Second monitor had no height adjustable stand so I used my main monitors stand because it’s wall mounted anyways3yr ⋅ sijedevos ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Had 13M of ethernet cable but needed about twice as much, so I turned the 8 wire cable into 25m of 4 wire cable, works perfectly with 100mbps.3yr ⋅ jmegaru ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Had a bootleg laptop cooler that wasn't working + an unused USB-powered fan1yr ⋅ recluseMeteor ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Motorcycle battery was dead but fear not car battery saves the day1yr ⋅ BBuka ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
The “No way in hell I’m paying $20 for a USB-C cable” Preemptive Fix.3yr ⋅ potato_control ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
I bought this 20€ fan a few years ago and I refuse to let it die.1yr ⋅ Chartreuse-Verte ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Today's Tech JankTM: HI-TECH strain relief for flimsy-ass dongle using springs out of spring swapped mechanical keyboard switches2yr ⋅ Cyvexx ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Janktop 3000, the laptop I posted a few days ago that was powered by a lamp power supply and alligator clips, has unfortunately been bricked, I messed up while flashing Coreboot and I currently don't have a way of flashing his old bios without booting into ChromeOS, RIP Janktop 30001yr ⋅ BBQGiraffe_ ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
CPU heatsink made of 8 tiny heatsinks, thermal paste and superglue1yr ⋅ 402Gaming ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Broken solder joint, only thing available is discarded CAT6 and a plier. Repair complete3yr ⋅ MaxWyght ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Had to do some live sound+light stuff with cheap equipment. Speaker cables were to short. Had nothing with me. Asked for tin foil in the location's kitchen. This did it's work for the whole 2 hours!4yr ⋅ threusch ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Monitor getting to hot? Phone TriPod, magnets hotglue and a 50mm fan will help2yr ⋅ Twiebie- ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Had to move, but couldn't take the custom water cooling loop with me and had to retrieve some files from the pc. That's a heatsink from a radio, held on by strands of rolled up electrical tape, thermal paste and cooling an I7-8700k2yr ⋅ spookex ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Friend of mine's desperate lack of travel adapter solution4yr ⋅ rhodium-chloride ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
When the PCIE adapter for your SSD doesn't come with a scre for very tiny SSDs4yr ⋅ Jeffroiscool ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
No connector no solder coax splice still gets good enough internet for a day or two2yr ⋅ PanicBombBaby ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
the battery on my knock off airpods case went spicy pillow, but that wont stop me!1yr ⋅ Butt_Muncher4 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Since you liked my rack so much here is it’s final resting place2yr ⋅ HobosGoneWild ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
The only GPU I had was a bit too big for this eGPU enclosure. A bit of metal cutting and a PCIe riser made for a working solution3yr ⋅ hidden_admin ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
A Portable Raspberry Pi 4 (I cut off the grips at first to make it compact, but it was very uncomfortable and so I hot glued them back on). I was told from r/lakka to post it in r/techsupportgore, but the people there told me to post it here.4yr ⋅ Edoop_Stamos ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
processor on cheap 4k tv was overhearing... who needs 4 screws on a VESA mount anyway?3yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
USB POE injector powered by a hotspot so the owner can have an IP phone on vacation. No Eth link because hotspot powered Off1yr ⋅ capcapcapitalism ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Candles are a fire hazard, battery operated lights create e-waste, but a 900 lumen work lights has no drawbacks1yr ⋅ moneyfink ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
[META] I'm seeing this place misused a bit recently so here's a flowchart on what subreddit to post your technology issues1yr ⋅ BBQGiraffe_ ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
The shelf holding our router and Ethernet switch started falling out of the wall so it's currently being held up by two cans of chilli while we work on a solution...2mo ⋅ dooodaaad ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
When I moved the PS4 out of the living room, I needed something else rigid and useless to take its place as the shelf.5yr ⋅ SnodOfficial ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Needed a pc case with the motherboard io and drive bays towards the front, but didn't find a cheap enough one, so some wood will have to do for now4yr ⋅ tmaxElectronics ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
RTL-SDR's get notoriously hot so I've coupled mine with a heatsink and a wine chiller.4yr ⋅ W2XG ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
