oh god, don't remind me about repairing fucking laptop power sockets :(I SWEAR they're designed so that they'll break and the owner will have to spend lots of money getting it repaired - or get muggins here to do it for nowt :(
seriously, they should be set into a block of aluminium that's then bolted to the mainboard or laptop case, too many idiots dropping laptops/tripping over the power cable
when I mean idiots, I mean friends :/
soldering has become a double edged sword for me now, I've got to the level that I can solder/unsolder 0.5mm pitch chips but I do so much I'm starting to get sick of it so my own at home projects suffer
(seriously, they should be set into a block of aluminium that's then bolted to the mainboard or laptop case, too many idiots dropping laptops/tripping over the power cable
when I mean idiots, I mean friends :/
soldering has become a double edged sword for me now, I've got to the level that I can solder/unsolder 0.5mm pitch chips but I do so much I'm starting to get sick of it so my own at home projects suffer
Haku Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Three Orange Whips.,
Wed 24 Feb 2010, 2:22,
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I had a most difficult one just last week.It was a Dell XPS laptop. The jack also had an integrated 2 color LED. I had to desolder 12 points to remove the jack. I cheated by breaking the thing apart and cutting away the plastic with the soldering iron. They use a very low lead solder which is very difficult to remove with a wick.
The customer wanted the old jack. He was surprised when I immediately headed to the back and came back with all 20-something pieces of plastic and metal in a small plastic container. People are weird, but I know what to expect from them; that's why I saved the pieces.
(The customer wanted the old jack. He was surprised when I immediately headed to the back and came back with all 20-something pieces of plastic and metal in a small plastic container. People are weird, but I know what to expect from them; that's why I saved the pieces.
PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage,
Wed 24 Feb 2010, 2:43,
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that sounds a lot like taking away your cysts/tumours after an operation..
Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat,
Wed 24 Feb 2010, 3:12,
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Yeah, before there were laws regarding medical waste...I had a couple of kooky aunts who would bring home anything that was removed from them during their stay at the hospital. Anything from gallstones to cataracts. Just lovely.
( PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage,
Wed 24 Feb 2010, 3:18,
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