30 Oct
2005
30 Oct
'05
2:17 p.m.
Am zondag, 30.10.05, um 01:43 Uhr (Europe/Zurich) schrieb Tony Duell:
Alas yes... I can't attack it like I do with the RK's, etc :-)
Actually I am trying to think of anything I own and depend on (or even
use actively) that I am not capable of repairing....
Your PC's harddisk, i.e. the thing that contains the most precious of
your computer : the data.
You might be able to repair a certain class of failures with these
drives, but in most cases you will have to replace it.
Also the same is true for the computer CPU's. If it breaks, you replace
That depends on _which_ computer :-). I can certainly repair the CPUs in
my minis, PERQs and HP desktop calculators
it . You do not want a FIB machine so you had a chance
to repair the IC
itself.
Yes, OK, I agree with you.
Most of us view CPU and HD as basic building blocks of a computer. If
you take the same viewpoint on a PC's motherboard, then there is no
(technical) reason why a more modern PC is out of the question.
I think want annoys me is that I know I should be able to fix a
motherboard to compoennt level. I can do SMD rework (it doesn't bother me
at all now). I can trace signals with a 'scope and logic analyser. And I
have the obijection to replacing more than I need to.
If you don't want another PC because you lack space, now there is
something I can really understand !
Yes, there is always that :-). I am having peoblems finding space for the
PX8 I bought the other week...
-tony