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Troubleshooting BIOS Issues: When to Repair, Reflash, or Replace
Understanding BIOS Chips and When You Might Need a Replacement When it comes to troubleshooting computer issues, one of the components most people overlook is the BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) chip. This small, unassuming chip is vital for your computer’s operation, storing the essential firmware needed to start up your machine and manage the communication between your operating system and…
#Basic Input/Output System#BIOS#BIOS chip#BIOS re-flashing#BIOS recovery#BIOS repair#BIOS replacement#computer repair#computer troubleshooting#corrupted BIOS#dual BIOS system#family-owned computer repair#hardware repair#motherboard issues#motherboard maintenance#SPI programmer#UEFI#Uvalde Computer Repair
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not incredibly thrilled with what’s going on here
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A metaphor for how it's going right now:
#the repair guys only put one bolt in where there should be two#so now GRR has taken my bolt holding it together to the hardware store#to get a new one
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Project M30 – observations about dark metal
So, during the summer, I, from time to time, periodically, clean the rust. At the case of my old computer. It has a metal case. And from the start it was covered by very intense cover of rust. So, now, it is, of course, better. Mainly here - to use a special tool, that helps to remove rust. A little rag and a metal brush. And, even, more main thing – it is to rub. And to rub a lot! Most main thing - it is after a tool – it is to rub! Maybe, even in some places to pick and old rust nail to receive some distant places.
Main - to continue rub! I do this all the summer!
And, I want to write about my observations. I cover with anti-rust tool. At the metal. Wait 20-30 min. As in instructions. Later to rub. And metal is starts to be – white. Just like it is new! And this? of course? is a very positive for eye. Such a result!
But! So, every time, I go to a country house, again. At the next week. I see! And, look, that metal becomes a dark! And this happens, every time. I make a cover this anti-rust tool – I do rub. Metal white again. Later, I go at the next week – it is dark again. Such a little blacker. So, it is, also, a good result!
This is my observation about I want to write! So, looks like, in result, it is going as a dark color! So, part of a summer – I do these on repeat. I was in a cycle I can say! So, I can say, experimental data! About clean from rust, clean metal.
It was a little, that I was a little upset. So, u know, I do rub this metal, so what? It was white. And, later, I see - again dark. But, later, I start to think, that it is normal! I think, everything is normal! So, saying short, it will to be some dark color!
So, right now, about this thing, I want to write! So, it is, something in between result, but a very valuable observation! About how the things are going. And about such a valuable aspect! So, in idea, maybe, if to rub this darker parts, then it can be white, in theory. So, in fragments, I have such result. But, this requires time and physical strength. So, it is hard.
Most main thing, that main part of the rust is going away! And I have a positive result, and good with it! So, I have in result such a darker metal color. So, it is also a good thing!
And this is my result in between. In this process! Process to continue!
So, these days, I was doing a metal case. And, I will need to check other parts. They are all also are covered with rust. And this expectation, I was doing, already, in august.
Metal brush - it is my best friend. As a gloves – in this process. It happens, that I have some corns at my hands. After several hours of this things. This process requires lots of time and some physical power. So, it is better to do all of these with gloves.
Some big raw parts of rust – even with a nail, old nail in use here. It was like that. And main instrument -it is metal brush.
iron (hardware) and programs. From time to time i restore computers, retro computers. Try retro soft. Check some programs. And write about all of these. Dima Link is making retro videogames, apps, a little of music, write stories, and some retro more.
