A helpful USB chargeable Screwdriver

A Christmas present from my daughters. A handy rechargeable Screw Driver. Recharges by USB.

Fixing an electric toy train engine

I was asked to repair a toy train that was not working.

After checking the batteries for power with a multi-meter I guessed it was the motor and pulled it apart.

I cleaned the grease off the rotor and took some fresher grease, still black looking, from the contact points.

I spread the grease around the clean rotor and reassembled it.






It Worked!

Lap Top Power Socket

An Asus laptop had power problems.

I found a few videos.

Short summary

A long summary

I played the short video until I was confident then I counted all the screws.

I made a plan...

PLAN
Remove		Number
	Battery	1
	rubber feet	4
	Screw under feet	4
	one screw at back in battery area	1
	Under cover	1
	Underneath screws	11
	small door	1
	screws under door	2
	battery area screws	5
	Keyboard	1
	Keyboard ribbon	2
	Optical drive	1
	screws in optical drive area	3
	Under track pad	7
	IO cable	1
	Speaker cable	4
	IO Board screw	1
	IO board removal	1
	Fix power plug

And gave it a go, taking a photo at every step.
Then I soldered up the broken part.

It was the gold solid wire coming out the rear of the socket!
Can you see the black break in the gold wire?




Then I loaded the photos onto my laptop and went through them in reverse.
Using the photos as a check procedure.

I had to watch a few segments of the long video in order to connect back in the ribbon cables.
That was the most difficult part. But my photos showed me the before connections, so I kept persevering until the ribbon cables looked the same.

No screws were lost or damaged in this processes!
And none left over. I used magnets to hold the screws.