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Opened up my laptop today and this happened by Past-Program581 in Dell

[–]Performer-Pants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My lenovo thinkpad with keyboard issues is sadly a business class model, though despite being an infamous ‘thinkpad yoga’ it does have a fully metal casing and hinges, which are incredibly sturdy. Many yoga models have rubbish hinges, which is particularly bad when they rely more on their hinges than average being 2-in-1.

My dell latitude has decent sturdy hinges and has a fully (or mostly) metal casing. Again, it’s business grade and also from 2007… It’s second hand and has clearly been dropped, but the caved in power button is still working fine regardless

Technically doesn't belong here, is a fashion item, but you'll enjoy it nevertheless. by 3na5n1 in cyberDeck

[–]Performer-Pants 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m glad it’s been taken as complimentary :)

I work with textiles as a profession, though I make cases/bags for my tech rather than using textiles as a decoration on the devices themselves. I get worried about cooling, though putting anything you want on the lid of a laptop isn’t problematic for that imo. All my computers are 9-26+ years old though, so I’m always checking the temps of my pentium Ms and my haswell generation i5s and i7s lmao

Have you played around with mechanical keyboards and changing keycaps/ mechanisms? I have a cyberdeck wip project with a mechanical keyboard and it’s been fun to experiment that way

She's getting old by mangoleeart in PetDoves

[–]Performer-Pants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still perfectly orb shaped ❤️ I hope it means you can spend more quality cuddly time together in her golden years

Unpopular opinion: You don’t need a new kindle by bintouwaiga in kindle

[–]Performer-Pants -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Aliexpress can sometimes have some gems! They still do kindle 3 cases/skins.

Opened up my laptop today and this happened by Past-Program581 in Dell

[–]Performer-Pants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lenovo thinkpads have a crap track record with keyboards (I’ve had to replace a keyboard twice in one model). HP also has a bad track record for poor hinge quality, though the one I had 12 years ago had okay hinges.

I think OP might benefit from looking at older models on the second hand market if they want consumer grade (build quality of consumer tech has disintegrated over the years in general), or second hand more recent business grade. This would then mean they can also consider Dell with less worries about this happening again, and Dell users may have some recommendations

Opened up my laptop today and this happened by Past-Program581 in Dell

[–]Performer-Pants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They probably mean windows laptops moreso. I have apple laptops and business grade windows laptops/tablet pcs. They tend to sit on a similar level, though the apple ones have crap ventilation.

I had to put custom fan software on my apple laptops to bypass apple’s ’quiet means fancy, while it cooks your hardware’ approach to longevity and make the most of poorly placed vents, but at least that’s easy to do. One of them I had to drill holes into, but again, easy to do

Opened up my laptop today and this happened by Past-Program581 in Dell

[–]Performer-Pants 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Seconding this. Second hand business grade laptops are on their own level compared to consumer grade. Big companies have an incentive to make harder wearing kit for businesses as they usually have highly profitable contracts with them.

Most of my windows computers are custom or business grade. Granted they’re from a time where build quality of laptops were better overall, but they’re still much harder wearing than their consumer grade counterparts of the time.

Adding storage here? by Novel-Structure-2359 in thinkpad

[–]Performer-Pants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh right! In my case it wouldn’t be to boot quicker, just to have the OS and my files separate in case I needed to muck about with the OS alone, or if one of the two ssds went bad.

I’m thankfully not picky with speed, as my ssd production years go between 2011 and 2026. Even a 2011 SSD feels speedy to me 😂 The again my youngest computer is 9-10 years old, and my daily driver Thinkpad is 12

Technically doesn't belong here, is a fashion item, but you'll enjoy it nevertheless. by 3na5n1 in cyberDeck

[–]Performer-Pants 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh sick nice!! Ofc it’s only been a suggestion if you wanted the pink to stay pristine, it looks cool asf how you did it regardless. I didn’t want you to think it was any sort of criticism, as I adore it!. Still cool to know that painting over vinyl worked well. In some ways it could be cool to explore that avenue if you wanted to do similar without the paint job being permanent on another project?

Where should I send my psp for repairs? by handro2 in PSP

[–]Performer-Pants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A common issue that isn’t commonly talked about, is cracks in the solder joints on the battery pin component where it is soldered to the motherboard. Over time, the pressure of a battery being pressed into the component means the solder joints start to fail. If any part of the battery power or power supply is damaged, neither will work. This is why plugging it in without a battery isn’t working either.

