Computer repair; TV repair of the new century

We get customers from a wide range of ages and backgrounds. Recently I had a conversation with a particularly old customer, she misspoke several times and referred to us as a tv repair shop. At the time i didn't really pay much mind to this, but later it dawned on me. Tv in her era were some of the most advanced consumer electronics, much like how the pc is today. But fast forward 50 years, and tv repair has gone the way of the dinosaurs. I began pondering "how long would it be before pc repair takes the same path?"

 Most technicians now days are being slowly weeded out by the increase of portable consumer devices. When i began in this industry just 7 years ago all you needed was an A+ and you could get a job almost anywhere. Forget about being able to work on laptops. You were either a desktop technician or a laptop technician. As time passed and the P4s dissapeared, the skill set required to stay competitive grew. I mention this because with the increase in required skills, there are a lot of technicians who will never even get a start in this industry. Which in turn will lead to less and less computer repair shops being available to the consumer, forcing them to make a new purchase every time an item breaks.

So what of the qualified technicians? Where will we be, the jack of all trades, renaissance men of the new millenia? Time will tell, but till then I advise all technicians and consumers to learn as much they can while they can. Take everything apart, work on as many different devices and platforms as you can. No one can know what this industry will be in another decade , but we can progress with the times and fight the ancient battle between repairmen and large companies.

Huzzah!!

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San Francisco, ca 94109

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IPHONE Repairs

We are now offering iphone repairs!! We have most parts in stock and can do repairs same day. LCD, Dock connectors, battery replacements. Come by and bring us your broken iphone!!!!!!!!!

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Xbox360 Fat HDD tear down with instructions

Ok,  So we took in an old 360 Fat HDD and now we are going to tear it down. There are plenty of tutorials and Youtube videos on this subject, but I will still post this for the interest of the masses.

So first off what you’ll need:

T-6 driver

T-10 driver

Confidence

Lets get started

1.

                Identify all the screws you will need to remove. Also take note of the latch and be wary of its placement. It will fall right out once the top cover has been removed from the HDD enclosure.

2.

                After identifying all screw placements, remove all four with your T-6 drivers. Again be wary of the latch. Remove the top cover by lifting it off the body. It may give you trouble on the side of the latch, just play with it gently and it will come loose. In our next step we will remove the highlighted T-10 screws. Also be wary of the latch spring, it is held in by nothing but pressure.

3.

                After you have removed the T-10 screws, it will be time to lift the drive cage off the frame of the enclosure. 

4.

1.       Slide cage back

2.       Lift up and away

5.

                Now you have gained access to the drive revealing a Samsung SATA 2.5. To remove the drive,  you will need to slide it back to disconnect the drive from the 360 HDD cable. Take note of the frame lip,  it must be pushed downward gently and the drive lifted up and back, to clear the frame lip. If you feel as if you are applying to much pressure, then there is a good chance you are. Give your self a break step away for 5 minutes and come back. You should be able to remove the drive fairly easily, there is no adhesive or remaining screws.

And that’s it, if you have any questions feel free to email us at support@techsavies.com or catch us on twitter https://twitter.com/techsavies . if your in the San Francisco area go to our website


Techsavies

1318 polk street
San Francisco, ca 94109

415.673.1776

Just a small tech tip for any of those DIY types. You should always keep handy a set of torx drivers, ranging from T-3 to T-10. You ll be safe through the jungle of phone repairs and mac repair. Short post, to the point. keep looking for my next post.

Mac Pro preview from apple

So the new mac pro is on the main page over at apple.com. First impression....."whoa". So I clicked the image to learn more.... So its a cylinder.... You probably wondering from here " a cylinder?!". The outer shell come up off the from the frame revealing the internal workings. Its comes standard with two AMD Firepros with up to 6gb of video memory. Now while yes that is impressive, wouldn't you think such a high end machine would have nvidia cards?? Well anyway back to the main point. The tiny power house also comes with PCIe based flash storage.  It comes packed with the Xeon E5 processor with configuration option for up to 12 cores !!! The cooling is what is pretty interesting. The machine is assembled onto a single unified aluminum core with a specially designed fan at the top. This ensures that all GPUs and CPUs will be cooled evenly. The design and structure of this new mac pro definitely makes it stand out on the market.

Im not a huge apple fan, not due to the machines or the software but because of the price point. Apple has not released the price on this machine yet. I'm a bit wary to see it, but only time will tell.

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Here comes the first post. This blog will attempt to highlight tech trends, solutions, repairs, random facts, and just plain anything with technology. 

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