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Wall mounted our TV, so when my mum mum comes home were her bed will be she can see the TV.


My brother-in-law helped put it up, 2"+ screws

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2" - thats a pretty small screen :)

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A partly rotted garden bench is now a solid single seat.

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Fixed my jet engine stock cpu cooler by replacing it with a Noctua. Silence is golden.

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Admin of a site is a thankless job, most is done in the background so no-one ever knows.

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Thus the old joke about IT - why do we spend so much on it when it doesn’t go wrong?

When it goes wrong - why are we spending so much on it?

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Since I repaired the PC the TV seemed unable to browse the media servers files and folders. Despite ensuring that the PC had the same IP and MAC as before. Another section in the sets apps could see some selected files and play them.

Tried any number of things like re-detecting and testing the server to TV connects ( all fine), checking router and firewall settings, open ports etc

Last week I started to get a message on TV startup: "Due to a boot error some applications may not be available"

It's the Media Player, it always is and the cure is a factory reset. Now the player connects to the servers without any problems. There must be some extra information squirrelled away in the set that "remembers" something about the PC that the servers are running on that cannot be reset / cleared through the normal menus.

Sony Bravia KDL42W706

The message "Could not receive contents list" in the Media Player from Media Servers can be fixed by a factory reset.

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On my TV I get a message sometimes stating: Restarting the App to free up more space... Dhoooo.

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I've had "The Android process has stopped"

No evidence as to what process and the OS isn't Android. It is on the next years sets so I guess this one is a mish-mash. UMS* suggests it's Mint when reporting the renderer data.

Also "Media Player has stopped" That one only seems to happen occasionally when playing content from the USB port Only a full power cycle will restore the Media Player operation.

*Universal Media Server

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Had a BSOD on the PC this morning (Had several recently all with different fault references) and afterwards the cordless mouse wasn't working. Went through all the usual stuff checking the driver, etc. Even plugged in a USB mouse to prove the system was working. Then I thought "Has it just lost wireless connection?" Re synched it and now working fine. :doh: That's two hours of faffing about.

Windows is an absolute pig to drive throgh the keyboard.

Like tearing apart the washing machine only to find the fuse has gone. :D

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Check engine light came on the other day and it turned out to be a common fault: Stuck secondary injection pump which pushes air into the manifold during cold start as part of emissions controls. The pump can get stuck on and cause all kinds of problems with the fuel-air-exhaust continuum. A friend who does my engine maps deleted the pump from the ECU programming and we disconnected the pump. Job done.

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I still love the error message "No keyboard found, press F1 to continue"


What I want to know who is General Failure, and why is he reading my hard drive?

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The case for my digital calipers. It had those funny plastic hinges with a thin section that flexes. Inevitably the flexi bit flexes too often and breaks.

I got a couple of small brass plated hinges from B&Q meant for jewelry cases and similar. Carefully positioning and then drilling the holes with my hobby drill I could then slip the nuts for some small bolts into the recesses where the original plastic hinge body was located.

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...3&d=1600252838

I had the small fixings in a big tin of assorted ones inherited from my late father. I guess they're some BA size. Quite a nice fix. :)

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The entrance wall to my son's drive , someone hit it with the car :sorry:
in my defence his mum hit it as well [different car though] ah well all fixed now

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Dual USB socket on the front of the PC had slid back so that only power got to anything plugged in. No signals.

Took off the front panel and removed a small cover over the sockets to see that a small plastic lug had broken off allowing the sockets to drift back.

The cover had a rectangular slot in it so I put the cover on the "wrong way" round and it allowed a cut off cocktail stick to be inserted against the back of the sockets and the pointy end just infront of where the original lug was. Nice snug fit. Seems to do the trick.

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Extension lead in the bedroom: The outer of the cable had started to pull apart next to the socket strip and had exposed the inner wires. (Still insulated)

Only a 5 minute fix to cut back and reterminate the cable and ensure it was properly in the cable retainer.

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Broken specs and a gaming headset.

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Graphics card
Stripped down and cleared of all fluffy bunnies, then reapplied thermal paste to heat sink.

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Had to bake an old ATI card years ago. 120 degrees c for 10 minutes. Worked a treat

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The padded headboard of our bed was looking a bit worse for wear, so I bought a pair of curtains from the charity shop which match our existing curtains. Measured and cut them to size, sewed to together and made a slip over cover. :)

I last fixed a cassette tape I got :)

It was in one of those newer 70s AMPEX cassette cases that DOESNT HAVE ROLLERS IN IT!!!

It doesnt play well and I cant figure out qhy they started doing that!! - In the early 70s AMPEX made good cassettes (The ones with paper labels) .. The newer ones in the 70s w/no paper labels are just horrible!

