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Chosen Solution Of corse I can’t see what you are talking about unless you post a photo. The first thing that came to mind was using heat to unfreeze it. Here’s a video on how that’s done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTOdk41J… I see the 2 answers the one about using heat and the one about leaving the dw-40 on for 24 hours. I’ve done both. Neither worked. I tried boiling water, soda pop, vinegar, torque extender, everything I can think of....

Chosen Solution How to remove and clean the keyboard keys and then reattaching them? This model has the famous butterfly keys which are not really removable without the risk of damaging them. Why do you need to remove the keycaps? What spilled?

Chosen Solution I’m looking for advice on how to make a repair to a small rip in my waterproof pants. Will Tenacious Tape give me a water-tight repair or so I need something more substantial? @joshsimons, not sure if the tape will hold. But here is the link to Patagonia’s DIY Repair Guide.

Chosen Solution I have two maytag products the first is my maytag brovos xl dryer I replaced the thermal fuse and also the thermostat but it’s not heating up i can put the model if needed but tell me something Jason Timmons we would need to know the exact model number. Since you already changed the most common parts, go ahead and check the actual heating element to see if that works....

Chosen Solution I replaced the screen on my iPad and the screen dose not look even close to as good to the oem one in the pic it is hard to tell but the white one with a replacement screen is worse.it is almost like there is another layer of protective plastic that needs to be removed even know I took off all the plastic that had tabs of was obvious, even after taking all the plastic off it has manny scratches....

Chosen Solution Hello, is it possible to replace the touchscreen controller on the original Shield Tablet ? I saw the guide on the site but, unlike in the guide, on my tablet after removing the ribbon from the motherboard, the other end is still ‘glued’ to the screen. Any help from the people who wrote the guide maybe ? That is where the heatgun or hairdryer comes into play! You want to have either a heatgun or hairdryer, and set it on low setting and medium heat and keep an inch away from display so you don’t destroy LCD or any components leading the tablet to be useless....

Chosen Solution I have a custom-built gaming desktop computer that beeps continuously when I turn it on so now I have a newer gaming computer but would like to retrieve files from the first computer. How do I do this if the other one doesn’t turn on? Julie Lafountain the easiest would be to remove the storage HDD from computer one and place it in an external USB case. Then you can take it and connect it to computer #2 via USB cable and access the files....

Chosen Solution Hello I have 2013 altima similar problem but I have two metal clips on end of wire to plug in headlight but it’s not working it will for a little bit do I need that wiring harness

Chosen Solution Is there a way to replace right joystick on Nintendo Switch lite? I also have the same issue…. desperately looking for answers. parkersophie …. can use this guide to gain access to the joystick controller housing. Nintendo Switch Lite Teardown here is a link for the parts: https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=l&ai=DChc… here is a video on the entire process: https://youtu.be/_YubjiHXGDs good luck. post back if further assistance is needed. Did you fix it?...

Chosen Solution Hi, my Roomba 650 won’t leave the dock anymore. It won’t do it on schedule nor when I press the clean button. If I take it off the dock it will work perfectly and dock itself as well. I suspected a battery issue and changed the battery but this didn’t help. I’ve also reset the Roomba a few times and moved the dock to different places. I haven’t seen anyone having this problem even after some serious searching....

Chosen Solution Perfectly intact when I ran over it with my car.. However did not switch on. Plug-in with adaptor cable. Phone did get warm . But apple logo appeared and switched on with screen looking normal. Typed in access code. But went dead in 3 seconds. Was not recognized when plugged in computer at any time. Opened it up and replaced battery. Checked connectors to motherboard are secured. Same behavior....

Chosen Solution The MacBook Pro I have, gets very slow when running on battery, the cursor gets really slow. So I’ve been reading a lot and I identified my model (MacBook8,1) I erased the plist file in the kext file that the tutorial shows. Then when I reset the system it gets better, so I believe that I’ve fixed the problem, BUT, when I run Serato DJ 2.0.3 off of battery power the processor gets very high processing, and with the MagSafe connector plugged in it gets down to OK....

Chosen Solution Has anyone had any success running more than two partitions on a single hard drive? I would ideally like to run the latest Mac OS software but also have a partition to run Mac OSX Snow Leopard to use legacy Power PC applications and also run a third partition with BootCamp to run Windows 7. Yes, I’ve run older MacBook Pro i5 64-bit 15" with 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, and 10....

Chosen Solution My harddisk on my iMac died, so I replaced it with a new compatible one. But now I have no idea what to do software-wise. Do I need an adapter to upload a OS-version to it first, before installation, or do I upload the software after the installation of the harddisk? Once you get the hardware side of things working you’ll need to create a bootable OS installer drive....

Chosen Solution I’m trying to install El Capitan onto a 2008 iMac. I’m installing it onto an SSD that has been installed in place of the internal optical drive using an iFixit enclosure. I keep getting an error saying, “OS X could not be installed on your computer An error occurred while updating system extension information. Quit the installer to restart your computer and try again.” This is the second drive (from Crucial) that has given me this error....

Chosen Solution Mr Christmas Holiday Merry-Go-Round Merry-Go-Round turns, horses go up and down, light turn on but there is no sound. 21 carols are supposed to play. I have the volume turned up on high. Received from a friend. Any help out there?? Try to unscrew the roof, if it doesn’t feel like the screw is raising up - stop turning as the shaft it is screwed to is also turning and this will twist the roof lights power wire inside the central shaft and rip the connection off the land on the circuit board below....

Chosen Solution i dont know of any servicers who will reapir the 30 pin dock connector please help robert carter that will totally depend on where you live. Any good microsolderer can do this repair. Consider removing the logic board and purchasing a replacement port from places like this and many others. Then contact people like @refectio and see if he can help you out.

Chosen Solution Hello!! I plan to soon replace my iPhone 4 screen for a color swap to red, Is there a way to just unplug the 2 ribbon cables that power the current screen and then just plug in the new one just to check it and make sure it works correctly? I would like to no because i do not want to tear the whole thing apart then put it back together just to see that the new display does not work correctly....

Chosen Solution misplaced my ac adapter what input and output should I use to recharge example input ac120v 60hz output dc12v 500ma what should I buy Update (02/02/2016) I need to buy an ac/dc adapter, an extension cord is not going to do the trick. I need to know what kind on voltage and output I need. The converter/adapter is lost . I would like to save the unit but do not know what size adapter to buy Update (02/02/2016) This a battery jump pack that is used to jump start a car....

Chosen Solution I got my 1999 furby from someone over ebay who said it worked perfectly fine. I put in new batteries to test that theory and it started moving everything on its body rapidly and didn’t stop until i took the batteries back out. I would have tried to find a solution then but after a minute it started smelling like it was overheating. I didnt want my furby to catch fire after all....