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Frank sometimes fixes stuff
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Hi. I'm Frank. Sometimes I fix stuff. Sometimes I make it worse. Occasionally there are rants about the stuff I'm trying to fix. Come hang out while I poke stuff with a screwdriver.
This channel is for my amusement only. Do not try this at home. I do not accept liability for any harm you may do to yourself or others by viewing and imitating any content here.
This channel is for my amusement only. Do not try this at home. I do not accept liability for any harm you may do to yourself or others by viewing and imitating any content here.
(Yet another) Half-Life retrospective
This video is a personal remembrance of my first experiences with what is arguably one of the most game-changing games ever, Half-Life, set up and played on mostly period-correct hardware for that full 1999 experience.
Shot on a Canon ZR950 miniDV camcorder, edited on a Power Mac G5 using iMovie '08 (slightly anachronistic but that was the oldest functional equipment I had available).
If I do an actual playthrough I'll use a modern camera and maybe a bigger screen. Or maybe not. You tell me.
Shot on a Canon ZR950 miniDV camcorder, edited on a Power Mac G5 using iMovie '08 (slightly anachronistic but that was the oldest functional equipment I had available).
If I do an actual playthrough I'll use a modern camera and maybe a bigger screen. Or maybe not. You tell me.
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Twingo C06 gauge cluster/combination meter repair
Просмотров 95Месяц назад
Car broke. I fixed it. This gauge thing has like 4 different names depending on where you look but despite the suggestion by the name "tacho" it doesn't have an RPM gauge, just vehicle speed, which apparently is what "tacho" is in German if you ask Google Translate (well, "vehicle speed" is actually "Fahrzeuggeschwindigkeit" which is ridiculous and that would take up like half my title; "tacho"...
Dell OptiPlex 3080 8FC8 BIOS password hack
Просмотров 6 тыс.7 месяцев назад
This video covers admin password removal for an OptiPlex 3080. I have no idea if it'll work for an unrelated system, but theoretically it should assuming you have a Dell with a similar 8FC8 BIOS. This is the result of lots of searching on the internet and piecing various bits together, because there's no one-stop shop for this and most posts seem like they're trying to protect their revenue str...
Sony DPF-C1000 digital picture frame take-apart and diagnosis
Просмотров 2258 месяцев назад
So I found this thing in e-waste and wanted to see if it was still worth using. Gotta see if it works first...
Checking out 6 flea market hard drives with HDAT2 and SpinRite (do-over)
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.9 месяцев назад
Reupload, now with MOAR VOLUME! It's up by 150% or something. My camera wasn't great, and I edit with headphones so sometimes the volume level's a bit low. Sorry. I got a better camera so I'm using that on newer videos. I couldn't figure out how to just re-upload the video so I just redid the whole thing. It's not like there were any comments that anything other than "can't hear you" or similar...
Subaru BRAT (and other EA81 cars): Fixing the hood hinge
Просмотров 8811 месяцев назад
My lovely BRAT has always had issues with the left side of the hood being slightly off and generally uncooperative on the whole, and it got to the point it started popping up the wiper cowl. So I fixed it with the help of a local welder. No editing on this one because it didn't seem warranted, just straight GoPro output.
APUS 3000/C600 troubleshooting and repair
Просмотров 222Год назад
New content? On this channel? And a thumbnail? Unpossible! Yeah I tried to go artsy with the thumbnail. It didn't turn out great but whatever. Maybe next time. Anyway this video is of a dead UMAX APUS 3000, AKA C600, and I try to fix it. Also I talk about the innards of this machine a bit. It's edutainment. Shot on a GoPro and edited in OpenShot. I may try DaVinci Resolve at some point but I'm ...
Hard disk utilities: why to use them, and some examples
Просмотров 129Год назад
We're looking at a couple low-level hard disk utilities: SpinRite 6, HDAT2 (both DOS-based), and CrystalDiskInfo (in Windows). Also the Disks utility in Linux Mint. Mostly we're looking for SMART values to determine the overall health and reliability of disks, in this case a Fujitsu MHZ2080BH that I found in e-waste. tl;dw: use utilities like this to check the actual parameters of the drive to ...
iPod mini flash mods! How to get the thing to work properly with up to 256GB.
