Workbench
Short write-ups of legacy, industrial, and board-level hardware projects — not a shop, just notes from the bench.
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Board-Level Repair: Dell OptiPlex No-Power Fault
Tracing a dead-on-arrival small-form-factor desktop down to a failed component on the motherboard.
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Reviving a Legacy Cisco Catalyst Switch
Bringing a retired enterprise switch back to a known-good working state.
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Diagnosing a Failed Industrial PLC Power Supply
Fault-finding on an industrial control power supply pulled from decommissioned equipment.
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Bringing a Legacy SCSI RAID Enclosure Back Online
Getting a legacy SCSI RAID enclosure running again for testing and evaluation.