Computer DIY

Now many companies produce mice with a recoil function. That is, when you shoot in the game from any weapon, the mouse begins to vibrate, simulating a return. But such mice are expensive, and not everyone can afford such an expensive purchase. You can try to make such a vibration mouse from a regular optical mouse.

A plastic connector for connecting an Internet cable is a very fragile thing. Especially often, when the cable is regularly connected to various devices, the locking tab of the connector breaks. Such a breakdown leads to the fact that the detachable connection is not fixed, so the connector pops out of the socket at the slightest movement of the cable.

In older computers, the noise level increases, due to the grinding of the cooler bearing. This is an elementary problem that can be solved without replacing it with conventional grease - which I will do. Required equipment For work you will need: silicone grease; crosshead screwdriver; drill 1 mm; medical syringe with a needle.

Living far from the towers of mobile operators there are problems with coverage. The available signal does not even allow you to make calls, not to mention the reception of 3G and 4G Internet. Similar problems can be easily solved if you assemble a powerful antenna. This can be done with cheap materials. The antenna is capable of picking up a signal even 30 km from the tower.

In spacious rooms with partitions and ceilings, there are problems with the propagation of the Wi-Fi impulse, and in such places there may be areas that are not covered by the Router signal. Thick walls and interfloor ceilings interfere with its passage, especially if they are reinforced concrete. As a result, the signal is partially reflected, partially absorbed, and only some fraction passes through the obstacles.

Anyone who has taken apart a computer’s hard drive at least once knows that it has a pair of excellent and strong neodymium magnets. They are very good to use for their various homemade products. But the fact is that these magnets are firmly glued to a piece of metal. And just to tear them does not work. Usually they break when separated.

It so happened that my favorite shockproof flash drive with a capacity of 4 gigabytes stopped working. And no specialized utilities could restore it. I really liked the design of this flash drive. I spent a lot of time looking in stores exactly the same, but to no avail. But while I was running around the shops, I had the idea to transfer the insides from another flash drive to my dead body.

Necessarily and inevitably, the time comes when you begin to understand that your “family member” - laptop (netbook) has become too noisy and unusually hot. And in general - somehow "wrongly" began to fulfill his duties. Of course, you can immediately contact the Service Center. But usually it is too expensive.

Copy text and paste it into the message - what could be easier? Every smartphone owner knows how to perform this simple operation in a browser or document. Let's complicate the task. Suppose you need to send another user a piece of text from paper, such as a textbook, guidebook or journal.

Good day to all! I want to tell you how to make a Wi-Fi antenna from a cheap Chinese adapter. I purchased this adapter for about two dollars. Using this device, I made the so-called Kharchenko directional antenna to improve the reception and transmission of Wi-Fi signal. That we need the adapter itself, on AliExpress there is a large selection of these devices under different brands, I used the Santana adapter; a solid copper core from a wire with a cross section of 1.5 - 2.5 mm2, a length of about a meter is enough in stock; pliers, soldering iron, solder, flux, rosin, soldering acid or aspirin tablet; drill with a 4 mm drill; for the screen - a thin metal plate of approximately 15x15 cm, you can use a fine mesh or a piece of foil-coated getinax.

Hello! Today I want to tell how to make a USB extension cable from a twisted pair wire. The length of such an extension cord can reach 50 meters, in my case it is 15 meters. You can connect any USB device to it. Necessary tools and materials For work, we need: a plug and a jack for a USB connector, you can use a plug from an old wire, and remove the jack from unused equipment; twisted pair cable of the required length, I used a 4-pair cable; soldering accessories, preferably with a hairdryer; sharp knife (scalpel).

A good oscilloscope is too expensive equipment for a conventional radio amateur, for which soldering chips and repairing electronics is just a hobby. If it is necessary to monitor electrical signals without obtaining extremely accurate results, it is quite possible to do with a home-made device.

This article is written for those who have accumulated a lot of electronic and broken trash at home, and it's a pity to throw out. Everything went to me for nothing and from this homemade work I only won. And so I had Explay headphones and a Prolife BT55 stereo Bluetooth headset. The headphones, as can be seen in the photo, had no wires, and the headset wheezed speakers.

Who would not say that, but from magnetic hard drives (HDD) for a long time nowhere to go. Most modern computers are now sold with two drives: solid-state - for the speed of the system and classic magnetic - for storing large amounts of data. Of course, there are solid-state disks for large volumes, but I'm afraid most ordinary users can’t afford them, and their resource, in fact, is more limited.

I think many would like to have a home theater at home. If you have already thought about this, then you probably came across the question - how to make a large screen? If you buy a TV, it will cost a pretty penny, and even a large TV with a diagonal of one and a half meters will not give the impression of a movie theater. Another option is to buy a projector.

Now all smartphones on the Android system are necessarily tied to an account on Google. And this is great, because with this account you can manage your phone remotely. It can be locked, erase all data, and much more. Or as in our example below - use the search and track its location using GPS.

Encrypting a file or folder is the preferred security method, since only you will have access to the data. The encryption method remains the same as in previous versions of Windows, but if you did not have to encrypt the data earlier, you will be able to learn how to do it. Method 1: use a data encryption system.

What only now you can’t turn your smartphone into an oscilloscope, an audio frequency generator, or a universal remote control ... Everything is achieved by simple software installation. This article will discuss how to turn a smartphone into a metal detector (metal detector). Unfortunately, this is not suitable for every cellular model, but for those who have an electronic compass in their composition.

Only a constant fight against dust allows us to keep our homes in relative order. But there are places in the house where a lot of dust accumulates, and it is impossible to remove it from there with a rag or brush, or even forbidden. We are talking about air conditioners, system units of computers, uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), household transformers, etc.

Everyone may face a situation where a new phone number may be required to register on a page on a social network or other service, but it is undesirable to indicate your real number. Such situations are not as rare as it might seem. How to solve this problem without leaving your home will be described in this article.