The last thread was a lot of fun, so I'm back for another round! I work as a senior technician at a certain nationwide franchise that does in-house repairs of all types of electronics. I see some crazy stuff, but it's a lot of fun.
Just like Pawn Stars, you never know what's going to come in those doors. Could be a simple iPhone screen, could be extremely challenging. So ask some questions!
Pic related. Customer came in with a Microsoft Surface Pro that "wouldn't charge". Opened to find this . . . .
Is this capacitor fucked? My monitor is working like shit (it has a hard time turning on) and I see no other possibly faulty component.
Julian Green
A while ago I was using an old iPhone for music/ebook storage and accidentally dropped it into a toilet. After I took it out and dried it off I tried turning it on and off but it eventually slowed down and died. At that point was the phone too damaged to try salvaging anything from it?
Evan Perez
Can happen to any lipoly battery, but yeah.
Agreed that Surface Pro isn't a terribly great design. As for Philips they're fine as long as they're made from good material. Otherwise prone to stripping. Personally I prefer Torx.
A guy said his new laptop wouldn't charge. Was was plugging the power adapter into the Ethernet port (it was a weird square HP adapter and actually fit pretty snugly into that port).
Hard to tell from the picture. I would need an ESR meter to actually tell.
Colton Martin
Inductive charging always makes my phone hot. That would lead to quicker battery swelling.
