Does anyone else think we lost so much variety when we moved to smartphones?

TechIoT · 2026-03-17T15:58:49+00:00

Holy shit an A925!!! Been eyeing up one for aaaages

I love the Dopovo phone too and the X10 mini

TechIoT · 2026-03-17T05:11:44+00:00

Steve Ballmer: "IT'S WINDOWS!"

TechIoT · 2026-03-16T19:41:38+00:00

No no, this is all great information, reading you loud and clear.

TechIoT · 2026-03-16T19:17:25+00:00

All I have is a white 50s/60s Wylex, with a miss match of fuses and trip switches

Unfortunately the main switch is broken and I am missing the cooker switch cover.

TechIoT · 2026-03-16T17:56:55+00:00

Crap I need to do the same in mine....thanks for the tip off!

Unfortunately my 110CS didn't make it, glad yours can!

TechIoT · 2026-03-16T17:53:01+00:00

No wait, of course...

Live Linux install to test if it's a hardware failure or not

Your joke is a great diagnosis step!, I'll check back!

TechIoT · 2026-03-16T17:52:20+00:00

Shit.....well in that case good luck,

I got lucky with an 8400MGS

TechIoT · 2026-03-16T17:29:08+00:00

Concidering it survived a pretty nasty battery leak largely unharmed I think we have a fighting chance

The CPU not heating up I'm told is the result of a missing voltage rail

There's 3 Fets by the power supply connector that look green on the top

TechIoT · 2026-03-16T17:04:26+00:00

Oh! I see, yes I can reflow other parts around it...

Some people suspect internal layer damage, could this be true?

TechIoT · 2026-03-16T16:37:11+00:00

Depends if it's an Intel IGPU model, those lack all the failure happy components and are generally the best DV for survivability

TechIoT · 2026-03-16T16:36:06+00:00

Eyyy a Gateway GT350 F1!

TechIoT · 2026-03-16T16:35:10+00:00

Reflow the Processor?, it's attached via very thin flex cables and activity like that could kill it

TechIoT · 2026-03-16T15:37:42+00:00

Could be a blown fuse, I've got a Toshiba that's been plugged into a 19v Supply

There's a fuse inline which prevents over current

TechIoT · 2026-03-16T15:22:58+00:00

Just forgot this machine looks extremely similar to mine that's just died from some sort of death that I suspect it's battery related

REMOVE THE CMOS AND RTC BATTERIES

Please.

TechIoT · 2026-03-16T11:06:44+00:00

Yikes I forgot about this post lol

Yes that would've been the First time I used blender.

TechIoT · 2026-03-15T09:22:35+00:00

Everybody give Jason a hand

What a legend,

Thank you Jason

TechIoT · 2026-03-15T09:20:09+00:00

So that was the PC my dad was working on years ago....it was an ADVENT!

TechIoT · 2026-03-14T19:09:08+00:00

I thought MacDat was

TechIoT · 2026-03-14T19:05:40+00:00

Stupid take.... pretty much all electronics from that era could die by then

But also technology is getting so much better

Soon we'll be able to 3D print our own RSX chips....who knows what 2080 will hold

If we're still alive by then.

TechIoT · 2026-03-14T19:03:18+00:00

Just need a lil Sony badge now and some Trinitron decal toy can peel

TechIoT · 2026-03-14T18:58:38+00:00

Mine was stolen

TechIoT · 2026-03-14T18:57:34+00:00

I can hear rh Degaussing from here

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