Просмотров 718Год назад
Ever wanted an iPod mini, but hated the tiny capacity? Want to try a flash mod? Well, have at it! You should probably watch my Part 1 first though if you want to watch a take-apart and all that (because you'll need to take it apart to do this. Probably should put a new battery in while you're at it). This part 2 video goes over what you can expect if you try to use greater than 64GB cards, spec...
iPod minis! Discussion, take-apart, and upgrades. Part 1!
Просмотров 114Год назад
Here we see a nice little group of iPod minis from both generations. Come with me on an adventure to see how to get into them (without iPod tools), how to fix them when you break them, how to flash mod them, and how to get them back together. This is a 2-part video because (spoiler alert) I ran into some trouble with the flash upgrade process and it derailed the whole thing, so I made a shorter...
Quantum Empire 1080S discussion and autopsy
Просмотров 160Год назад
In this video I tear down a failed Quantum Empire, the first member of a fairly obscure family of mid-to-high-end 5400RPM SCSI drives from the mid-'90s. What's wrong with it? Will I figure out how to get it apart properly? You gotta watch to find out. Here's the link to the manual for the drive, hosted by Bitsavers: bitsavers.org/pdf/quantum/Empire/81-103983-02_Empire_540_1080S_Product_Manual_1...
WD AC34300 discussion and autopsy
Просмотров 447Год назад
Unlike other hard drive videos I've done, this is of a late-'90s drive common to many midrange desktop computers, so you've probably seen one before. The drive is dead, of course, and we're going to take a look at the innards to see if we can find out why, or at least find out what made it tick.
Samsung Gear S2 take-apart: broken button and dead battery
Просмотров 45Год назад
In this video I dissect a dysfunctional Gear S2 and try to figure out what its problem is. Turns out it has more than one.
Sony MXD-D400 MD belt replacement
Просмотров 382Год назад
Trying out a GoPro Hero 10. I'm not super impressed. I don't know what it was focusing on, but it wasn't really the subject. Honestly I think the Xperia cell phone I found in the e-waste pile does a better job than the GoPro. Maybe I just need moar practice. Or to strap it to a helmet. I dunno. Anyway, Techmoan already did a pretty good video about replacing the belts on these particular mechs,...
Quantum ProDrive ELS: attempted bumper replacement
Просмотров 73Год назад
This video is a sort of continuation of the previous one regarding the ELS where I try to replace the sticky inner bumper. Spoiler: it does not go well, so there's a proper autopsy at the end. This also applies to the later 250-800MB ProDrive LPS/Maverick/Lightning drives: the wretched inner bump stop is under the platters and it's basically impossible to replace.
CDC/Imprimis/Seagate Swift (ST1581N): attempting to remove the rubber bumpers.
Просмотров 74Год назад
CDC/Imprimis/Seagate Swift (ST1581N): attempting to remove the rubber bumpers.
Hard drives formerly known as Imprimis Swift (Seagate ST1480N & ST1581N) discussion and autopsy
Просмотров 124Год назад
Hard drives formerly known as Imprimis Swift (Seagate ST1480N & ST1581N) discussion and autopsy
Quantum ProDrive ELS discussion and autopsy
Просмотров 129Год назад
Quantum ProDrive ELS discussion and autopsy
Quantum TRB850S Trailblazer discussion & dissection
Просмотров 114Год назад
Quantum TRB850S Trailblazer discussion & dissection
Conner/Seagate ST31276A discussion & dissection
Просмотров 77Год назад
Conner/Seagate ST31276A discussion & dissection
Quantum ProDrive LPS discussion and test (part 1)
Просмотров 135Год назад
Quantum ProDrive LPS discussion and test (part 1)
Resolving stiction on an IBM hard drive in a PB 5x0
Просмотров 15Год назад
Resolving stiction on an IBM hard drive in a PB 5x0
'94 GMC 1500 leaf spring replacement (on the ground with hand tools) part 2
Просмотров 18Год назад
'94 GMC 1500 leaf spring replacement (on the ground with hand tools) part 2
'94 GMC 1500 leaf spring replacement (on the ground with hand tools)
Просмотров 848Год назад
'94 GMC 1500 leaf spring replacement (on the ground with hand tools)
formatando o ssd não resolve ? to com um mini dell 3080 com senha
EXELENTE ESPLICACION GRACIA SALUDOS DE COLOMBIA
Ffs just get on with it 😅
Very useful video, thank you! I have same car as yours and also have had the same problem for past 10 days. I dissasembled tachometer/speedometer and noticed nothing strange about components, but some insect was touching this yellow foil with contacts and I removed it. Now there is no more buzzing (I tried if it's working properly many times before assembling) and I hope that was the only issue.
