Recent content by BlayneRTFM

I was going to look into becoming Apple authorized a while back because the one shop in my city that was authorized no longer does it. But then I asked myself why the one company that is still in business no longer does it and figured the most likely reason was financial in that it was no longer...

Thanks for the reply. Yes, in my endless quest for parts, I already came across those two links. That was one of the few things I came across that made me wonder if the 7th Gen is just the 5th/6th gen with updated processor and RAM. The fact that there is absolutely no distributor anywhere who...

What I need to do: I received an iPod Touch 7th gen from a customer for repair. I don't think Apple even calls it 7th gen, I think they just call it the iPod Touch 2019. Model # is MVHW2VC/A (A217B). I need to replace the entire front assembly, LCD+Digitizer+Glass as well as the frame that snaps...

Yes, they've probably had issues with this particular model. Seagate did the same thing with one of their Backup Plus drives. It was obviously a defective model as we had 2 of them here and quite a few clients were bringing them in. They would disconnect constantly. Seagate would just send a new...

Thanks again for replying. I hear you goombawaho, I never say never. But I always go with the simplest or in this case, the cheapest solution first then work my way up. In any event, I called WD and got them to agree to RMA the drive even though it is a little out of warranty which is a rare and...

Thanks again for the replies. I thought about attempting to solder a SATA connector to the pcb but the design makes it next to impossible without damage and for the price of the drive, not really worth the effort. As far as it being a failure in the drives electronics, that is always possible...

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I've tried GParted with same results. No hidden partitions showing up. No unallocated space etc. The only thing I can think of is that some program has limited the usable size of the drive to 1TB and any program I use sees what the drive is reporting, that the drive is...

Ok, having a weird issue with a clients WD My Passport Ultra 2TB USB HDD. I'm not sure what he did with it but he apparently had a program or something format the drive when he plugged it into his system. Now the drive shows up as 1TB. I assumed there was either unallocated space or a hidden...

Thanks. I've already tried 3 adapters all with the same result. No power to the laptop or the battery. I have dozens of adapters but, no Dell's at the moment. From what I understand and have seen with some old Dell's, some do have a 3 line adapter. A positive, a ground and a data line that...

Thanks for the replies. I figured the mainboard was done. Trying to hunt down all the components that are fried and replacing them would be far too much trouble and a replacement board is $150.00 + shipping. Add the cost of labor and it's clearly not worth it. Already told the client they'd be...

Can't seem to edit my own post? Forgot to add that the laptop works fine on battery. Just can't run on external power only or charge the battery.

I had a client recently bring in a Dell Inspiron 9400 Laptop that he said was no longer charging the battery. The first thing I did was test the Targus charger which the client had just bought to replace the original. It was then that I noticed in testing it that it was showing -19.5 volts...

It took a while, but I finally figured it out. The part is for two built-in stereo microphones. Finally got windows 7 installed after many hours of burn-in testing to make sure cpu and video are good. I could then go through each device in device manager and check for working state. Got to the...

It took a while, but I finally figured it out. The part is for two built-in stereo microphones. Finally got windows 7 installed after many hours of burn-in testing to make sure cpu and video are good. I could then go through each device in device manager and check for working state. Got to the...

I've tried searching everything it says on the sticker but - no joy. All it says is: SJM50 23.42252.002 SUNMOWING 10/03/15 Also tried finding the entire hinge cover hoping it would include the component attached but haven't been able to find one for this model. Thanks.