New Members - please post your introductions here

[xjuanjp]

Hello Everyone!.
My name is Juan, from argentina.
I want to share knowledge in the forums..

Greet

[Gregory Laxton]

Hello all. This is my introductory post. I'm an IT Analyst at a Canadian government agency. I've been using computers since I was 10 years old in 1979, and opening them up/troubleshooting/upgrading/building computers since about 1985. My first PC was a TI 99/4A. List of machines I've used includes (but not limited to) C64, Apple II+ clone, Commodore Amiga 1000, Amiga 2000, Amiga 3000, first IBM-Compatible in 1991 (An AMD 386/40MHz). I can appreciate the name of this site, as a buggy capacitor was sometimes the most pernicious hardware problem to diagnose. Greetings to all!

[Nopsl3dz]

Hello Everyone!.

an amateur
want to learn a bit more about electronics
Thanks

[ohasanov]

Hey All!

I am just a newbie, trying to understand how analog electronics work!

Microcontrollers were fine, but laptop electronics are much more complicated.

Thanks

[josuemiguelb]

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[justinker]

I am long time DiYer mostly on IoT devices around the home. I have a love for restoring and/or repurpose devices and PC's.
I enjoy redhat hacking and involve myself with bug bounty programs often to test skills and learn new techniques. I'm always willing to help with new projects
and stay up-to-date on new tech and technology. Blockchain Development has been my newest hobby for last 5 years.

[nico_juice]

Hello everyone! I'm Nick from Russia. I don't have any special education in electronics, but in my free time I repair laptops. I have some materials on this topic (motherboard schematics, boardview and BIOS dumps), I'll try to share them as much as possible.

[bobdowne]

I did an electronics trade course a few decades ago as part of an apprenticeship but never really put it into practice or understood it beyond memorising formulas and answers. I have an itch to learn electronics as a hobby.

[jasantoli]

Hi! I've just joined specifically to learn about data recovery with older model macbooks. Will likely look around!

[pete18064]

Hello everyone! I am an electronic technician by trade. I have been in the electronics manufacturing field since the 90s. I love to work on cars, fix just about anything, and I have recently started dabbling with laptops. My sons ASUS gaming laptop recently had an issue, so I have been researching on the internet. I stumbled on to this website and I think it's a great resource for repair enthusiasts as well as repair professionals. Hope to learn a lot here and I hope that in the process of fixing my sons laptop I get some experience, possibly helping me learn enough to make some money afterwards.

[mc94]

Hello everyone! I'm a hobbyist electronics enthusiast and "electronic scavenger" from Poland. I enjoy repairing and collecting old equipment (consoles, computers) and giving them a second life. I believe that no device is trash - you just need to put some heart into it ❤️ I'm a fan of retro games and old consoles, and professionally I'm a doctor. Kind of an unusual hobby for a doctor, isn't it?

[DaLZy]

Hi everyone I'm Zy, I'm new to electronics and am here to learn more.

[Noel Tingzon Jr.]

Hi I'm Noel, bound to explore new things to discover esp im into hardware repairs

[thepin77]

Hi I am new

[MartyC]

Hi all, I'm Marty and I've joined the forum to request the firmware for my Thinkpad P50. I did an install of Ubuntu Studio to give it a try (after using Linux Mint for years) and the first updates after installing mentioned Lenovo firmware, I think? or something like that, I really should have paid more attention! It wanted to reboot, so I did, but it didn't really shutdown, just kinda went to a Lenovo splash screen that I don't remember previously seeing up to now. It sat at this mysterious splash screen for awhile and so I made a second mistake of forced shutting it down. Upon starting it again it booted up and said there was another Lenovo firmware type update and, 3rd mistake, I did it again! I just wanted to get it done! Do whatever you need! So the exact same thing happened with the forced shut down and whatnot. I tried to restart it and it showed the odd Lenovo splash screen and beeped 3 times in a row. I had to pull the battery and then it was dead. Now when hitting the power button it just lights the keyboard back light briefly and does nothing. No post, fans or screen.

I've just ordered a CH341a and am going to try flashing the bios chip. I hope it fixes the problem!

Thanks for all you do here, I appreciate it.

[Merlin's]

Hi Everyone!

[Pianodrop]

Hi, I'm Dave and I'm an older professional+hobbyist electronics engineer in New Zealand. I've been hobby-repairing electrical and electronics devices since I was a small child (OK, back then, it mostly involved taking things apart to see how they worked, not always putting them together again!) and pretty fortunate that I never electrocuted myself! (I came close - I once got a 230v AC mains zap across my little finger from a fuseholder in an audio amplifier that I'd tested and then too enthusiastically removed the cover from, and I've taken a zap from a 350V DC filter capacitor in a valve radio!).
Post secondary school I spent 13 years with our incumbent telco including a fulltime BE (Electrical & Electronic) degree, working as a Planning Engineer, and then nearly 30 years self employed as a Macintosh hardware and software technician and board-level repairer.
My brain is wired ADHD so I'm good at troubleshooting (there's a hell of a lot of us neurospicy types in this industry!), and I repair a lot of stuff that usually isn't "economically worth repairing" because I like the challenge of avoiding consigning stuff to landfill if possible.
I'm here as part of improving my SMD rework skills and will generally be searching for proper schematic and boardview files for boards I want to repair.
I've also got a strong interest in vintage Roland music synthesizer equipment from the early days of MIDI in the 80s. I cloned my own MIDI interface for Macintosh Plus by sneaking a look inside a commercial unit that I'd rented!

[xjuanjp]

Hello, thank you very much for letting me join this community. My name is Juan, I'm from Argentina and I'm an Electronics technician/engineer and I'm passionate about everything related to computer repair. I believe my previous post didn't go through, that's why I'm making this one. I hope to learn a lot from all of you

[eyu]

hello newbi e here excited to be a part of such community i myself am interested and enthusiast about electronics and hardwatres

[Mohammad Ali Saberi]

Hi
I am repairing hardware, laser printers and their inkjet, line and needle I work in the field of software, Windows installation and accessories Also installing CCTV cameras and repairs of images and CCTV cameras I enjoy repairing electronic radio devices and comprehensive and robotics circuits Thanks to all the professors and friends on this site Mohamad Saberi