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#rust#retro computer#repair#restoration#286 computer#ibm pc#remove rust#metal case#rub#anti rust#metal brush#physical work#pet project#computers#hardware#vintage pc#nixdorf m30#old computer#clear from rust#it takes time#summer things#country house things#to do list#observations#something in between#some result#ibm pc 286#late 80s computer#early 90s computer
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wallpaper is insane like u find a product w an ugly print ? wallpaper it. just multiple uncoordinated things put together ? wallpaper it. ugly door ? wallpaper it. ugly wall ? landlord won’t let me wallpaper it
#stream#tumblrs aging demographic etc but this was actually abt diys#the years of getting very stoned & watching the sorry girls & not even remembering what the original video was have prepared me to diy#everything#like ALSKALSKALSKLAKSLAKAA i love pullin shit out the trash like u don’t want it ? i do ‼️#i can REPURPOSE IT#i think it’s so funny#like the way i was raised was to recycle or whatever but my father also raised us to save everything bc what if u need the parts u know dads#so i just do. one of my core memories from ‘a child’ i was probably in like 8th grade at this point was when the hubcap of my fathers car#fell off his old as dirt hunk of junk older than me automobile & he was too cheap to pay like 25$ for a new 1 so he took my brother & i to#this like drainage ditch expecting US to go poke around in there & get it & i said absolutely fuckin not#bc this same man would tell us - bc we had to buy our own toys so like we u know saved whenever we got money from bday or christmas or u#know manual labour in exchange for money bc ok yea at least he taught us to demand what ur worth w that but it was like 5c ea pinecone 1c ea#stick or like ‘help me repair the roof’ ‘pressure wash the fence’ i was like 9 ALSKALSKALKSLAKSLAAKS - he’d take us to the toy store &#we’d bring our money but instead we’d go to the hardware store & do all the errands & force us to do everything w him then he’d just say#‘yea it’s too late for that sorry’ like it was just. captive audience. this man is the reason i don’t go anywhere unless i know i can leave#on my own or when i want somehow bc girl …. I DONT TRUST ANYBODY HES A LIAR & A SCAMMER LIKE#but that’s just family heritage it’s genetic we’re a long line of liars & scammers but the buck ends here bc i’m not having bio children#or any children#lord knows i’ll be dead long before the chance could arise#i shouldn’t say things like that but ALSKALKSLAKSLAKSLAKSLA WE KNEW WE’D DIE YOUNG#this started w wallpaper#i’m so high#also very very bored#i’ve to do dishes & i absolutely 100% do not want to i hate dishes so fucking much i hate doing them i hate being around them i hate seeing
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A bit of retail archaeology reveals that this clothing repair shop in Blackpool used to be Rostron's hardware shop. Everyone is delighted that Jonathan's is open as usual.
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Hey don’t buy Razer products
#buy laptop. laptop has hardware failure. use warranty.#get sent laptop refurb. refurb has faulty motherboard. asked to pay price of new laptop to repair#absolutely not. insane.
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Objectively speaking Boxing Day is probably the stupidest day to send off joycon controllers to Nintendo to get fixed, but that’s the day I had motivation and time for it, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
#3 of my 4 joycons have an issue which is fucking unbelievable#Nintendo you used to be known for your incredibly sturdy hardware#my original SP? still going strong. my GameCube? great shape!#my 3ds? dropped it down a flight of stairs New Year’s Day years ago because I was fucking hungover and it was just fine!#this is like the 3rd time I’ve had to send a switch controller in though wtf#I am happy to report they continue to be the nicest and also most fun customer service to call into#they play the hyrule field theme as wait music#and one time my brother had to get his Wii repaired and it turned out it was because my nephew had crammed pennies into the disc slot#they repaired it for free sent back a very cute little cartoon not suggesting we don’t do that again AND included the offending pennies#in a little plastic baggie#anyway hope your Boxing Day is going well lol
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i have spent the last 12 hours in the fight of my life against my computer. i booted it up last night and couldn’t open any programs or settings or the context menu or anything. since then i have done several restarts, many of them in safe mode (the only way i could even get into safe mode was by interrupting windows startup (also one of those safe mode boots every time i clicked it opened a new edge window)), multiple reinstalls of windows, and am currently on my second complete wipe of both of my drives. if this doesn’t work i am well and truly going to become the joker
#et cetera#ive never encountered anything like this before…#not even in my years of computer repair lab or lan club…#if this doesn’t work it must be a hardware issue?? but i don’t know what part would even be the culprit…
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the fleamarket boots need some serious tlc, the metal hardware is so rusted some of the hooks fell off when I cleaned and conditioned the leather orz
the replacement hooks are comparatively cheap but the special tools required to attach them are out of this world expensive...
