2020-04-05 Item Roundup from Virtual Fixit Clinic

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Peter Mui

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Hi Global Fixers:

Thanks to Wayne Seltzer for posting the video from yesterday's virtual Fixit Clinic on youtube:

Jakarta, Indonesia: Ragoya’s Apple IPad Air Models A1475 & A1567 (01:10): :https://youtu.be/HqNUJCRDXNM?t=70
Louisville, Colorado, USA: Jennifer’s broken chair leg (12:40) : https://youtu.be/HqNUJCRDXNM?t=760
U.K.: EJ’s/Elizabeth’s Macbook Pro 2011 Model No. A1278 (28:27): https://youtu.be/HqNUJCRDXNM?t=1707
San Mateo, California, USA: Shova’s wobbly table (40:51) https://youtu.be/HqNUJCRDXNM?t=2451

Any follow-on comments, suggestions or thoughts? -Peter

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2020-04-09 Update: Here's the public chat from the Zoom:

10:10:00     From  petermui : Rogayah said her two models are A1475 & A1567
10:10:37     From  Mark : let's have a show of hands after the client review, then move to a breakout room after as show of hand of no more then 3 coaches that can help.
10:10:45     From  Angel Urueña : Part picture: https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/GdGQqFlTcKp5YMkK.full
10:10:59     From  Mark : Wayne?
10:11:22     From  Douglas Ling : Brian, go to the microphone icon at the lower left corner, and click the up-arrow to go to Audio Setting. Try the different output options. It didn't work for me at the beginning but now it does.
10:14:58     From  Mark : After getting a device we. Put in a bag and take it to a repair shop. Another method  is to soak in methyl alcohol  to displace water and then let it dry out.
10:17:06     From  Richard Ruh : I’ve seen such dowel pins readily available at Ace Hardware.
10:18:49     From  petermui : Doug is showing a dowel from Wellesley MA
10:19:13     From  petermui : Almost every HW store has dowels
10:20:49     From  petermui : BICYCLE Tire tube
10:22:58     From  Brian Bourne : Brian's got the web browser login working now.
10:25:53     From  Rogayah : does anyone encouraging me to get the two iPad fixed? show hand. I think it will work at the very basic function once the logic board is replaced. any one agree base on the condition?
10:27:16     From  Jonathan Krones : Rogayah, I think the advice was to make a decision based on the cost of the replacement part vs. the cost of a used iPad
10:27:58     From  Jonathan Krones : Because of the water damage, even if you were to buy replacement logic boards, it is unclear if the two iPads would work.
10:28:01     From  Brian Bourne : I'm seeing portable drill presses on Amazon for approx. $25 to over $100.
10:28:05     From  petermui : Rogayah: do you have an inexpensive source for logic boards?
10:28:17     From  Angel Urueña : 170 USD at Ifixit for the board, not sure if the rest would work
10:28:43     From  Jonathan Krones : Angel, can you post the link?
10:29:11     From  Brian Bourne : I missed Jennifer's dowel problem. Is she ultimately stymied for now?
10:29:46     From  Rogayah : at Ali exprés it cost less than 100$
10:29:58     From  petermui : Oh this is great content for the interwebs, no?
10:30:04     From  Jessika Richter : yes, you can get cheap ones, but you take more of a risk than with iFixit
10:30:10     From  Angel Urueña : yeah, not saying Ifixit would be the cheapest
10:30:59     From  Rogayah : ok
10:31:19     From  Jonathan Krones : Rogayah, another thing to consider, if you are in the mood to do iPad repair, is to buy broken iPads off of eBay or some other marketplace and try to assemble one working iPad from the two.
10:31:36     From  Brian Bourne : I saw this on the e-mail -- the Macbook. Have you tried holding Option+Command+P+R when booting?
10:31:39     From  petermui : MacBook Pro 13-inch, Late 2011
My Processor is 2.4Ghz Intel Core IS
Memore 4GB 1333 Nhz DDR3
Graphics Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB
10:31:51     From  Brian Bourne : But you did want to maintain Office, right?
10:32:57     From  Brian Bourne : Underneath
10:33:05     From  Brian Bourne : Often near the hinge.
10:33:17     From  petermui : A1278
10:33:35     From  Wayne A Seltzer : Another idea: Make your Mac into a Chromebook with Cloud Ready:
10:34:21     From  Rogayah : ok. 167$ still cheaper compare new iPad. does anyone know refurbished or second hand ipad 7 that can send to my country (Indonesia), please? thank you.
10:34:47     From  Brian Bourne : And it's certain that the roadblock is the *memory*, rather than the *storage* space?
10:37:43     From  petermui : Personally, I’d keep this particular MBP on MacOS and not convert it.
10:37:47     From  Angel Urueña : In case anyone has one, send the exact model if you didn't so far, Rogayah, for compatibity
10:38:21     From  petermui : Rogayah said her two models are A1475 & A1567
10:38:33     From  petermui : Is that correct Rogayah?
10:38:38     From  Rogayah : yes. that is correct.
10:38:56     From  Angel Urueña : thanks Peter
10:38:58     From  petermui : Is your daughter’s water damaged like yours?
10:39:42     From  Rogayah : yes unfortunately it’s the same case. and the tech guy took part (IC) from it too
10:39:44     From  petermui : Apple Store will call it a “legacy product”
10:41:09     From  Rogayah : my iPad is a legacy product? will any Apple store taking care of it?
