Didn't want to spend $3 on an SSD bracket. So I put holes in this 3.5 hard drive caddy using a soldering iron, and a 2.5 HDD caddy from an HP laptop for a template.3yr ⋅ MNLYEvangelista ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Might have broken up the old fan/heatsink assembly but it lives again1yr ⋅ Accomplished-Talk541 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
When your office is hot but you have some spare fans lying around2yr ⋅ Kirkwood1994 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
the emergency stop button just presses the test button on the RCD5yr ⋅ Paul0x1C ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
My job wants to push everyone into a laptop but forgets about those who run their systems hard. No more thermal throttling for me.2yr ⋅ Kirkwood1994 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
friend stripped the screws on their laptop hinge so I used super glue and used my mic stand to clamp it down overnight, will it work? good question1yr ⋅ BBQGiraffe_ ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Neighbors kid is destined for either an electrifying early demise or a future career in electrical engineering2yr ⋅ twittercom ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
When your Galaxy Note II's battery dies, but you also have an old Nokia randomly laying around4yr ⋅ S15Fox ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
My school's AV booth needed a headphone stand, alligator clip and screwdriver came to the rescue2yr ⋅ thedarthpaper ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Spent a lot of time on this RAM tree for Christmas, Happy Holidays from IT.4yr ⋅ hairycelery ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
The red indicator light on the screw comes on every now and then... should I be concerned?2yr ⋅ bw1faeh0 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Why pay for a case when the kit came in a perfectly good cardboard box?4yr ⋅ D0esANyoneREadTHese ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Loose solder points on microchip? Foam tape will keep it down.3yr ⋅ Dannykb16 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Found a newish 42 TV by my apartment's dumpster. The power cable was not included, so for testing purposes, I improvised used the cord from a sewing machine (also 2-prong, but polarized) and the contacts from a broken light strand. It needs a new T-con board, but otherwise seems to work just fine.2yr ⋅ climberguy40 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
I have a benchtop power supply that overheats, so I bought a buck converter and a Raspberry Pi heatsink and stuck it to the power transistor with a thermal pad.3yr ⋅ Cheetawolf ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
12vac power source for battery charger using a 3.5mm audio cord, alligator jumper wires, and a 120v to 12v 2a transformer.1yr ⋅ TheRealFailtester ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Needed to get pressure on the USB contacts for a SD card reader2yr ⋅ Mockbubbles2628 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
For when you need a 5.6k resistor, but you only have 7, 1k's :)4yr ⋅ flumju35 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Few years back I needed 300w PSU and needed another 100 for GPU... 13yo me was too poor to buy proper one so I found another 300 watt at home and used it just for powering graphics4yr ⋅ PoorPoorQ6600 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Charging phone mount makes my phone hot during the summer. This mounting system is turning into a real Frankenstein job.11mo ⋅ blakeret ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
This guy's Wii sensor bar broke, but because candles emit infrared light, the Wii remote can still be used3yr ⋅ Iyam_deeanser ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
How to get your car out of the garage during a power cut? Pull the emergency door release, nope - extension cable to UPS, yes!2yr ⋅ dcv5 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
I made a Doorbell that Knocks the bottom of my Computer Desk, got tired of missing UberEats when gaming. Video in comments.4yr ⋅ CrosseyedCorgi ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
My son’s toy train was WAY too loud, so I scavenged a thumbwheel pot from a broken radio for volume control4yr ⋅ chiliNPC ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
mounted a half-size mPCIe wifi card in a mac pro 2009, using a cut-down VGA bracket...3yr ⋅ speeder658 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Throwback when this was the only way to make the charging cable work4yr ⋅ PieroAngela420 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Decided to add weights for my mouse, didn’t have any glue on hand. Held 100% with friction!2yr ⋅ Brixgoa ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
I was told to post this here. My Turtle Beach Stealth 400 fixed with JB weld and a spoon.4yr ⋅ BrentarTiger ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
There's only a miniscule difference between 'still bread', and ,'charcoal' on my toaster, and you have to set it dead on, every time. So I made a fine adjust limiter4yr ⋅ semicolonclosebrckt ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
No space to hide the cables from non-modular PSU? SSD Trays for the rescue!4yr ⋅ aranorde ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Couldn't find 3 band headphone combiner so I made it myself with broken headphones, 2 Jackelines, some wires, electrical tape, soldering iron and of course, hot glue gun4yr ⋅ robert712002 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Router was overheating... added fan on the back, but had to slow it down a bit because stock speed was still audiable.4yr ⋅ 1karuga ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Wife's charging port is not working. Battery feeds the wireless charger. Tuck tape keeps it all together. Our power is out in the city.2yr ⋅ rebelhead ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Colleague had to revive his old computer. Hitting the freezer for cooling solutions.4yr ⋅ gayjoy ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Office Test Rig - notice the expert WiFi antenna install2yr ⋅ PurpleFoldingChair ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
In an attempt to get access to content on my old MiniDV cam tapes, I attempted this long shot of an adapter hell... It's a Firewire 400 cable, to a Firewire 800 adapter, through an Apple Firewire to Thunderbolt dongle and last to a USB-C Thunderbolt 3 adapter...4yr ⋅ MikeTheDane ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Dude smashes his laptop screen and plugs an 11 one in to replace. dunno if its a macgyver or gore.5yr ⋅ bladeITguy ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Batteries rotted inside the christmas light. I just bypassed the electronics and added a switch on the outside.3yr ⋅ geon ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