Bios PW was down for a bit near the end of 2023 but it seems its been back up and running for most or all of this year as of July 2024. The repo owner did mention he'd been working on a keygen for some time but he's gone silent and not really given any insight on an ETA... or any major updates at all. I could technically flash a new bios or whatever... but I'm really not too keen on tasking myself with that. I don't like soldering and I'd prefer a software approach. Hopefully some kind soul chooses to give the algo instead of making people pay extortionate amounts (you guys know who I'm talking about lol)
I wouldn't say that they were terrible, but they did serve a good position in the market. Being a low-cost entry level drive, they appeared to do quite well in terms of making the drive fairly reliable with the simple tape seal. I have one of these made in Malaysia oddly enough rather than China, and it uses a different spindle cap at the top. Other than that, it looks identical to that one made in China. Mine unfortunately is completely unusable and I believe has shipping damage, but it still does seek fine. They weren't the best drives, but considering the affordable cost when new, they did pretty well.
Welcome. Please help! I bought a Sony MXD D4. Unfortunately, the minidisc is faulty. It was suggested in a Sony Facebook group that the Sony MDS-JE440 or Je470 minidisc mechanics are exactly the same as the D4. Are any of these really good? Or what would you suggest? Unfortunately, the Sony service here in Budapest no longer repairs such devices. Thank you for your help.
but if this is pass reset only by changing the position jumper, It's like entering through the window, when the door is open
basically what we have to do, is restore the ipod on itunes until gives the error, then restore the RBM both with a partition manager or other ways and it should work after when connecting back? i still even struggle getting my ipod to be found on the pc by itunes, it seems it takes a long time even just connecting and it makes every single other program open struggle so much. i am almost tempted to even buy a old 2007 macbook to just avoid any of this hassle.
Hello friend, your video inspired me to try to reprogram the BIOS of my Dell 3080 micro myself. However, in my country there was no soic16 pliers ready, I had to get diagrams on the internet myself and solder the wires to fit the soic8 adapter. I'm sure I did it right. However, I can't get my T48 recorder to recognize the chip, could you tell me which chip option you are using on the recorder? Because although it is soic16, it is on a soic8 adapter, and I saw that it is like that on yours too.
Awesome video man
So I was searching on the motherboard and found what looks like a key symbol, like a car key for example, I’m wondering if that means to unlock?? It’s right next to what looks like could be a jumper?? I don’t think they would take the jumper off, perhaps they have hidden it and made it look different…just a thought
Is possible add hdmi and turn this thing in a mini monitor?
Dell wants to contribute to e waste, another company to report and boycott. We need to establish a repository for bios for this series of computer. Maybe before powering it up the first time people need to read the bios before they get locked by Dell. Now I did have a laptop that did not have anything shown on the board however after talking to a tech at an authorized repair center, they showed me the two hidden pads where you short out while powering it up. What’s worse is now Winblows will also lock the bios to their software which is illegal. Those bastards have no right to lock one’s bios to their crap. Now why exactly do we need to stop at 1530 as we fill data with FF? Please explain.
Your computer out of warranty and need to reset the password? Good luck.
Ooooorrrr, after you talked to the celestials, stood on your head for 6 minutes and 35 seconds facing towards Mecca, you can get a clean BIOS binary from the Internet and flash it. The only issue with that is that you need to find a reputable site to get the binary from. You have the tools to flash it, so that is not an issue. But your way works too. Since the Dell BIOS is so huge your way might even be better. 😇
Soo do you know where I can get a bios mod for a the 6/7th gen dell mobos to get xeon cpus in to them I seen online that you can mod the bio to get the cpu to work in the mobo
I hope the rear jack stand isn’t too important 😬😂
It's just a backup incase the jack fails
Not really a surprise it was a bad power supply, those cheap one's in various products go bad all the time and don't tend to last past a few years before dying. Regardless nice to see the internals of the device, and how cost-effectively it is put together based on the design and build of it, seems super simple.
