r/techsupportmacgyver • u/striptofaner • 19h ago
Cheap electric razor died
The razor wasn't mantaing charge, and plugged in it wouldn't work. It cut pretty well despite being so cheap, so i decided to try to revive it. I tear it down, it's simply a simple electric motor, a battery and a small controller. I took away the battery but the controller died on the teardown process (it wasn't meant to be repaired so it wasn't an easy process). So i soldered directly + and - of an USB cable to the electric motor, and it works perfectly fine. Maybe it's a tad faster (it wasn't written, i suppose the battery was 3.7 volt and the usb outlet is 5), but i'm happy with tge result
r/techsupportmacgyver • u/pinkeshly • 10h ago
Needed a coax splitter
Internet in house was going in and out bc we used a telephone line , so we had to switch to coax and move modem and router, didnt have a coax male to male connector and stores are all closed so...
r/techsupportmacgyver • u/ZoeyKL_NSFW • 1d ago
TMO-G4SE overheats when downloading for hours, soldered fan directly to12v power plane
r/techsupportmacgyver • u/JustBasilz • 1d ago
Fixed up a work computer with petroleum jelly and zip ties
galleryBoth the cpu and gpu are reposted with petroleum jelly lol.
r/techsupportmacgyver • u/MISTERPUG51 • 1d ago
My copy of Pokemon Silver only works if I push it back
The cartridge kept disconnecting and freezing the game unless I pushed it backwards a little. I put a folded piece of paper in the slot with it, and it works great now!
r/techsupportmacgyver • u/VladiciliNotRussian • 1d ago
The fan on this stock LGA 2011 cooler failed so I wire twisted on a random 120mm fan I had to it!
galleryr/techsupportmacgyver • u/MiddleSwimming366 • 2d ago
Our Roku Streaming Stick was overheating so I added a old modems heatsink.
galleryr/techsupportmacgyver • u/WaifuPenetrator69 • 22h ago
What to do if there is no Mouse-Bungee but some tape
r/techsupportmacgyver • u/MrFancyPiggy • 3d ago
My computer vibrated too much and made annoying noises so I added paper
galleryr/techsupportmacgyver • u/DavoMcBones • 6d ago
Desk lamp LED "Upgrade"
Yes, it is tied together using aux and usb cables
r/techsupportmacgyver • u/DJAllOut • 6d ago
Fixed the fan on my external HDD enclosure
galleryThe fan in my HDD enclosure hasn't worked for ages, finally decided to fix it. Had to tap into the switch wire, and ground it to a screw on the board. If I used the ground on the switch wire, the fan would only operate when the switch was off. The variable fan speed knob on the back won't work with this hack, but overall, great success!
r/techsupportmacgyver • u/eragonawesome2 • 6d ago
Motion sensor with doorbell alert for auto printed orders. This is for a shipping warehouse of critical server and medical parts.
imgur.comr/techsupportmacgyver • u/Victor_sueca • 7d ago
Friend's power supply fan wasn't working well. This was their "fix".
galleryr/techsupportmacgyver • u/BoredBoardRoad • 8d ago
My dad decided to use a bubble wrap to stabilize a hard drive in his old PC
r/techsupportmacgyver • u/The-Real-Mario • 9d ago
I will do anything to avoid electronics work (Christmas lights blinker)
r/techsupportmacgyver • u/MotherBaerd • 9d ago
The Monster Mic
After coming home for the holidays from university and bringing my PC, I noticed that the headset back home only had a combo Jack that wouldnt work on my PC.
Therefore instead of getting an adapter I made the only logical decision to tape a cord to some wire and directly to the detachable headset microphone using some medical tape.
Now I only needed a stand which my monster can that I never cleaned up, came in handy for.
Its not trash, its a future solution!
r/techsupportmacgyver • u/lxde0992 • 13d ago
DualShock 3 - original battery was swollen, internal charging circuit doesn't work, replaced with Nokia battery + external charger module
galleryr/techsupportmacgyver • u/AudioVid3o • 14d ago
1 rubber band + 1 paper clip = 1 GPU support
r/techsupportmacgyver • u/braveduckgoose • 14d ago