The AM4 platform brought AMD back onto the charts for the first time since 2006 (we can argue about Steamroller in the comments). A familiar choice for budget gamers, AMD made the bold promise of five years of support through generations of processors on a universal socket. While the marketing team and the engineers disagreed on that statement, motherboard manufacturers were the ultimate decision makers when it came to support. Many of the earliest AM4 boards which were compatible with the last generation of A10s support the last generation of Ryzen CPUs through firmware updates.
Would you make an offer on this gem?
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Came across my HTC Apache - otherwise known as the Sprint PPC-6700. Launched with Windows Mobile 5, this handheld was a productivity machine. A copy of Office Mobile including Outlook and Excel were available, WiFi, Bluetooth, an IR blaster, 1.3MP camera with manual adjustable zoom, all attached to a QWERTY keyboard. At some point I either flashed a Windows Mobile 6 ROM or installed a convincing theme. This CDMA handset is no longer useful as a phone, but I expect to find some usable Java applets. And a copy of Spore.
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MacBook and ThinkPad X200
Taken in 2014 on my LG Optimus G Pro
At some point I replaced the internals with a 2008 MacBook motherboard that made the keyboard bulge due to incompatible mounting points. It was worth the upgrade to a Core 2 Duo from a Core Duo
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Rivetless keyboard frame repair
The first time I attempted a repair like this was in high school, and my friend’s little brother was left with a very loose fitting keyboard frame that rattled and bounced when he typed
I am aware that I did not use an ideal adhesive. This post is for educational use only.
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