Yeah, bad caps. Shocker. You'd figure they'd have learned from the capacitor plague era, but maybe the problem was yet to be widely known when this was made (it is rather old, after all). Plenty of much newer devices still end up with bad caps, so I guess they just don't care if it saves two cents per device.
@@fsfs555 Guess they don't learn lol. Got to have the mass production volume and keep costs down you know ; ))
#1: I hope you have a good reason for attempting to do this and show it on RUclips for a legit data retrieval need. #2: You have a lot to learn about data retrieval and should probably start by learning on old IDE basic drives (and yes master/slave/single drive configs along with companion software past SpinRite). The only reason I know of for posting this is to get personal info from someone stupid enough to throw away a computer or hard drive without destroying it. Be ethical my NEWB... I was a Cracker. Not a Hacker and did well making a decent living as Big Brother.
14:00 Did you check if the jumper of the IBM drive was correctly configured (master/slave/single drive)?
Thank you 🙏
That’s what you call common sense
Do you know the brand of your red CF to SD adapter, where did you buy it from? I heard that some of them don't work for iPod Mini.
Hi, so I got it off Amazon. I'll put the link in the description. It looks pretty generic though since there are a couple brands with a similar look to them (mine was RGBS but there's also LEAGY and they look the same). I think the biggest concern with these is to get SDXC-capable adapters if you want to go over 32GB (SDHC types max out at 32GB, while SD has a 2GB cap).
That really is a shame on this one, these are really nice drives when they work and are fast. I was not expecting to see that damage to the platters, but I guess it was hinted at when the drive struggled to spin up. The heads were creating a drag and not allowing the motor to properly start. I believe you could very well be right about the excessive contact start-stop cycles, but also it almost appears that the heads were dragging when they spun down, eventually sticking to the platters, and ruining them. Every time heads drag when the drive spins down, depending how bad it is, it will eventually damage the platters, ruin the heads, cause a crash, or all of the above as we see here. I believe a very probably cause is that the actual coating they used on the platters that prevents the heads from sticking began to break down, which lead to the failure of this drive. As far as I know there isn't anything you can do when that coating breaks down, since it will just get worse over time and eventually lead to what is seen in the video. Shame because these are already difficult to find, sad to see it had to go that way but thank you for uploading this video, it also sheds answers as to what can fail on specific models or what goes wrong due to time as well.
Shame to see so much damage caused from both age and handling. Those dings in the platters are of course from the heads hitting the platters, which in most cases can actually kill the head entirely since it is extremely fragile, same thing as if you were to let the heads touch each other like you did in the video, most of times it will just kill those heads since they contacted each other. Also I've noticed dings in the platters can also come from extremely bad stiction, which also appears to be the case with this one since you said it was really sticking when you went to spin it up. As for the larger heads, I believe they are likely servo heads and allows the drive to track where it is on the platters, and any sort of damage to the servo surface or heads causes failure since the drive cannot calibrate or determine where it is on the platter anymore and therefore cannot verify a location of which area is that area specified since that head is damaged or that area of the platter is damaged and the data is now unreadable. What a shame to see....
One issue is you let the heads touch, this acts like very fine sandpaper and thus destroys the heads instantly, I would recommend using a real hair comb to hold them apart.
This drive has died due to media failure. This is a very common fault with the 34300 and 35100. They were WDs first 5400RPM consumer drives and the QC was not great during the time yours was made. So the media has faded to the point that there is no more servo data, so the heads will sit there until they pick up something. Other faults include PCB Failure from cheapened chips and head failure, but your drive clearly shows media failure.
I've never seen where the actual rubber degrading leaves marks where the gases have escaped, that is very strange and this video is the first time I've seen something like that. It definitely ruined the bottom platter and if the drive did work hitting that area would cause damage to bottom head or the drive would have bad sectors, so that is definitely even more concerning adding to the problems these already have. I actually think your method of making sure the platters were in alignment was very clever since if they are taped together as long as you don't flex the tape then it should stay near perfectly in alignment, so good thinking! I'm sure you could've used a repair insert that they sell on eBay, but that wouldn't do much for the rubber gases that damaged the bottom platter unfortunately unless that stuff comes off. I assume the heads are still good, so they definitely could be used to save a drive with bad heads as long as they aren't damaged in any way.