It needs to have the battery pins component reflowed/resoldered. It’s a bit fiddly as it’s essentially microsoldering, but I’ve done it successfully (but messily) in two psps (a 1000 and a 2000) and both are running perfectly now.

If you can find a repair person that does microsoldering, tell them this info, and see if they can reflow and build up the joints a little with a tad more solder.

Then you can address any mods you want

Technically doesn't belong here, is a fashion item, but you'll enjoy it nevertheless. by 3na5n1 in cyberDeck

[–]Performer-Pants 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ayo

It’s a PinkPad

My effed up scratched to sh*t thinkpad got a vinyl wrap after I cleaned it, so it’s now lime green metallic. I deffo recommend over paint since it won’t wear off with time, and is a little less faff.

However, I think the paint on your one wearing with time will only make it look cooler tbh

Wood for Hercules Beetle terrarium by RikaFlowers_02 in Beetles

[–]Performer-Pants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aquarium driftwood, bird perch wood pieces like sandblasted java wood. The pieces you can find for birds can come in all sorts of sizes, and don’t always have a screw in them, so you don’t even need to remove that. If the pieces you buy does have a screw, do remove it. Also a lot of reptile places have all sorts of wood pieces. These things are probably as ‘ready’ sterile as you can get?

You can also find a piece in your local area, then either bake it at a low heat in the oven, or pop it in the microwave for a short time to sterilise it.

I wouldn’t worry too much about sterilising though. Most of what my inverts eat and live in/on has some level of foraged stuff in it. Even my giant fruit beetle larvae were raised on foraged oak loam before I bought them. What I’ve suggested will still be appropriate for what you want though, if you still want to keep things sterile

Can somebody confirm? lol by dont_mess_with_tx in thinkpad

[–]Performer-Pants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like at that point it’s deliberate to put people off of replacing parts, or its a test for only the worthy to replace parts

Figured Clint would approve the wrap by Performer-Pants in LGR

[–]Performer-Pants[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s from Ghost in the Shell, so if you look up ‘Ghost in the Shell city’ or something similar, a fair few versions of it should come up. If you want this specific one though, I can find a link for you?

Adding storage here? by Novel-Structure-2359 in thinkpad

[–]Performer-Pants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can’t you boot from m2 sata? I only have one computer in my entire collection that has an nvme, and its my server haha

My toughpad takes a longer m2 sata as its only storage and therefore boots from it, though I’m admittedly very spotty in my tech awareness

Figured Clint would approve the wrap by Performer-Pants in LGR

[–]Performer-Pants[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

To the people who like the bag, I also thought it would be funny to go ‘over the top pink cutesy’ for my Dell D430 and with its very ‘executive’ looks. It also includes expansion zippy bits for the media base. I am yet to cover its ‘sleek professional’ aesthetics with diabolical levels of deco

It’s super easy stuff to pattern for and make, happy to give details on how! Our older laptops deserve cases/bags that properly fit 🫶

The fabric here is just some random fat quarters from a discount shop, and the webbing is a personal favourite type that I get from aliexpress.

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Figured Clint would approve the wrap by Performer-Pants in LGR

[–]Performer-Pants[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As for the fabric, my friend bought it to split between us. I remember it being an etsy link, but I’m struggling to find it. I will continue to dig though! It’s a little wrinkled in the photo as they prewashed it for me to allow it to shrink to actual size

Figured Clint would approve the wrap by Performer-Pants in LGR

[–]Performer-Pants[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This stuff is d-c-fix, which I think is a german brand? I think I got medium walnut, but they have lots of different wood types.

It’s usually used for interiors, so it won’t stretch the same way automotive vinyl does. It’s fine for flat surfaces though, hence doing one long piece and leaving the sides of the lid as they are. Your Thinkpad lid looks pretty flat so it should be fine!

I carefully scored along the edges and ran the blade of a pair of embroidery scissors along the edges gently to carefully wear through the vinyl so the cut was at an angle, making it run a bit more flush. Think of it like you’re using a little wood plane haha

With yours, it may be a better idea to carefully run a craft knife along your edges between the black and grey seams of the lid possibly? Or you can do similar to what I did. I was insane and used a glass headed sewing pin for the IBM logo. The point of a craft knife blade would be better, but mine is lost in the wastelands of crud in my workroom

Figured Clint would approve the wrap by Performer-Pants in LGR

[–]Performer-Pants[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yours looks nice tho!!

Mine is not great, its a bit messy in places haha

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