How did they expect it to play well w/o no rollers in it?? :D

I just put it in another cassette shell and it plays beautifully!!

Deep Purple - Who do we think we are (1973)

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Fixed my Desktop PC, the power supply was letting off a burning electrical smell and sometimes wouldn't turn on so picked up an Evga 600w power supply on Black Friday for £30 and swapped it out, so far so good.

It'll keep my Windows 10 PC going for a number of years that can't be upgraded to Windows 11 because it fails for CPU, TPM and GPU but works perfectly fine as it is and I don't game on this thing.

Im glad you could fix it buddy :)

I fixed my rollarball mouse the other day.... It was quite dirty!!

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Jebus Cripes Dude a cheap laser mouse is a couple of £/$ yet you still struggle with a ball. I think you need sectioning

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Lol just what I was thinking but in another thread he says his laser mouse had an issue so went back to his old one.

Personally I blame his heap of junk PC he refuses to upgrade.

Well if the mouse was shorting out,wouldnt it cause problems for the computer??

I reckon it would lockup...... If the mouse shorted,it probably sends voltage into the computer so locking up probably is good? -- I dunno..... Its not a piece of Junk though,I love Win98se :)

Ah man!!

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The mouse is likely fine and it is your computer that had a driver issue.

Hmmmm well this rollerball mouse thankfully works ok :)

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Hover mower . . while finishing the lawns last week it suddenly started making a horrible noise and vibrating badly :shocked:

It's getting on, so thought about a new one . . but many reviews about "cheap plastic Chinese crap" and ridiculous prices for said crap put me off.

Stripped mower down to basics, cleaned what I could, quick WD40 squirt where I couldn't, spun the blade over (whooohoo reversible blade) and she's running fine again :D

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Did you clean and oil it at the end of last year ? No, I never bother either ;)

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Cleaning that's the wife's job surely.

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It doesn't have a label saying whether it's cool wash, boil wash, or even dry clean only . . what's a man supposed to do? :D

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Remade the steel mesh cover for the fishpond. Herons have been active, as have several feral cats, and I don't want to lose my fish to them.

I also replaced the chute that returns water to the pond after the filter has done its thing, and repaired the doors of a garden cupboard I built in 2001.

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Just retuned in Freeview to a TV after having a new in loft Ariel fitted due to outside one being damaged beyond repair and signal was breaking up all the time.

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Braun 3000s electric shaver: Quality of the shave had been deteriorating over the last few weeks and when I looked at the drive components the pegs that engage with the cutter heads had worn almost away.

This is a set of components called "Oscillating bridges" These are readily available as a spare (Part #67030836) bought from Amazon market place, Sussex Spares for £9.99 delivered.

To replace the whole set remove the plastic drive components, they just pull off, note which side the dual piece is. With a suitable torx driver/bit undo the two screws and prise off the plastic cover and then the seal cover.

Slide off the rest of the cover to expose the motor drive components.

On the non-button side of the body slide up the cover and take it off.
Underneath is a rubber seal that the prong on the white plastic drives from the motor fits into. Remove the old ones and fit the new with a small blob of graphited grease on the motor's eccentric and ensure the peg fits in the seal.

Reassembly is the reverse of disassembly. When putting in the self tap screws rotate them anticlockwise until they "click" down and then clockwise as nornal until tight. This ensures that the screw is properly engaged with the thread. Refit the rest of the components making sure they click down properly. The single lower element has to be the right way round to mate with the plastic round the drive pin

Shave is now back to full standard. :)

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Yesterday I helped fix the door on the storage shed, of our new shed that we are moving into.


The other week some thugs forced open the door, the lock held, ironically.


We just screwed in some big screws and added a bolt on the second to help it.


But if someone wants to get in, they will

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Just fixed a squeak on the hinge of the door to our new shed.

Nothing a bit of WD40 cant sort out lol.

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My reclining chair mechanism broke cannot afford a new one and it was sat all lopsided so added 4 feet made out of some 4x4 with some bed slats to keep it all stable. Proper good bodge job

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I generally don't fix anything at my house, however my dad is an electrician and he is fixing my wiring occasionally.

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A Bissell lift off (the spot cleaner) hose wasn't spraying cleaner/water. The obvious would be the hose, trigger or the water pump motor... But no, the water/cleaner holder developed a slight dent underneath which means the valve does not connect with the base. So heated it up with a hairdryer which popped the dent out by the weight of the water still inside and job done.

What a stupid problem, probably designed to make you either buy parts which won't work so you'll end up buying a new cleaner.

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Pay someone else!

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Changed the light bulbs in my lamps

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I often call the specialists to do the fixing for me. I'd rather pay to a professional then mess everything up.

