This is a HP Pavillion 27 All-in-One PC. This one had a dead screen which is a common fault caused by a damaged LVDS cable. These can be tricky to open and time consuming to repair. The fix required an almost full strip down, including decoupling the thermal cpu mounting and pretty much every internal…
A brand new PC build featuring an M.2 NVMe SSD hard drive. Here I’m trying to photograph and document some of the steps involved in assembling the 2022 version of a dbox.one™ PC system.
This has been one of my favourite projects. From planning to end, lots of interesting details and tasks to work through to make a neat install.
The connectors on cctv systems can be problematic, especially if not installed in a data cabinet. On this small install I have upgraded the BNC connectors and added an enclosure to tidy things up. The main unit is deliberately mounted “the wrong way up” so that unused connectors are less likely to be contaminated with…
This is my repair of a Dewalt XR Combi Drill (DCD785) After 3 years of use the drill had become intermittent and throwing out sparks! It was also heavily clogged with debris and overall in need of servicing to prolong its life. The first step was to strip down, clean all the internals and confirm…
A great computer upgrade is adding a second monitor and mounting both screens above your work-space. One of the goals of this project was to declutter the desk and install a modified keyboard and tidy the wiring.
Brand new install of 4 telephone lines. I’ve ran the new lines though a single Cat6 cable to a metal under desk distribution box.
What happens if your shop fitter/ designer miscalculates the location and number of hand driers? A fair bit of thought and effort was required to sort this one out! In this washroom the hand driers had to be mounted partially over glass and from a single fused spur. First task was to measure everything up…