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Carcam

I was stuck in line for COVID testing so I thought I would pull apart my carcam that was not turning on because of a stuffed internal battery causing to to get stuck in an infinite power cycle loop.

The Aldi brand Onix camera
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Mask too small

My wife went to the chemist to purchase some items and also bought a couple of fabric masks to be prepared incase we needed them. When she got back to the car she showed our youngest 4yo son who asked who they were for. She replied “for myself and daddy”, to which she got a puzzled look and he said “but it is too small for you, it won’t cover your bottom”

The mask that wouldn’t fit
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Smart LED modification

I wanted a smart LED light for my son so he could read in bed at night and I could turn it off remotely. The problem with it was at minimum brightness was still too bright so I want to find a way to make it duller.

The $7.50 bulb from Harvey Norman or 5 for $25
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Maximite Computer Kit

Our local Jaycar stockist Allan’s Electronics/ Vidcam closed down last week and were selling off some old stock cheap. I saw a kit called Maximite Computer Kit for $20 and purchased it.

The kit with all the components placed but not yet soldered
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Copy Smart card

I have been issued a 125kHz RFID smart card for my access to work and was wondering if it could be copied to either my phone or another card

The nondescript access card
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Mobile High-definition Link tear down

This is going to be a short post as it is a small device

AG611-MAL Chip as the only silicone in the adaptor
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Laptop fan repair

I was given a laptop that had a stuffed CPU cooler fan so I purchased a new one off eBay for $20 and replaced it. Laptop works well as a Minecraft gaming machine for the kids.

Problematic fan
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Simultaneous Multi-user PC with RDP

I recently purchased a new Dell PC with Windows 10 home which I upgraded to Windows 10 Pro. Since there was an unused OEM license on the PC I thought I might try to use it by having a user remotely login simultaneously while someone was using the computer. The problem I found was that Win 10 only allowed 1 user at a time to be logged into the machine and logged the second user out.

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AMD RX5500XT tear down

I purchased PowerColor RX5500XT 4GB and 8GB cards to see if I could upgrade the 4GB card to an 8GB card

PowerColor 4GB card
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Dishwasher repair

The dishwasher started tripping out the RCD on the house so I pulled apart the door to see if water had leaked in to the control PCB. It was worse.

The mounting points lugs of the PCB have broken and all 4 corner screw mounts of the button panel are snapped