#guess i'll ask at the local shoe repair shop if they also do affordable hardware replacements 🤞#because i sure as hell won't buy 200 bucks of shoemaking tools just to fix up an old pair of fleamarket boots i got for 4.50 lmao
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Benicia Locksmith
At Locksmith in Benicia each client has our personal guarantee that the job will be done by professional locksmiths, expediently and at a very competitively affordable lower rate. We service most major lock brands and associated door hardware and we also service the brands that we sell If by chance, we don't service a particular item, we'll try refer you to the Locksmith best suited to resolve your issue because we believe that a happy client is a return client.call Benicia Locksmith on 707-241-3425.
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$15 off on change lock $20 off on re key service 50% off on secnd key 30% off on 2nd key ignition
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Monday - Friday 8am - 8pm Saturday - Sunday 9am - 5pm
#• Change/install/repair all door accessories/hardware#• Change/install/repair/ any type of lock#• Emergency lockout
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which phone model you use? your pics have gorgeous quality omg
I've got a Samsung s22 ultra :) honestly I have a lot of beef with the cameras/software on it. Samsung has some weird like post photo taking editing it does like it adds HDR and increases texture and shit often like, for instance, it makes flapjack look Extra Textured when he is Regular Textured in real life and looks Regular Textured in the photo preview. It also struggles to focus with the front camera in even slightly low light like just constantly refocuses when nothing is being moved to prompt it to need to.
sorry I know you didn't ask for a full review, but I honestly preferred my note 10+. I also know they've done AI kind of things without user permission/without a setting to turn it off with moon photos in particular and I don't think they've done away with that. which I don't care about that as a feature that can be turned off but uh, as someone who is very familiar with and comfortable with dslrs and photo editing and like having control of at LEAST the editing process, I wanna be able to turn it off.
so yeah I wouldn't recommend it unfortunately.
#also currently have to send it in to Samsung for a failed cellular module that I still suspect is software because it happened right#after the last UI update#I am very sad about it#I do iPhone repairs at my job and genuinely think they're significantly better phones hardware wise as well as repair quality and ease wise#to clarify the cellular module failed hw diags so... idk maybe a firmware update fried it#idk how phone software works lol
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finally getting replacement joycons after the drift on my set like. made animal crossing unplayable :J trying out the hori compacts....hopefully it is worth
#nintendo does do 'repairs' for free but apparently it doesnt really fix the mega drift and they go to shit anyways#i only use switch handheld and i hear the horis are more comfortable#man remember when you just played the 3ds for 8349083 years and had no hardware issues. Imagine
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Project Nixdorf M20 – cleaning the iron 2024
And right now, with a full power, it is going an excellent summer. And I continue to restore old computer. With a name Nixdorf M20. I suggest, that it is a computer level of 286. So, in a middle of June I transport all the parts to the country house. Case is plastic, and I transport it too to the country house.
And, I continue to clean the metal parts from a rust. So, it happened like this, that case itself and small parts are covered with rather big rust. And to restore a computer. First of all, I need to clean it from the rust.
I start to do this, already, in 2023 year. I try different methods. And, only in summer find some proper way to do it. I use a special instrument for cleaning from a rust.
And, in this summer, already, things starts to go better and faster. And, I start to have ideas, that I can do this. To clean from a rust. And this is most big moment.
And, I can, even to say, that metal case is, already, clean from rust about one side. And, I can to remove more concrete rust in the metal. So, more detail work about some fragments with most intense rust. But it is not a lot of this kind. And go to other side. And, I am doing all of these right now. Also, I clean from rust all the details of the computer itself. It is about metal holders. Connectors. And, I need to wash from a rust plastic case. And I do this too.
Main thing, that all the things are going. And I have some things to say about. Rust is going away with a special tool. And it is rubbed off. With a rag, and metal brush. This tool - it is a special sourness. Which is need to cover a metal. And depending on mark of this tool. Later, you need to wait about 20-30 min. And, then to rub. You can to put in a water some rag. And to rub too. It is about a technique. It depends on certain rust spot. More concrete into metal rust – metal brush. More big layer of rust – too. And what is more easy - you can easily to do with a little rag. After this special thing.
And this way you need to do a several attempts. Everything is going good. It is even more joy! It is so nice, when there is something that you can do good!
And, by the way, it is still have some moments. So, mainly, metal case is in normal state. And rust eats some places absolutely to the hole. At some parts there are holes out of rust. That’s why, mainly, it is normal. About 90s percent. It is a places, where rust eat all the metal - it is hole, or very light surface of metal. And it is fragile and can tear apart or break apart even because of touch. There is such a moment.
