Taking apart electronics and fixing them

[Madmitten]

took apart my old ps2 controller with the limp joystick found what caused it
then i put it back together with 4 screws left and a forgeted up L2 button
The reason it was broken is because the little walls that moved it up and down were made out of white plastic and had wear and tear. i thought of putting pieces of paper in between the stick and the wall but everytime i moved it, the paper dissapeared.
So i just gave up and put it back together

[Ad Bot]

[?]

I take things apart.
Look at the insides.
Cut the wires.
Leave the parts in a drawer.

[Niven]

My gamecube controller is messed up.

[Madmitten]

I take things apart.
Look at the insides.
Cut the wires.
Leave the parts in a drawer.

thats stupid

[?]

thats stupid

It's usually useless stuff like broken calculators that had some sort of forgetup I can't fix and isn't worth fixing.

[IkeTheGeneric]

I took apart my computer and I used peanut brittle to fix the keyboard

[Madmitten]

I took apart my computer and I used peanut brittle to fix the keyboard

im thinking about saving a few hundred to build a nice computer.

[IkeTheGeneric]

Building a computer requires years of study in contracting

[Madmitten]

Building a computer requires years of study in contracting

no it doesnt

[Wedge]

no it doesnt

That's because you've never had to and write up an RFP and specification, have you? Just went out to computer mart and bought some parts, right? Back in my day, if I wanted to a new computer I'd have to write up a specification, secure funding through bonds, loads, and federal grants, fill out an RFP, get it approved my the board of acquisitions (composed of my parents), send out bids to at least 5 stores in the area, accept the lowest bid, negotiate a sales contrat, and finally acquire the computer.

[Roknrollwill]

That's because you've never had to and write up an RFP and specification, have you? Just went out to computer mart and bought some parts, right? Back in my day, if I wanted to a new computer I'd have to write up a specification, secure funding through bonds, loads, and federal grants, fill out an RFP, get it approved my the board of acquisitions (composed of my parents), send out bids to at least 5 stores in the area, accept the lowest bid, negotiate a sales contrat, and finally acquire the computer.

Just a bit curious, why did you have to do all of that :o?

[Madmitten]

Just a bit curious, why did you have to do all of that :o?

cuz computers didnt exist

[Wedge]

Just a bit curious, why did you have to do all of that :o?

I didn't, I was making fun of what Ike said.

I had just got my first typewriter and my parents couldn't understand why I needed a computer right after getting a typewriter. A simple home computer also cost $2500 and a dot matrix printer was another $1200.