Do It Yourself

I have an Asus N550JK which i have installed a SSD and replaced the dvd drive with a HDD caddy for the old HDD. Both drives were formatted and then Windows 10 installed on the SSD. Installing drivers or windows updates cause 3 issues: - if the laptop is put to sleep all open applications are...

Hi dears, I'm a newbie who would like to split the mic signal both to the camera and the iPad simultaneously. So I did this nice cable split. But... If I connect everything, the camera and the ipad receive no audio at all! If I connect only one of them (be it the ipad or the camera) it...

I have a DIY Bass shaker setup that I currently have connected to my pc with a Dayton Audio SA70 70W Subwoofer Amplifier. I built my setup using this build: (https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/4flgkg/riftbass_shakersgaming_bliss_a_diy_guide_for/) I just setup an Onkyo HT-S3700 5.1...

Current situation: I have 1) an LG G PAD 8" with a broken screen. 2) A 19" monitor lying around Can these two be married? The tablet screen doesn't turn on at all. So anything any solution that needs touch interaction is not possible. I am curious if the Flex Ribbon connector for the internal...

SO i have a Asus Zenbook and a older Dell laptop and my dad who works at Nvidia ca get me a really nice graphics card. But I obviously have nowhere to put it. What are my options cause I know that I can get something like the XG station or DIY. I would prefer o DIY but to buy a product to let me...

Which TV Antenna for Semi-Rural Northeast/East Texas? I want to dump SuddenLink cable & use their old cabling for 4/5 TV’s. One potential problem is a 2 story brick house w/ a big tree on the same side as the cabling. I’m hoping someone in here has already done this? I don’t know if a DIY...

I am building my own speaker box for my desk, my question is this. I have a DROK DC 12V Micro Stereo Amplify Board, How would i wire the power switch to power the board and an LED when it is on. it is a totally custom build, so i bought a custom 2 prong power switch button and a custom LED that...

One of the speakers has no output from the amplifier.There seems to be a short or fuse damage inside.I have switched speaker wire,thinking the negative/positive may be in error.Is there a repair kit for Fisher speakers?

My Pioneer VSX43 HDMI board is bad and Im trying to diy and replace the part. Where do you source this part? I've been all over the internet with no success. Part number is 7020-07323-020-0S. Thanks, tthews

Hello, I have a Toshiba Satellite L500-19p. It's motherboard is a LA-4981p and it doesn't has a ExpressCard slot. I know that other models have ExpressCard slot (For example this motherboard has it) So, my questions are the following: 1º Is possible solder a ExpressCard slot in the...

Good morning guys, I have a laptop that (When i start my IT Career) i broke. Basically it seems like a basic issue as to why its not working, but i just was wondering what steps you guys would take to get such a problem sorted. (DIY\Engineer Etc) Basically the locking tabs on the connectors(...

So I have put up a wall shelve in my room, the purpose for why i put it up was to put my hifi on it and I wasn't too sure if it was ok but ive looked online and found nothing much about. I know that there will be vibrations from the Hifi and I know this could potentially loosen the screw. I have...

Hey lads, so recently my Windows 10 installation became corrupted somehow. None of the repair tools worked, Safe Mode would simply crash as soon as I attempted to boot into it and a recovery disk did nothing. So, no problem. Format and reinstall. But no dice. Every time I attempted to boot back...

I have HP Pavilion g6-2358ee Notebook PC The right hinge was broken so I opened the laptop glued it and it is fine now the problem is I think I misplaced something which is responsible of turning down the display when I close the lid as it came back if I refreshed it with the mouse or hitting...

Hi. My kid's Dell Inspiron 3000 3147 11.6 convertible laptop has a cracked screen. Everything works but I don't want her playing with broken glass. Dell can't help. No repair shop in Toronto has the parts. I can't find parts in North America. Should I order one from China? Wait? I take it...

Hey, I brought this Laptop on 30-06-2011 and its done well so far. I know the GPU is in a custom bracket for that card, but I wanted to know if its possible to upgrade the graphics card as this really is the only bottleneck I have. As the laptop was built by PC Specialist and I was hoping...

Average tech knowledge guy here. I have a laptop (Gateway NE56R34u) which is missing the entire screen assembly( the screen assembly and hinges were removed), I have a different non-working laptop (Toshiba Satellite A135-S4527) and wanted to know if the screen on this one could be installed on...

Replacing monitor for a friend got everything hooked up and working fine. Then the new monitor goes black and then just white. I rehooked up the old monitor and nothing but white. I've replaced the ribbon from motherboard to monitor and still all white. It works fine with an HDMI cord. I'm...

I recently upgraded my RAM from 4 to 16 GB and now I have overheating problems. Any ideas on this?

I think my laptop fan is out of place, It makes a very loud vibrating / clicking sound if it's moved or I hit the keys right above it. Please help me.