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Bulb in the oven had blown. Pack of two from B&Q this morning for £4. Just fitted one. The oven is around 35 years old and has had several replacement elements over that time but the bulb had kept going.

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Sorted out my CCTV that was having network issues.
Now receiving instant notifications again.

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Two pub style table umbrellas at my sisters. On each one of the struts had broken due to being up when windy. The struts are hollow aluminium section with provision for LEDs and that had caused a weakness. I'd measured it up last time I was over there and got some 10mm square aluminium tube that is a snug fit inside the existing section. Cut two pieces to length and secured them by drilling through both sections and using a pop rivet to prevent the tube moving. As the strut is under compression when up there was no need to put in a second rivet.

Slid the sections back together. Re-fitted the LEDs into their holes and put the end back into the pocket in the shroud. Job done. :)

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Tinkys friends laptop hahaha

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My play station.s light on top has started to flicker, and will not start. I am not sure if it is dust but I am going to try and clean it,

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Drain pipes inside a kitchen unit that serve the sink and dishwasher and then go out through the outside wall to a gully. Both were draining slowly so I pulled out all the pipework. Ugh! Horrid gungy half emulsified grease everywhere. Spent an hour with a bottle style long brush, rubber gloves and lashings of hot soapy water. Finally got all the stinky muck out.

Reassembled and now drains fine. Seems leak free for the moment.

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Wrap some toilet roll round the joints - easy way to check for leaks.

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Never put any fat down your sink and use a dish washer cleaner every 3 months.

I put my old used oil or fat in an empty plastic 4 litre milk bottle put into 2 plastic bags and take to the tip with other stuff. Why don't supermarkets have recycling for all the oils they sell.

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boat toilet,it stopped drawing in river water for the flush, fitted new service kit and it flushes like a good un.

also had low oil pressure on boat engine after changing oil using mannol oil [it's garbage]. Got some Morris 20w50 golden film oil and wooohoo oil pressure back to normal ,engine runs like a swiss watch.

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Washer dryer displaying 0e last night at half ten, looked up the error, unable to drain… checked the drain hose nothing coming out, tried to manually drain and it was just a trickle. So, unscrewed the filter, removed it and alongside a torrent of water came out a dog poop bag with dog treats inside it…… mopped up all the water, clean and reinsert filter, reattached drain hose everything sorted. Spent an hour glaring at SWMBO, but in a freak turn of events it turns out to be my fault for buying a washer dryer that can’t cope with a poo bag full of treats in it

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Just fixed my PS5 Dualsense controller severe stick drift, I had left it too long to contact Sony as that is a huge hassle, but I bought some WD40 Contact Cleaner and squirted loads the best I could around the affected stick hoping a little would get to the affected place.

I was very surprised it worked first time and it is now usable again, just hope it's a lasting fix as it is a pain to dismantle.

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Annoyingly contact cleaner only worked for 30mins before the drift returned, I may have to try my luck dismantling it if it's cost effective after buying the toolsl

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Small worktop oven/grill unit. Fan motor had jammed. Took the cover off and it seems that a small fibre washer on the motor shaft had disintegrated and jammed the rotor. I extracted the remains, lubricated the bearings and the motor now seems happy and quiet.

The washer controls the end float on the rotor but when it's running it seems to self-centre anyway.

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Well after 4 months I took my dads car to get his spare changed, and boy was it a job putting it back under the car (Zafira).

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Logical Volume on one of my servers - 1 out of 4 drives failed.

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15 years ago I built wooden staging in the greenhouse. The ends of the legs have rotted over time, so I just used a carjack to lift the frame up and fit housebricks under the feet after removing the rotten bits.

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Our daughter had a go at hers. Unfortunately the potentiometers are sealed units, so the cleaning fluid cannot get in to do its job.

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I may buy an ifixit kit and dismantle the controller to get better access to them but I'm in no rush, I should have sent it back while in warranty.

My launch day controller is iffy now too but still usable, I have bought another black controller, I'm wondering if I can get away being naughty and swapping it out saying it's got drift! Lol

I last fixed 1 of my 8tracks........ (Put a pad underneath so the tape plays good)

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It seems to be a pretty straight forward fix...

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Thanks it's the best video I've seen, if I can't get lucky selling it to CEX I may give it ago although don't fancy the soldering, I'm very experienced with a soldering iron but not desoldered at home before and not done any at work in 14 years so I don't have the kit to make it as easy as they make it look.

I fixed my Barry Manilow cassette today :)

It wasnt playing well @ all in the case it was in... I figured it was due to no rollers but it had rollers.... I put it in a new shell and shre plays fine :)

His 1981 album (If I should love again) and to be honest the best I have ever heard it! (The 8track sounds aweful)

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My sister's gas hob: Only one burner was working and somewhat lacklustre. Fortunately the jets were easy to access being directly under each burner. As I surmised they were all blocked up. Some work with fine copper wire and 4 out of the 5 now working. Unfortunately the smallest one has such a tiny hole in the jet I didn't have a wire fine enough to clean it. Will do so the next time I visit.

