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"repair" means "stock a bunch of replacement parts", where any repair is possible in electronics. many people replaced capacitors on motherboards, but very few
by h2odragon 5y ago
"repair" means "stock a bunch of replacement parts", where any repair is possible in electronics. many people replaced capacitors on motherboards, but very few can make a capacitor from aluminum foil and tape or whatever's to hand that will do the job of the $0.50 commercial one.
Presuming hardware's running and communications are just spotty; then having your own local archive of sources is a good idea. mirror gutenburg and the wikipedia dump and stuff like that as well as the full repositories of some of your favorite distributions (source packages too!)
- marklar423 5y agoAs another option, you can also obtain the knowledge and tools to cannibalize other electronics to get the replacement components you need. Might be more sustainable since you never know which components you might need, and you can't reasonably stock all of them.