Engineering Hack

I posted a question in the forums about repair of a cinema display 20-inch, whose DVI connector was broken off. I finally have the solution and a working Cinema display again and as promised in the thread I would post the info regarding what color is what pin. So here it is.

A number of Epson inkjet printers suffer from a problem where they eventually print nothing but blank pages, even with new ink tanks. Here's a way to try to fix the problem.

Want a cheap way to add storage and speed to a stationary laptop that might not have Firewire or USB 2.0? Disappointed that your Mac mini uses a puny little laptop hard drive? If you've got a desktop hard drive that you'd like to connect to either of these, it's possible with a little work.

Using aluminum bar stock, eeun puts the squeeze on hard drive noise!

A modification to silence the fan makes this enhanced 3rd generation eMac just perfect!

The new G5's have it, but they weren't the first! (Caution: 2MB of images.)

Double the range of an Airport base station.

A guide to building your own digital picture frame out of a Powerbook 3400.

Accessores for the Compubrick computers.

The mouse glows...