Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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I went to see what other parts I could salvage from my Compaq Portable 3 parts machine, and as soon as I turned it on, thick smoke blew out the side and my office stank for hours. Let's see what blew up and whether we can repair it easily or not.

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Links!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_Portable_III

Credits!
Font: Riciery Leal - VCR OSD Mono (dafont.com/vcr-osd-mono.font)
Putting up with my weird hobbies: My wife

Disclaimer!
I am NOT an expert, I have genuinely NO idea what I'm doing, and mostly just glue things together and use a lot of Google-fu until stuff works. I've been tinkering with electronics since I was a kid but have no formal training and will probably do things incorrectly. If you learn something from this, that's awesome, but trust me - I'm learning too!

#compaq #portable #psu