Plastic part of the case – it is everything normal about this. It is just good to rub out of rust, which is inside plastic. Process is going on. It is good to rub and rub, as I can to say!
About the details. It is more harder. Some metal construction parts, grille, connectors are in a hard condition. They are covered with intense rust surface. I, partially, rub them. But, I need to more rub. Some details are very uncomfortable to rub. Or some place a metal part is tearing apart, even this can to happen. Some bracings.
It is some danger about a hard drive and power adapter. Hard drive has a heavy cover of rust. Power adapter too. I can rub it. And will they work – it is a question. Hard drive makes less sense to me. It is in better condition. And I can change it. There is some way. And power adapter. In some places he tears apart during cleaning. And, it still has a heavy rust. So, it is still not the final collapse of construction. And inside it is ok state. But, as my brother told me, we need to see it next.
And most big question it is power adapter. I do not know what to change it with. And there are some possibilities, that I will need to do it. And brother told me, that metal can be increased. But, first it is good to clean the rust as good as I can. And it is rather real process! And I am doing it, from time to time, at the country house! At the excellent summer weather or more refreshing evening time. And, I take on a gas mask! To have defense from a metal dust!
It will be very interesting to continue to restore this interesting computer. And for now – I need to continue to clean from a rust. Process takes its time, I do attempts. I cover metal with tool from a rust. I wait up to 30 min. Then start to rub for some time. And next I do repeat, again and again. So, it takes normal time.
Anyway, it is so nice to be at the country house at summer. And to have such a project. Something like some programmers has their pet project. Pet it is goes after some house animal. As I get it. Such a project for interest. So, I have mine one! And I am right now program with Basic. And I have such retro computer old one as a project! And summer - it is just fine!
iron (hardware) and programs. From time to time i restore computers, retro computers. Try retro soft. Check some programs. And write about all of these. Dima Link is making retro videogames, apps, a little of music, write stories, and some retro more.
WEBSITE: http://www.dimalink.tv-games.ru/home_eng.html ITCHIO: https://dimalink.itch.io/ GAMEJOLT: https://gamejolt.com/@DimaLink/games
BLOGGER: https://dimalinkeng.blogspot.com/ DISCORD: https://discord.com/invite/F24Kw7TaH4 TUMBLR: https://dimalink.tumblr.com/
#retro computer#vintage computer#repair pc#286#ms dos#isa 8 bit#nixdorf m20#countryside#countryhouse#village#pet project#hardware#rust#cleaning#clear rust#remove rust#retro#tech#computers#hard and soft#summer#july#metal works#sunny day#weekend#plastic case#computer case#build a pc
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My wife and I take turns living the One Who Is Good With Tools stereotype.
Yesterday was my turn when I grabbed four clamps at the hardware store while she questioned when on earth were we going to need SO MANY clamps. (We ended up needing precisely four clamps for the repair we were buying the clamps for.)
Last Monday was her turn when she packed up both the cordless drill, making sure it was charged, and the Ikea toolbox, just in case, to pick up our free new desk table. (We ended up needing the screwdriver.)
#LGBTQ#stereotypes#TO THE HARDWARE STORE#the free desk needed repairing#it has a bit of cracked laminate in unimportant places#and had one piece of split chipboard#neither of us was taught any DIY at home#all I know from watching YouTube is that there is no such thing as too many clamps#especially if there's a weird swoopy bit#and she knows that people don't always disassemble stuff they want out of the house#or leave out tools for people who pick it up to do so#this lady did#but two screwdrivers are better than one#is it living up to stereotypes if you're both bi?#i thought our thing was indecision and a general lack of life skills#seriously#get the IKEA toolbox if you have no tools in the house#my dad threw it in the cart when we went shopping for my dorm#fourteen years later those fifteen euros are still some of the best money he's invested in my future#not always the best tool for the job#but A tool is better than NO tool at all
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found a super cute snow leopard print sweater at the thrift store when finding pants for Frank it's sooooo yay
#bearer of the curse#two pants found for him. he puts a lot of wear on them since he wears slacks to his hardware store job so they rip relatively often#I mean we repair most of them but sometimes it's like oh. um. give me 2 months and some patches
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