One plastic stabilizer broke on my model f's backspace key while I was removing it. A small staple and some glue later it's good as new.4yr ⋅ Kirkwood1994 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Forgot to buy a stand for my new mic. Added a face to distract from the duct tape.4yr ⋅ Postman-McDude ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
MSI motherboard resets its USB ports on startup so we couldn't install Windows through there. Had to connect my pc parts to a spare motherboard I had lying around just to install Windows.3yr ⋅ ThatGreenGuy8 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
I just modded my Amazfit Neo to have a vibration motor instead of the stupid piezo buzzer. I put the +-10V from the buzzer through a rectifier in order to switch the motor to the battery with a transistor.3yr ⋅ c5e3 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
When you buy a used RX 580 4GB off eBay with broken fans for $100, but you have a bunch of fans and a bunch of zip ties4yr ⋅ winty5 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Need an external solid state drive? Only have usb 2.0? Have more time than money? 832G right here5yr ⋅ joshragem ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Bought a 2011 Mac Mini, upgraded to a SSD and broke the fan connector off the motherboard2yr ⋅ englandgreen ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Was tired of having to remove the back of the laptop every time I wanted to change a hard drive, so I made part of it removable5yr ⋅ spookex ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
I see your cup mike, I raise my boom mike made from the remnants of a GuitarHero mic, an old soviet camera tripod, an aluminum tube, a cork and a water bottle.4yr ⋅ fra-bert ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
My situation evolved from yesterday.... Not only is it zip tied to the rack. There is a doorstop holding it up. I’m internally crying2yr ⋅ dethsnipes ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
My cable modem sometimes doesn't respond to pings or DHCP requests. Now my server can automatically turn it off and back on again.5yr ⋅ jspenguin ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
My flatmate is playing like this after our dog broke her other headphones3yr ⋅ Organic_M ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
my laptop on an old setup always overheated so I air cooled it from both sides1yr ⋅ konotorii1 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Girlfriends crappy solar led thing sucked... swapped the 1.4v battery for an 18650... will it die soon? yes. does it look good? also yes3yr ⋅ TacoNoms ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
I dislike how hot microSD cards get in my reader, quick heatsink mod helps a lot10mo ⋅ belt_bocal ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Well, that explains why my hotel room remote only works when it wants to.1yr ⋅ ForumT-Rexin ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Muffler hanger broke driving down the highway... 6 months ago. This is still there.5yr ⋅ theNotoriousJeremy ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Lenovo T480 throttling way too much, my not so MacGyver solution5yr ⋅ Andrekl82 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Battery died in my digital caliper... Don't have another so 9 volt from the fire alarm to the rescue4yr ⋅ Andrew4568_ ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
The left click on my g500 gave out. Random Logitech mouse to the rescue. Removed the microswitch from the cheapo and soldered it into the g5003yr ⋅ virusoverload ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
HE front load washer wouldn't fill with enough water to get our clothes clean so I added a little more volume to the air tube that leads to the water level sensor. 20 ounces did the trick. I hope this is helpful to someone else.3yr ⋅ dollarforyourdoubts ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
OP's brother’s solution to removing a stripped Torx screw. JB weld and patience.1yr ⋅ tguimaraesr ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Getting my scooters new LED blinkers to work with a removable 4W load until the LED flasher module arrives.2yr ⋅ McUsername621 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
My work banned box cutters for safety reasons, now I carry a box cutting tool on my keychain for opening packages5yr ⋅ moneyfink ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Im just wondering how many AliExpress adapters were involved in powering that thing5yr ⋅ MaxwellArchitecture ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Capacitator broke off raspberry pi. Didn't feel like getting my soldering gear ready.4yr ⋅ KristallRainer ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Thought 70 idle was too high so I grabbed my noctua and it's at 28 now1yr ⋅ memelantern ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
They left the IT guy in charge of securing the drinks fridge5yr ⋅ AnonymousRobot01 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Yep, the 350W PSU is sufficient for a 120 W graphics card5yr ⋅ budgetboarvessel ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
I was repairing my thrift store corsair K70. and needed a key puller, but didn't have one, so I made one.3yr ⋅ EvilGeniusSkis ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
needed a file server and had an old shitty netbook and an external HDD2yr ⋅ arkiser13 ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Got a pair of dollar store Bluetooth headphones as a gift. Worst. Sound. Ive ever heard. Grabbed a set of headphones that came with my ailnol knockoff tablet.. surprisingly good drivers.. and the two become one.5yr ⋅ ugzz ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
A phone holder can easily hold a laptop... With the support of another laptop...4yr ⋅ Xtrendence ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
When all you have is half-height cards, and the original is dead4yr ⋅ hemingray ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
I got a new capture card to record my old video games, and didnt want to deal with a bunch of cables behind my PC. Behold: The CapturePanel.5yr ⋅ Cheetawolf ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
When your test GPU fan dies and you have to test a board that day5yr ⋅ dredriksalkon ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
No optic fibre connector no problem. Just some shrinking tubes and IR Led.4yr ⋅ sunsisxd ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Forgot the charger for my watch while staying with my family for the holidays. Just a small fix with an old cable and some pliers/tape4yr ⋅ schnellecom ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
