https://ncot.uk/tags/hardware-repair/ Recent content in Hardware Repair on NCoT Tech Hugo en-gb Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:06:31 +0100 https://ncot.uk/videos/how-computers-store-negative-numbers-in-binary---2s-complement-explained/ Sat, 16 May 2026 19:05:32 +0100 https://ncot.uk/videos/how-computers-store-negative-numbers-in-binary---2s-complement-explained/ What happens when a computer encounters -1? The answer is weirder - and more elegant - than you’d expect. #Repair https://ncot.uk/blog-posts/soldering-a-solar-light-in-the-sun/ Sat, 11 May 2024 20:41:14 +0000 https://ncot.uk/blog-posts/soldering-a-solar-light-in-the-sun/ I bought a pair of cheapo outdoor solar lights from Amazon. One is on my shed round the back of the house, the other is on the shed at the front of the house. Yes, I have a bit of a shed obsession. After a few days the front one stopped working. I took it apart to find out why… #Soldering #Batteries #Teardown #SolarPower https://ncot.uk/blog-posts/repairing-my-ryobi-drill-battery/ Sun, 25 Jun 2023 14:11:35 +0000 https://ncot.uk/blog-posts/repairing-my-ryobi-drill-battery/ So I joined the Ryobi battery cult, but since their batteries are expensive I did the obvious thing and bought some off Amazon from random third party companies. The batteries seem to work well. #Batteries #Repair #Electronics https://ncot.uk/videos/tired-psu-repair-my-atari-520stfm/ Fri, 02 Jul 2021 21:33:02 +0000 https://ncot.uk/videos/tired-psu-repair-my-atari-520stfm/ So just how bad is a nearly 30 year old power supply? Let’s find out! #Repair https://ncot.uk/blog-posts/smt-soldering-and-atari-st-repairs/ Wed, 02 Jun 2021 20:52:48 +0000 https://ncot.uk/blog-posts/smt-soldering-and-atari-st-repairs/ Yesterday I recapped my ST’s PSU which went well, nothing exploded. However when trying to boot the machine it kept crashing, especially when it went to the desktop. #AtariST #Soldering #RetroComputing #Repair https://ncot.uk/blog-posts/tecknet-mechanical-keyboard-repair/ Sun, 30 May 2021 21:12:25 +0000 https://ncot.uk/blog-posts/tecknet-mechanical-keyboard-repair/ I wanted a mechanical keyboard with Windows keys. I have an IBM Model M keyboard, but its lack of Windows keys makes using Windows 10 more annoying than it should be. I don’t hunt and peck around the start menu, I’ve learnt to press the Windows key and just start typing the program I want to open. #Soldering #Keyboards #Windows #Repair https://ncot.uk/videos/3d-printer-extreme-teardown/ Sun, 20 Dec 2020 16:37:06 +0000 https://ncot.uk/videos/3d-printer-extreme-teardown/ I’ve bought a new 3D printer, I thought it’d be fun to take the old one apart! #Teardown #Repair https://ncot.uk/videos/switch-joycon-drift-repair/ Tue, 07 Jul 2020 18:59:40 +0000 https://ncot.uk/videos/switch-joycon-drift-repair/ Here is how I fixed the drift on my Nintendo Switch Joy-Con. It is properly fixed, not just putting cleaner into the thumbstick. I will also be showing how to swap the shell of the joy-con for a different style. You don’t have to do this if all you want is to do is repair your joy-con. #Nintendo #Batteries #RetroComputing #Repair https://ncot.uk/blog-posts/how-to-write-emulator-automating-tedious-programming-with-excel/ Sat, 07 Dec 2019 22:09:16 +0000 https://ncot.uk/blog-posts/how-to-write-emulator-automating-tedious-programming-with-excel/ Sometimes you have to type out almost identical lines of code, and it’s either time consuming or error prone. Here’s how to avoid it all by using some clever Excel techniques. #CoreWar #Teardown #HomeAutomation #Repair