Some might consider a broken ribbon cable to be unsalvagable. They’re delicate and fragile as can be, and sometimes just fussing with them further is enough to cause additional damage. However, with ...

I acquired a gateway 2000 solo 3100 laptop from ebay about 4 months ago (PII 300, DVD, 6gb hdd, 10" LCD, 4lbs) for a suprisingly small amount of money only to find that a number of things didnt work ...

Most cables get plugged in and left alone for years at a time. All those power and HDMI cables connecting your home entertainment system together rarely get touched. The cables meticulously organized ...

Usually we encourage homeowners to tackle pretty much anything themselves, whether it’s sanding floors or repairing damaged plaster or trying to make a basement waterproof. But there are some things ...

It sometimes seems as though computing power in your pocket is a relatively new phenomenon, but in fact there have been ultraportable computers since the 8-bit era. They started to become useful ...

A Spanish research team has developed a set of techniques to repair ribbon busbar interruptions in PV panels without resorting to expensive electroluminescence images. The scientists warned that the ...