10:41:39     From  petermui : No they will not help you
10:43:43     From  Jonathan Krones : Rogayah, I don't have any extra iPads. I've been on eBay and there are a lot of iPads, both refurbished and broken. I don't know about if that is the same you would have access to from Indonesia, though, sorry.
10:44:04     From  Rogayah : https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000430136501.html?spm=2114.12010615.8148356.3.3ca04cb5PJ8YtG     I find this at AliExpress. does it look decent?
10:46:05     From  Brad Knauf : Does it match the model of your iPad
10:46:06     From  Brad Knauf : ?
10:46:27     From  Jonathan Krones : There are a bunch of purchase options on that listing
10:46:39     From  Brian Bourne : I agree with disassembly, if for no other reason than to understand the joint and assess for unseen damage.
10:47:16     From  Brian Bourne : Shova FTW
10:48:42     From  Angel Urueña : It's only for the host, EJ
10:52:26     From  petermui : Join the Global Fixers Google Group at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/global-fixers
10:53:11     From  Rogayah : can we play a game? is this a break?
10:53:21     From  petermui : Other hosts have to be in the same CU Boulder Zoom system
10:54:17     From  marty : Natalia
10:54:41     From  Jesse : Was Shoya's table also missing a crossmember?  I thought I saw a dowel sticking out of one leg?
10:54:41     From  Richard Ruh : CDC tells you how to make masks:
10:58:30     From  Steve Berl : @Jesse, yes, there was a missing brace between the front and back legs that was missing on one side.
11:03:50     From  Steve Berl : @Jesse, oops. That was the wrong thing. I was thinking of the chair legs, but you were talking about the table leg. Sorry.
11:07:54     From  petermui : Join the Global Fixers Google Group at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/global-fixers
11:09:46     From  Steve Berl : @petermui, any responses from the offer to fix things in hospitals?
11:12:22     From  Jessika Richter : speaking of a guide to basics - restarters have a wiki: https://wiki.restarters.net/
11:12:24     From  petermui : Documentation is always the poor stepchild of repair (or any process, really)
11:13:22     From  petermui : @steveberl not yet, there’s a biomedical technicians guild
11:14:15     From  petermui : But I’m happy to look at anything that makes hospital workers happy.
11:23:43     From  Brian Bourne : I'm signing off. Thanks for the opportunity to participate and explore. I'll look forward to joining in the future; more timely, now that I've tried Zoom. BTW, I don't know if anyone's mentioned https://www.reddit.com/r/fixit/ for crowdsourced fixing.
11:23:56     From  Mark : We must realize as the instructions become more complete we may decline the movement's client base.
11:24:23     From  Angel Urueña : Thanks fo rthe tip, Brian
11:25:39     From  EJ : Thanks for all all of you. Bye from London. Stay healthy and as amazingly helpful as you are
11:26:30     From  Jessika Richter : Gotta go, but this was fun and we will stay in touch from Sweden! :)
11:27:48     From  Rogayah : hi everyone... what gadget would you recomend for drawing and good GPS ? thank you.
11:30:03     From  ej : Oh - I just wanted to prove how awesome you all are. I’ve rejoined with Zoom on old machine. Can hear and see you perfectly. Thanks again!
11:30:08     From  Natalia Potashnik : Is it OK if I leave the meeting? Need to do something else.
11:30:32     From  Jesse : Very cool EJ !  :)
11:30:46     From  petermui : EJ — FIXED!!
11:32:02     From  John Pelletier : nice EJ!! :)
11:32:07     From  petermui : Rogayah: I don’t understand your question
11:32:40     From  Angel Urueña : @Brian, what was the problem with the laser printer? I missed it. I did a repair but required a spare part
11:33:44     From  Natalia Potashnik : This was a fun experience, see you next time!
11:35:01     From  Jesse : Thanks everyone!  I'm going to drop off now. Cheers!
11:35:09     From  John Pelletier : ok thanks all :) lunch time for me!
11:36:49     From  Douglas Ling : Signing off too... it was a good experience. Thanks for hosting, Wayne.
11:37:27     From  Mark : Goodbye
11:37:41     From  petermui : - Weave the skills of repair and the ethos of durability and maintenance into the educational process. Provide opportunities for up and coming engineers and designers to see how Design for Manufacturing (DFM) is currently practiced and to incorporate durability, maintainability, serviceability going forward. (Fixit Clinics at Colleges and Universities.)
11:40:25     From  petermui : I suspect the Bloom Energy technicians were not Biomeds.
11:44:15     From  Steve Berl : Highly recommend https://artoftroubleshooting.com/
11:46:44     From  Pat : I think the talk at the end is also important. However,  will say good bye for now.
11:47:07     From  Rogayah : yes thank you
11:47:14     From  Rogayah : I would love too
11:48:11     From  Rogayah : how to join the next meeting?
11:48:37     From  petermui : - Join the Global Fixers Google Group at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/global-fixers to continue the dialogue after the Fixit Clinic.
11:48:55     From  Rogayah : ok
11:49:02     From  Mark : Bye
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