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My salamander shower pump. It blew up the fuse 3 times in a row. Salamander's tech support diagnosis was "morto". They posted a replacement (it was under warranty)

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I've fixed 2 PS5 controllers that had stick drift. I am going to have a try at replacing a micro USB charging port on a 10.1 tablet later, that should be fun.

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Did you take them apart using an ifixit kit and was a soldering iron and some kind of jig to hold the PCB necessary?

The reason I ask is my black controller is not usable it's so bad so I will have to take apart, I do have a video for that but it looks like a pain to do it without suitable kit and all I can do is a 30min temporary fix using electrical contact cleaner spray.

I tried to off load my white day one controller at CEX which had very slight drift but they noticed it!

Spiderman dualsense gets delivered in a few days but in my experience it'll eventually drift too.

Looks like the video I got I got from you.

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Yeah, dismantled them using some pry tools a 1.5 cross (+) screwdriver and some tweezers. I didn't have to solder or use a jig, because they only needed a good clean with Isopropyl Alcohol 99.9%.

I followed that video guide, it was really helpful, just try and be delicate with the ribbon cables and wires, although some slight force was needed when trying to pry open the controller at the start.

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Fitted two new outdoor lights and a PIR to the front of my house.

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Just ordered this kit to see if I can fix mine.

Is your fix still working?

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Hi SnoopZ, one of the controllers I did has returned to having stick drift, but the other one is still working fine. Looks like I'll have to get the solder out.

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That's what I want to avoid, I've since bought 2 controllers so if I can't fix the 3rd without solder I may see if I can use the warranty from the other black controller and be naughty, just need to figure out if there is a serial number that is different but I can't see one on the outside or on the box.

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Woke up this morning to a leak from the roof above the bathroom. Cant see where its coming from but I have taken the light fitting down and taped up the wires. Waiting on a roofer to give me a callback/visit.
I will need to fix the ceiling tho.

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Can not be bothered , give away, surprising what people will take , good luck to them. Buy new . Life's to short to even try, change a fuse is as far as I go.

I last fixed one of my cassettes :)

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My overheating CPU

13700K known to run hot but when installed it would power throttle around 180 watts and 99 degrees but because it worked fine I just CBA to mess any further at the time.

Decided to reseat the cooler with some good old Artic MX 4 today 12 degrees lower idle and now can push it to 5.3GHZ on 200watts and 85 degrees. Wish I had bothered earlier now hahaha

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Came home from work and realised the heating hadn't been on even though I switched it on 30mins before leaving work at 10pm as I had forgot earlier to give it a quick boost.

It turns out my Tado smart thermostat wasn't connected to the internet, all lights on the bridge were out. The power adapter that the internet bridge plugs into was dead with a burning smell, luckily using a 5V phone charger fixed it.

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A traditional 40 bulb set of Christmas tree lights. Bulbs were all OK except two the wires had corroded through. Replaced them and now working.

To find the break I used a handy little screwdriver gadget that has a couple of batteries and a LED inside with some other components. If you bring the tip near even an insulated live wire the LED lights up so I just followed the liveness along the chain of holders until it stopped at the fault.

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Just been going through the solar rock lights: 4 medium with 3 LEDs and 6 large with 4 LEDs in each of the reflectors.

Mostly just light fettling of the battery compartments and some engineer's spray but one needed a couple of wires replaced that had corroded through. All out now with charged batteries.

Six lanterns still to go, these are very old and the plastic is starting the disintegrate. Still better than the cheap Chinese tat that's out there these days.

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A portable digital radio kept dropping volume. I found that the switch in the headphone socket was the cause.

Im glad ya found the problem easily :)

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Six solar lanterns: Three just needed the battery compartments cleaning and a fresh charge. One needed the compartments changed from AA to AAA separate holders as the plastic had disintegrated. Fortunately today's AAA NiMh are 1000mhr compared to the original 600mhr NiCad batteries.

Last two were very weak and I had to replace several capacitors on the PCBs to get them working properly.

Just simple age.

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One of the solar rock lights died. Seems corrosion has done for the 4 pin control chip. Fortunately I have a supply of these so chip duly replaced and rock is now fully functional.

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pair of wired earphones. Cable was broken. Bought a new 3.5mm jack on Amazon (along with a soldering iron & flux)
It's not pretty but they work again now.
First time soldering :D

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Well done. The key to successful soldering is to have everything really clean.
As an electronics engineer I was virtually born with a soldering iron in my hand.

To repair the rock I also needed the other essential tool: The solder sucker