Got a bit scratched… by The Hulk.
Nothing some ducktape couldn’t fix!
When I worked in cell phone repair, someone brought in a cell phone in similar condition and asked a similar question, all while seeming quite sincere.
At least they were honest; they explained it had fallen out of their pocket while mowing and gotten entangled in the mower blades. Not sure how they expected us to affect repairs, though. We declined as politely as we could and directed them to where they could buy a replacement.
A lot of folks think that tech people are wizards, and maybe there was a chance. Source: I work in IT.
If the time was right, I’d be checking for an SD card. There’d be a chance to save some fraction of their data…
It looks like you’re going to have to reconnect a couple of traces, but if you’ve got some magnet wire and a fine tipped iron you should be good to go. You probably don’t need that bit on the left, it doesn’t look important.
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
It’s dead.
At least for windows, Linux will probably run okayish.
If you have a soldering iron and a factory full of orphan children you can put it back together (the orphans must be children for the tiny hands)
Have you tried putting it in a bowl of rice?
That’ll buff out
How does one even accomplish this? Dropping the board alone wouldn’t even do this, almost intentional
I think that’s actually just dirt. I recommend the sanitize cycle on your dishwasher to make sure it’s clean.
Probably easier to fix than performing certain brain surgeries.
You’re going to need a lot of uncooked ramen, but it is possible.
Which guide did you follow? I have some experience in motherboard trimming, but this one doesn’t make sense to me. Cutting through the northbridge seems unusual and very hard to get working.
That guide is fascinating.
I needed a way to protect a CPU, and while I didn’t have a clapshell or anything, I did have a worthless motherboard.
The context…just raises more questions LMAO
