Some might consider a broken ribbon cable to be unsalvagable. They’re delicate and fragile as can be, and sometimes just fussing with them further is enough to cause additional damage. However, with ...

It’s not uncommon in cheaper devices to find a ribbon cable soldered directly to the circuit board like the one pictured above. Using a connector would have been a much more resilient approach, but ...

I acquired a gateway 2000 solo 3100 laptop from ebay about 4 months ago (PII 300, DVD, 6gb hdd, 10" LCD, 4lbs) for a suprisingly small amount of money only to find that a number of things didnt work ...