Hacker News with Generative AI: Hardware Repair

A tricky Commodore PET repair: tracking down 6 1/2 bad chips (righto.com)
In 1977, Commodore released the PET computer, a quirky home computer that combined the processor, a tiny keyboard, a cassette drive for storage, and a trapezoidal screen in a metal unit.
Retro Computing, Hardware Repair, Commodore PET
69 points by todsacerdoti 13 days ago | 24 comments
How to repair the parts that explode in Lenovo Yoga laptops (2019) (adammunich.com)
Lenovo Yoga laptops, especially those from the “900”, “920”, “930”, and “940” series, have a design defect where their power circuitry can self-destruct.
Hardware Repair, Design Flaws
56 points by feross 13 days ago | 18 comments
Resurrecting a Windows Laptop (both.org)
Recently, a friend gave me a recent model of a Hewlett-Packard Pavilion laptop. He said, “It turns on but goes off almost immediately. Maybe you could use it?” I gladly accepted the gift and took it home, and it performed as he described. I got CMOS battery errors from the BIOS and decided to take the computer apart.
Hardware Repair, Laptops, Computers
13 points by devonnull 54 days ago | 1 comments