 3D print it as someone may have the design already on the web? Just a thought.
 
Like the earlier comment around hair clippers, I have a £200 Razer Turret paperweight because I lost the wireless dongle in a house move, despite pestering Razer support for months there is apparently no way to re-pair my keyboard and mouse to another Razer dongle or other dongle.

It's ok introducing a new law in the UK, but companies ain't going to make spare parts solely for one country.
 
Werewolf said:
Modern TV's are no more risky to open up than any other appliance, less so than many as they're typically operating at low voltages with the exception of the psu board(s).

CRT's on the other hand had a well earned reputation for being dangerous to service (and some pre 80's designs especially), because they had exposed high voltage parts.


Back on topic I can't quite see what parts of a GPU could be considered repairable outside a specialist facility (which would usually cost more than the thing is worth as a one off), with the exception of the fans and possibly cooler.
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Wtf?
I repair Gpus, take a look at the gpu, there is 1000 components there. U don't Throw away gpu becoz one of those components fail.

If the law could force Manufacturers Provide schematics and board view Files, your gpu could last u 10 years and could be fixed for 50£ labour included.


This is a good law, and I hope it grows bigger And cover More components.
 
I have to say, company's even go as far as forbid Part manufacturers sell microchips to sole traders. Apple Is notorious about it.
If a microchip Fails u have to buy 1000£ mobo instead of 10£ microchip.

This is a similar To 80's mafia . Right to repair is a massive problem , unfortunately not many people Aware Of it, until it affects Them personally.


Plenty of stores of mob like behaviour.

Tractors locked by software So no one can replace even a break pads.

My boss rover, needs special tool and computer Software to replace Break pads and guess What only dealers have this equipment.

It is big problem and it's not only in electronic s.
 
Benass said:
Wtf?
I repair Gpus, take a look at the gpu, there is 1000 components there. U don't Throw away gpu becoz one of those components fail.

If the law could force Manufacturers Provide schematics and board view Files, your gpu could last u 10 years and could be fixed for 50£ labour included.
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GPU's have 2+ years warranty and are often upgraded before it runs out so you are really only talking older ones past their warranty. Be very surprised if they are fixed for £50 inc labour. In any case most are sold on as faulty for someone else to have a look at then again the failure rate is miniscule at the side of other items like TV's etc. The law is more for mass produced items which GPU's are not they are still a niche component in the consumer world.
 
Benass said:
Wtf?
I repair Gpus, take a look at the gpu, there is 1000 components there. U don't Throw away gpu becoz one of those components fail.

If the law could force Manufacturers Provide schematics and board view Files, your gpu could last u 10 years and could be fixed for 50£ labour included.


This is a good law, and I hope it grows bigger And cover More components.
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Loads of components, but the ones that tend to fail tend to be either easy to fix (fans etc) or much harder to fix and hard to source especially after a couple of years, a lot of memory parts seem to go up a lot after 2-3 years as they move production to newer/faster/different parts.

I like the idea of being able to repair stuff, i've been doing just that since i was about 10, but at the same time the cost of the equipment, the expertise needed and the production life of many parts has gone down massively sometimes shorter than the expected life span of the product, even for common parts (ever noticed how something as simple as standard PC ram tends to go up massively in price after a couple of years as production swaps to the newer parts).
 
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varkanoid said:
GPU's have 2+ years warranty and are often upgraded before it runs out so you are really only talking older ones past their warranty. Be very surprised if they are fixed for £50 inc labour. In any case most are sold on as faulty for someone else to have a look at then again the failure rate is miniscule at the side of other items like TV's etc. The law is more for mass produced items which GPU's are not they are still a niche component in the consumer world.
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know what the law covers , and I hope in.time it will expand.
 
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