Well I guess there will be some bad sectors but you could always low-level format the drive, still you need to boot from a floppy disk to do that or...
Most probably a trimmer has gone out of spec on the LCD circuit. If you dissasemble the screen there are usually several small trimmers which can be...
I don't mind jokes! I had been putting this off for quite some time though. You know when you start something, then decide to finish later (8 months...
I've had this issue with a 486 board before, turned out to be the cable was not on the correct way around. The cable should be turned 180 degress or...
You can usually tell if the battery is low quality by the weight of it. If it feels very light then I expect it isn't a high capacity battery. I use...
I guess you are right, old hard drives are reliable when you repair them. The magnet "joke" (humourless people) was for Bill looking for an authentic...