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It is just incredible what you can find on You Tube. It has to be the best thing on the internet -- outside of this board, of course!
The other day, the "A" key button popped off my laptop. I figured it had to be broken. This was a replacement keyboard. I went to Geek Squad and asked the guy. No, that can't be fixed. But you can order a replacement keyboard off of Amazon for $12. Great. And he said there are videos on You Tube that will help you do the replacement yourself. I had taken it to an independent shop in town a year or so ago and got charged $100. So I figured lesson learned. I was looking at the video last night and saw a related video: How to fix individual keys. I'm thinking, no way is this going to work because the Geek Squad guy said it couldn't be fixed. Sure enough, it worked. Only difference was that the little frame you see here is upside down compared to mine, which I figured out. Once I put the little frame on, the button popped on and it was working just like new.
About a year ago, our dryer stopped working. Now, I'm not really that handy at things, but I figured I'd hit You Tube up. You see a big dryer and think it's really complicated, but it's not. It's just a few pieces. The video narrowed it down to two problems, one being a white piece and the other being the start switch. Some guy at a repair shop told me in 25 years, he's only seen a start switch go wrong once. I'd heard that before. So I went to a repair shop and bought the little piece for around $20, as I recall. Sure enough, it worked.
About three years ago, our drain in the tub was stopped up with hair. But I didn't know how to get the stopper off. You Tube had the answer to that, too.
The other day, the "A" key button popped off my laptop. I figured it had to be broken. This was a replacement keyboard. I went to Geek Squad and asked the guy. No, that can't be fixed. But you can order a replacement keyboard off of Amazon for $12. Great. And he said there are videos on You Tube that will help you do the replacement yourself. I had taken it to an independent shop in town a year or so ago and got charged $100. So I figured lesson learned. I was looking at the video last night and saw a related video: How to fix individual keys. I'm thinking, no way is this going to work because the Geek Squad guy said it couldn't be fixed. Sure enough, it worked. Only difference was that the little frame you see here is upside down compared to mine, which I figured out. Once I put the little frame on, the button popped on and it was working just like new.
About a year ago, our dryer stopped working. Now, I'm not really that handy at things, but I figured I'd hit You Tube up. You see a big dryer and think it's really complicated, but it's not. It's just a few pieces. The video narrowed it down to two problems, one being a white piece and the other being the start switch. Some guy at a repair shop told me in 25 years, he's only seen a start switch go wrong once. I'd heard that before. So I went to a repair shop and bought the little piece for around $20, as I recall. Sure enough, it worked.
About three years ago, our drain in the tub was stopped up with hair. But I didn't know how to get the stopper off. You Tube had the answer to that, too.
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