[lowtechmagazine]

Author here. That sentence will be deleted when the website regenerates, cause it doesn't seem to have the effect that I was aiming for. Thanks for pointing it out.

That said, I was impressed by the man's repair qualities. I asked him how he was going to repair my 2006 laptop without access to spare parts. He said he would just repair the fan by replacing the copper wire. Don't see that happening in an official repair shop. And he did it overnight.

[bserge]

Sorry, it's just that it really threw me off, sounds out of place. And considering pretty much everything from high end to the cheapest stuff has Chinese components (or is completely made in China) these days, it doesn't make much sense.

Also, that's the kind of repairs I would do, I've actually fixed quite a few fans that started grinding with simple automotive grease, they last for years :D