Trash to Treasure

An aging Dell Vostro 1000 ended up on my desk the other day. The owner said it had died, when he turned it on some LEDs lit up, but there was no display. It turned out that the backlight which illuminates the LCD panel was not working. This is a common problem with older laptops….

I’m not sure what electronics manufacturers are thinking by making devices with batteries soldered into circuit. I guess they are thinking “this is a rechargeable battery”, but eventually those batteries quit recharging. This is a problem that users of older generation iPods and iPhones are probably becoming very aware of. Anyhow, since I like keeping…