12 year old me wanted to build a PC on a £50 budget (not original cooler)4yr ⋅ BorisForPresident ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
I prefer regular ice in my drink, but these rocks have their purpose.2yr ⋅ Gladragen ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
the old fan on a graphics card i needed died, so this is my solution now3yr ⋅ thecarlpetera ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Using one computer to power a cd drive and install Windows to another.4yr ⋅ BetaDachi ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
When your Laptop ist overheating and you don't have a cooling pad but you do have a large room fan4yr ⋅ SoftwareCreator ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
When Australian Fixed Wireless is so garbage you jerry rig your own setup using LTE providers...4yr ⋅ CTalke ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
A wire hanger for the frame, rubber bands to stop vibration and a spliced USB cable for power turned this old tower CPU fan into a great desk fan and extra cooling for an overheating desktop mini.1yr ⋅ slicerprime ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Wanted to use my drawing tablet and lost the cable. So I made one fit.3yr ⋅ ElThrowaway215 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Smashed my new laptop. Old ones power input circuit was dead. Amazon taking way too long to ship.4yr ⋅ mb300sd ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
My old pocket SSD is constantly overheating and throttling, so I mounted a tiny 15mm fan on its metal casing6yr ⋅ B1N4RY ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
At a hospital with my dad, the room hes in have eth cable behind the TV7mo ⋅ UBNT_TC ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Plantronics Headset rubber piece was glued and came off. Epoxy doesn’t bond to rubber. Wire it is!3yr ⋅ KHALIMER0 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Putting the custom back in custom: not a single part was meant for water cooling. Full copper loop.4yr ⋅ Aphix ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
A friend of mine got some noise from a pair of speakers he got for free. This is what he found when he tore of the fabric.3yr ⋅ thetoillmainn ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Router turns off if the power cord moves, let’s just hold it down with measuring tape1yr ⋅ Steelersrawk1 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
I see your improvised portable PC and raise you my portable VR rig from the 2010’s1yr ⋅ xKING_SLAYERx ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Studs didn’t really line up where I wanted, didn’t want to ruin my wall. 3d printed an adaptor to use the wall mount on my loft bed bars instead.11mo ⋅ jojo9092 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Had serious overheating problem on my ssd, reaching 95°C under load. So i took the cpu cooler from an old pc, some thermal paste and two rubberbands. It now runs at 55°C under load, and had no problem since april.3yr ⋅ striptofaner ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Cheqp HDMI capture card overheating after a few hours? Slap an old intel CPU cooler.2yr ⋅ Hung4ontam_VN ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Wall mounting the music machine in the garden shed - now the wires wont fall out because I bump into it1yr ⋅ lars2k1 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Mouse clicker broke, but the sensor still works. Another mouse of mine has working clickers, but the sensor is broken. Here's my solution.4yr ⋅ Foodule ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Battery charger stopped working. I had the things on hand to cobble together something that works. 👍1yr ⋅ randumbum ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Vita joysticks were drifting. One plugin + accessory later...4yr ⋅ killuasugoi ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Camera would no longer accept new AA batteries, So i gave it an 18650.4yr ⋅ lxde0992 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Just moved to Canada from the UK and I didn't want to buy new cords or convertors.2yr ⋅ dogballs875 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
The white rubber on my MX master got dirty so i got a black donor one.4yr ⋅ Doxxingisbadmkay ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Roku TV wifi card has to be unplugged and plugged back in several times a year or the wifi won't work. Oscillating tool to the rescue.3yr ⋅ grindinghalt ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Maybe not the most MacGyver of solutions but I figured y'all will appreciate how convoluted this is just to use my headphones.3yr ⋅ NaughtyGaymer ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
BT headphone battery could never survive a whole work day, now uses swapable drone battery!3yr ⋅ Abnix ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
The CD drive in my hifi stopped working, so I used what I had available, and hooked a PS1 I had lying around through the aux in on the back, with a controller to use it. It works perfectly!2yr ⋅ M0NSTER4242 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
