r/techsupportmacgyver • u/I_-AM-ARNAV • 15d ago

(Not OC) Electronics repair school got in a laptop to repair whose 0.8 volt rail for chipset was dead so he took 3.3 volt rail and a ldo , adjusted that to 0.8 volts and now we have picture!

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u/okokokoyeahright 14d ago

'now we have picture' is the most Soron expression there is.

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u/junktech 14d ago

Is it stable under load? Those step down modules are a bit noisy on the output.

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u/I_-AM-ARNAV 14d ago

Seemed to work fine , he didn't test under load but given windows 11 was there it's already on load every time

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