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Is that not why screwdrivers were invented for? DaveAuld24-Oct-10 23:02 DaveAuld 24-Oct-10 23:02  I take broken things to bits, even if I know I can't do anything with them, just for a look. Anything that can be salvaged, e.g. switches, buttons, displays, get stripped and thrown in a box just in case they come in handy one day (I find more and more things are since buying a few arduinos to play with). Maybe its something to do with The knack[^] Dave Find Me On: Web|Facebook|Twitter|LinkedIn CPRepWatcher now available as Packaged Chrome Extension, visit my articles for link. Re: Is that not why screwdrivers were invented for? W∴ Balboos, GHB25-Oct-10 1:15 W∴ Balboos, GHB 25-Oct-10 1:15  DaveAuld wrote: Anything that can be salvaged, e.g. switches, buttons, displays, get stripped and thrown in a box just in case they come in handy one day Yeah - I know the feeling. I've actually even used some of my saved stuff. Not sure why I don't through out the serial mouse and some of the slightly broken stuff . . . but hey, you never know. "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek dissappointment. If you are searching for perfection in yourself, then you seek failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 Re: Is that not why screwdrivers were invented for? jnedimyer25-Oct-10 12:32 jnedimyer 25-Oct-10 12:32  There was a time when all good programmers had a screwdriver in their desk. The REALLY good ones had a tool kit! You never knew when you going to need to build a cable or wirewrap a circuit board . Re: Is that not why screwdrivers were invented for? jhb n7dcq25-Oct-10 13:06 jhb n7dcq 25-Oct-10 13:06  I'm so glad to find out that someone else had heard of wirewrap! I was at Fry's Electronics and asked if they had wirewrap tools and supplies. I felt momentary joy when he said, "Sure, right over here." A few aisles later my heart sank as he showed me their supplies of cable ties, tubing, stick-on fasteners, and other stuff to neatly bundle cables together. I was wondering where the tools were that I was looking for, until it finally dawned on me what "wirewrap" meant to him! Re: Is that not why screwdrivers were invented for? GPUToaster™25-Oct-10 1:57 GPUToaster™ 25-Oct-10 1:57  My laptop has a sticker which says-"No user serviceable parts inside do not attempt repairs." Those people who recognize that the imagination is reality’s master we call sages, and those who act upon it we call artists or lunatics. — Tom Robbins I did this only one time Bigdeak24-Oct-10 22:58 Bigdeak 24-Oct-10 22:58  2 years ago, i have bought a new high end computer with 4x 2,8 Ghz. When i got my computer, the processor was only a 2x 2,0 Ghz. So i contact the seller for this mistake and he want to correct this problem and give me the right processor. He has asked, if i can replace the processor by myself or i have to send the new computer to the seller and get it back with the right processor. I have answered with the question, if the warranty get lost in the case i replace a processor by myself. He said: "No, but if you install a bios update, the warranty get lost.", so i have decided to replace the processor by myself. Now after 2 days, the right processor has arrived, i replaced the processor and find out, that the motherboard "needs" a bios update to be compatible with the right processor... So i had to replace the 2,8 Ghz processor back to the compatible 2,0 Ghz processor, install the bios update and insert the 2,8 Ghz processor with the hope of working at least. Hardware - let the techie handle it Mycroft Holmes24-Oct-10 22:07 Mycroft Holmes 24-Oct-10 22:07  Not in the last decade, if the bloody thing breaks then I will growl at a tech to fix it. If it is mine then I'll pay to get it fixed or use the excude to buy a new one. Thankfully I am at last affluent enough that I can afford to pay some other poorer bugger to do the hardware bits. OTOH my son has inherited some rahter nice bits of hardware! Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH Once the thing is over a year old... Dalek Dave24-Oct-10 21:39 Dalek Dave 24-Oct-10 21:39  ... it doesn't matter. Incidentally, my son broke the screen on his laptop. 1 year and 2 days after it was purchased! That has cost £70 for a new screen and 3 hours of my life to install it! ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^] Re: Once the thing is over a year old... Rhuros24-Oct-10 23:08 Rhuros 24-Oct-10 23:08  so in relative terms quite expensive then... Re: Once the thing is over a year old... Sunasara Imdadhusen26-Oct-10 23:30 Sunasara Imdadhusen 26-Oct-10 23:30  sunaSaRa Imdadhusen +91 99095 44184 +91 02767 284464 Re: Once the thing is over a year old... Chris Maunder27-Oct-10 17:16 Chris Maunder 27-Oct-10 17:16  And you enjoyed every minute of those 3 hours, right? cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP Re: Once the thing is over a year old... Dalek Dave27-Oct-10 21:07 Dalek Dave 27-Oct-10 21:07  Well, truth be told, yes! ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]

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