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Questions tagged [soldering]

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Soldering a SATA-Data cable to a HDD

I tried to clean my computer and accidentally ripped of the SATA cable from the HDD which resulted in a broken SATA data port because the "L" on the HDD broke off and was stuck in the cable. I wanted to replace my HDD anyway since it is very old and…
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How to change microswitches (left/right "mouse button") on Logitech G700?

I already have the new microswitches (left and right mousebutton). Seems like the original ones are for 10 Million clicks, my new ones are for 20 M - OMRON D2FC-F-7N(20M). That's just for whoever searches this in the future. So the mouse is open -…
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Rewiring USB connector on Asus Transformer

My Asus Transformer USB port has broken several times, so the connector itself is now damaged due to the soldering. My only option is to cut the wire and connect it to one of my unused USBs, but their wires are different. How do I connect a red,…
PHOEBE
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invincible laptop motherboard solder

My laptop has had a wobbly DC power jack and intermittent issues making a connection and charging for nearly a year. Yesterday I finally decided to bite the bullet and replace the jack. Removing it was tricky, I ended up more or less yanking off a…
marakesh
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Replace male USB-C plug in lenovo charger cable

I would like to replace the USB-C male plug in my lenovo charger to new one. Cable has 3 wires and the plug that I bought have 4 pins. Is it possible to connect these two toegheter or I need other plug ?
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Repairing SATA motherboard connector: Advice needed

I have an Asus A7N8X-E motherboard with SATA controller which has two SATA ports The look like ones displayed in the image. My problem is that on one of them, the plastic part came loose and every time cable is removed, plastic stays plugged into…
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Tricks to replacing motherboard fuses?

My laptop suffered a blown fuse and the backlight no longer works. It's a common problem for my make/model and I'm piecing together the information to attempt a repair. The fuse is the "Littelfuse" variety, 1206 32V 3A and shows no continuity. As I…
Alex Kessaris
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How to properly solder apple's thunderbolt to vga?

I just bought a cheap Thunderbolt to VGA conversor, for a macbook pro. It didn't work at all so I decided to open the case. I found a silicon lump and most of the cables just hanging there. Just as an exercise, I want to sort out which cables I…
Sergio Basurco
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Cross OS data recovery, USB drive involved.

A MacBook had OS X 10.4 and Windows XP dual booting using rEFIt. Then the Windows partition gets corrupted and it won't boot. Presumably a virus. There were sensitive files there and those were successfully copied to an USB drive and then 10.5 was…
Moshe
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Acer aspire battey pin diagram

I have an Acer Aspire laptop and it has a 6 cell Ar4920LR laptop battery, I need to figure out what two pins are used for charging the laptop battery. Can anyone take the battery out of anyone and plug it in to test the voltage of the battery pins?
Space Man
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Asus P50IJ faulty ram

I have Asus P50IJ laptop. Motherboard front: Motherboard back: They have 2GB on-board RAM. Memtest shows, that ram has errors. I searched on google that I can unsolder on-board chips and put one 4GB stick on available slot. That really works?…
Guntis
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Gateway Power Supply - Cannot Desolder Broken Off Pins

I looked at a lot of forums and it appears that this is probably the best one to which I should submit my question. The long story short is that I have a Gateway power supply that has been broken off of where it was. This left the four little legs…
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What happens if I short the motherboard's internal front audio/USB headers?

My front panel audio stopped working, so I removed the panel PCB replaced the 3.5mm audio jack with a new one. I soldered it myself, and it does not look pretty. So before I attach it to my motherboard, I would like to know if it is OK to…
Jack
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LVDS is not a full-pin connector?

Rather than SubD a LVDS can have different sizes because the adapter I bought is too big. Before I cut the cables and melt sinker and solder them directly, I have to ask a question: There is a gap before the last 3 pins of the supplier cable…
Grim
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Solder UFCL connector to add an external WiFi antenna

I want to add an external WiFi antenna to a Speedtouch TD5130 router I'm using as AP in order to try increase WiFi coverage range. The thing is I've disassembled the router and then I've seen it does not incorporate any WiFi antenna nor the…
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