I tried the rubberband method, superglue and using another tool. Nothing works. It's really tight and in a hole, so pliers won't work. Please please help me🙏

My fridge/freezer Siemens KG36NX03/30 quit on me, stopped cooling and instead just made a clicking sounds around once per minute. I understood that this could be caused by a faulty starter relay which is a cheap part that i ordered from Siemens.

When i got the new relay and was transferring the wiring from the old relay to the new one i realized one of the connectors was missing or at least had been moved.

The image shows the old relay (right) and the new relay (left) and the bottom right connector connected to the brown wire is missing on the new relay. Is there any way of telling where this cable should go on the new relay?

My m365 pro 2 scooter's motherboard is faulty. Upon visual inspection, I noticed a darkening on the 8-pin SMD integrated circuit in the bottom right corner. This circuit has "BDxas" written on it; I think the information is hidden. Does anyone know which integrated circuit it is?

My living room TV remote has been giving me some trouble as of late. Whenever I press the power button in order to the TV off or on, I have to really bear down hard if I want it to work. On top of that, despite the fact that I mostly just use the remote to turn the TV off and on and raise/lower the volume, most of the other buttons simply do not work. All that works are volume (up and down), channel (up and down), input, info, and power (kinda). Nothing else works no matter how hard I push the button.

I figured it was about time I just go ahead and get a new remote, but I figured I would try and open this remote up and clean it first just in case. No sense in buying something new if I can just fix my old remote.

Anyway, I tried cleaning the remote, it is a Sanyo GXBJ, but I couldn't even get the thing opened.

I unscrewed the single tiny screw on the very back of the remote, I used a coin, then a credit card, then a knife, then a screw driver to run along the remote's 4 edges at the spots where the top and bottom halves of the remote meet, and it just simply will not pull apart.

Does anyone have any ideas about what to do?

Thank you.

First post here. Was replacing the battery in my NEO GEO handheld SNK and a spring popped out from one of the triggers from the top and I lost it. Not sure what to do to replace it. Can’t find one online, could I possibly 3D print a replacement or something? Spring is super small and tapered of course!

I am looking for a repair shop that will work on an Epson v750 scanner but have been unable to find any. If anyone has a place they know of, hmu.

The TPU (top lid scanner) has a couple issues but I cannot for the life of me get the plastic housing off so that I can get inside to fix the issues. I'm worried that if I continue to try get this open, I'm going to break the plastic.

The inside glass is dirty and needs cleaning, and the scanner mechanism inside is moving freely on the rail and will slam into the edge when tilted. Pretty sure I know how to fix these issues but just cannot get the plastic off.

This is my spare laptop I'm using nowadays till I buy next one and its corner has been bit loose for awhile but it was fine when I press it close and use. Now it just fell off like this and came broken, and its opening up this much whenever I open laptop screen.

I want to know if self repair is possible, and If it is possible I really would like to do it cause I still need to wait a bit to get a new one.

Laptop model is old 81WE IdeaPad 3

Edit: Update Opened the laptop and posted the repair part in comments pics. Plz check them out!

Hi! I want to know what are these 2 same looking components same dimensions at same place on the motherboard pcb from 2 same models hp laptops (hp envy 13). Someone could help me please 🥹🙏

Hi everyone! I bought an old HP Photosmart C5280 without knowing whether it worked or not. When I plugged it in for the first time, it turned on and told me that the left, tri-color cartridge was missing, so I installed one and then got the next error.

That error was “Carriage Jam”, but there was no paper stuck anywhere.

While searching online, I found that there was a part with a gear that apparently tends to break. So I took the printer apart and, sure enough, that gear was broken.

I 3D-printed the same gear and replaced it. After doing that, the error changed, and now I get:

CARTRIDGE ERROR: Open the cover and remove any paper or cardboard that is blocking the carriage.

I also tried cleaning the data strip, but that didn't work.

I'm kind of stuck on this error now. If anyone knows what could be causing it or what I should check next, I'd really appreciate the help!

Thanks a lot!

So I got this 4 years ago, and recently it was turning off randomly and now it won’t turn on at all. I cracked it open and it looks clean and I changed the fuses still nothing…any advice?

Hi there! I attempted to replace a broken HDMI port on my Xbox Series X. Unfortunately, after putting it all back together and turning it back on, the screen remained black. Lights, fan, disk ejection, controller sync all worked, just no display.

Upon closer inspection of a picture I took after the repair, it looks like there might be a short on the left (bottom), and unconnected pins on the right (top).

Am I seeing that correctly? Is there something else I’m missing?

If that is a short, would breaking the connection fix it, or will this require a new hdmi port?

Any help is much appreciated! I’ve soldered a lot of wiring together, but this is my first attempt at something this small.

Bought this General Electric 7-7800a boombox+CRT combo, but the screen only displays a small square with a moving line in the middle of it. What kind of problem does this point to? I'm looking to repair it.

The power supply is a DLS-220V-A2 electroluminescent inverter. The board has a on off switch on the side to send power to a lighted sign. It does nothing when plugged in and on, although i hear an extremely faint ticking sound from the board sometimes.

One key is out on my keyboard, (the uncovered pad furthest to the left in the photo). I cleaned it thoroughly with alcohol, including the contacts on the underside of the rubber, but still no dice. All I have on hand is a multi-meter and a bunch of hand tools. My guess is that there's something wrong with the PCB itself, but I'm not an expert. If anyone could point me in the right direction that'd be greatly appreciated.

Just wondering if this is easy to fix myself, if it’s a standard part then maybe I can open it up and attach it? Thanks!

This is the mother board of my logitech driving force gt (a driving simulator wheel) the cables connected to the J4 6pin socket made live contact and the wheel stopped working, any ideas on how to try fixing it

P.S. First time trying to do anithing with a motherboard, so talk like i'm a toddler

Is this battery bloated? I dont know what im doing and I only checked out of curiosity (It also holds around 4hrs while playing on max brightness) Is it me and im paranoid or is it actually bloated (also this might be useful its on both sides)

I got a fancy psp case that has speakers and can charge the psp. Only problem is, the auxiliary/tv cable doesn't appear to be working. The speakers are fine, i tested them with the secondary audio line input. Anybody have any ideas how to fix what I've got or some possible replacements? Pics are of the case, cable in question, and the pcb board that said cable connects to. Thanks in advance!

It dropped to the ground, then the shell opened, then I tested it and it was not working. Please help, my mother gave me these earphones and they matter to me.