I don't know the history of this drive before I bought it about 2 years ago, but I imagine it had been sitting inoperative for at least 10 years, possibly more. It's from Japan, where hot, humid summers and cold, dry winters are unkind to most things. I'm not a chemist so I don't know why this particular rubber or possibly petroleum-based analog would have outgassed like that, but it was certainly unexpected. I think part of the severity of the degradation of these drives is that they have no atmospheric venting; they're totally sealed. In combination with the still air of the unpowered drive, the gases just collected in one spot because they had nowhere to go. Conversely, lack of atmospheric venting is a good thing in that humidity can't get in, which caused problems on the previous ProDrive LPS models (specifically, the platters rusted).
Fascinating to see the internals of one of these. Quite unfortunate to see these have failed, given their absurd rarity these days. Another design with the crux of the degrading bumper, what a shame. As a whole, CDC/Imprimis drives in general are exceedingly rare over here in Europe; I think I've only seen one in person. Correlating to their market placement it makes sense, but it's a shame a lot of these will disappear with very little documentation of their existence remaining. Thanks for sharing.
Even in the States, outside of workstations they didn't appear too often. I have seen several with Apple badging, so they were probably available in high-end machines in the EU. It's too bad a lot of policies for computer resale involves destruction of the hard disk. It makes sense on newer multi-GB drives but a 400MB drive like this should only take an hour or so to run a multi-pass wipe. For what people charge for working SCSI drives on eBay you'd figure it would be worth the trouble.
Wow! This was an extremely interesting video, thanks so much for uploading it and taking the time to share what you noticed. I find it rather sad and unfortunate that you have two very similar drives, and they both had all of those issues shown and failed near identically. First thing was seems like some of the higher-end Seagate drives like those with that PCB design are just prone to failing, and the fact you had those two that both had the capacitors blow on the PCB supports that theory. Second and most sadly, I had no clue whatsoever that these had any sort of rubber stopper in them, and your act of uploading this video makes me glad to be aware of that issue as well. I believe what you said to have been the cause of death to be true, the bumpers melted, and when the drive would spin up it would grind down the heads and eventually cause them to dislodge or get damaged, and stiction possibly as well. I'm wondering, when you would turn the spindle by hand, did it feel it would hesitate and resist from the heads sticking? Or would you suggest that the bumper melting was what tore a few of the heads off as the drive would spin up and grind against the spindle? Hard for me to tell in the video really, something you would have to feel in person to likely know.
Thanks for watching. The 480 (first drive) worked briefly but then started making unhappy noises and died, most likely from having the heads dislocated by the spindle due to the failed bumper. The 581 was stuck when I got it, so I tried to free the platters by rotating the drive briskly. Sadly, this did less to free the heads from the platters than it did to liberate them from the ends of the armature, then the failed bumper caused the remaining heads to be damaged by the rotating spindle when it did spin up. Sad, really, because good SCSI drives are getting hard to find. I do have a part 2 video that I'll work on editing where I attempt to remove the failed bumper to replace it but there's very little room to work in there and risk of contamination is pretty high. Not that it matters, since the drive was dead, but it's a good exercise for trying it to preserve an otherwise good drive. I'm trying to improve on video shooting and editing. Maybe I'll be halfway decent at it someday.
@@fsfs555 Ah, thanks for letting me know! What surprised me was just how badly the bumper seems to have melted, almost seemed worse than on some Quantum drives where it got to the point of basically not existing anymore. Sad to hear about the ST1480N because it did work but unfortunately not long. Same with the ST1581N as I'm sure the drive themselves have good media, just those other issues that end up ruining them if not taken care of right away...I am considering picking one up, although I am fearful that the bumpers have melted on the working ones too and when they arrive and are powered on, the heads will get ruined making the drive unusable. Would like to see a video of attempting to replace the bumper even if it is not the easiest, I haven't seen anyone attempt that on these before. Also I really like your videos, just need to do more close-ups I think like when you are trying to show the damage or point of failure but otherwise you are very knowledgeable about these older drives.
Just randomly stumbled across your video, interesting. Not sure if you knew already, but for some reason Maxtor made the Molex connector completely upside down on their drives, this was the design they used, so as you showed in the video adapters like that will not work. Something else is this is a SCSI drive, it requires a command from the controller to spin up as that is what the controller will request the drive to do, simply applying power to the drive will not spin it up most of the time on SCSI drives unless the jumper settings are changed.