# Introduction

This seems to be a common issue with the AirPods Max (lightning). This repair is done on the lightning version. I haven’t looked too closely into the revised product, but it’s likely to be the same design.

This area can be damaged in two ways:

1. constant swivelling can damage the thin ribbon connector that connects the board to the headband
2. moisture can cause corrosion on the pins and headband pins

To metigate the issues, it is possible to reinforce the ribbon with tape. For combatting the corrosion, a small amount of diaelectric grease can be used for protection.

# Introduction

Refurbishing an iPod Mini 2nd Gen 4GB with a new after-market battery and Red CF card microsd adapter. The Red microsd to CF card adapter is a bit finicky and requires a MBR rebuild during the iPod restore process.

bootsect /nt60 D: /mbr

Replace D: with the drive letter of your iPod.

The microsd card used in this project is a PEF128GEP31MCX5 - Patriot 128GB A1 microsd. The stated performance from data sheets is Read speed up to 100MB/s | write speed up to 80MB/s.

# Introduction

This is my experience rebuilding a wf-1000xm4 right earbud from scratch. I received two right wf-1000xm4 earbuds. One earbud had a deformed plastic male eartip end and the other didn’t seem to output any sound. I used a multi-meter and check for resistance. It read 0 ohms on the driver that wasn’t able to output sound. This bud had a good housing and the bud with the deformed tip had functioning internals.

# Introduction

Apple battery pricing estimation tool here.

This was the price given:

I thought I could do a mediocre job and come out with some new tools.

# Parts and tools purchased

Total cost: $85

Which is still much cheaper compared the Apple’s offering. The only thing I lose is a genuine battery. It’s hard finding a good quality battery given all the listings out there. I think I found one that is reliable. I’ll have to give it some time before I can conclude anything.

# Introduction

I saw this NAS case while browsing reddit and I loved the form factor and style of it. I found it locally and bought it before I read up on some of the downsides to this case. I had some parts laying around and had to purchase some components. This build ran me more than I intended it to.

## Downsides

The airflow for components in this case is terrible. The fan that is suppose to draw air in is blocked by a metal plate - which I have removed. This has helped a lot, but the drives are so closely packed together which prevents cool air from easily passing through the case. I know from the pictures I only have positive air pressures. I’ve tried various configurations and this was the one that provided the best cooling in my environment.