Youtube - i think I've heard of that - its a video site about cats and babies doing silly things, right? Is it popular over there in the real world? I hear you also have access to Google too without incessant connection resets, and then there's that Facebook thing, and Twitter. In case you didn't no...

Welding?

You scare me!

I figured I'd just buy any other T6x stuff that I *may* possibly need form that particular supplier while I ordered other various bits, as the pricing for most of that grab bag of random parts was minimal - i think 30rmb or so total. If it doesn't fit, don't really care, and if i did need it easier ...

Instagram and flickr still don't work, so this is via statigr.am uFrame http://distilleryimage0.s3.amazonaws.com/3b63cc66cb4811e181bd12313817987b_7.jpg pcmcia bay (not really sure why I bought it, as I never use them, but its cheap...) http://distilleryimage4.s3.amazonaws.com/6495df20cb4811e1be6a123...

We still have trade shows here, which are great for sourcing. I'm actually going to one today - an Arcade & entertainment related one, as I've been making arcade machines for export and local sale, plus redoing embedded software on existing jamma hardware. I prefer to go to trade shows and expo's on...

Actually its from a variety of sources, but Taobao is the main one. Taobao is the equivalent of ebay, although mostly shops and factories rather than end users. Its more b2c than c2c, unlike in the west. I believe he buys them from an outdoors marketplace, like a "flea market" that are common in the...

I think I know where the OP keeps his spare QXGA. In that safe in the 7th pic Actually, its where I store my ram. Not even locked. The screens are upstairs in my pile of spares that I really need to whittle down. One I get rid of the arcade machines I built cluttering up the office I'll be in a pos...

I reckon will probably be about 2500-3000rmb total once done, with SSD, CPU and RAM. Its not going to be cheap, but the closest comparison is pretty much the retina macbook, so i think worth it. Thats about 250-300GBP or about 3 million dollars US given the way the dollar keeps dropping vs the rmb h...

A surprising amount of parts were at the office this morning, despite only being ordered yesterday afternoon. This was waiting on my desk this morning: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7107/7540348268_3248d307e5.jpg Untitled by sheedl , on Flickr Packaging was awesomely good - very nice packaging, and ...

The SEZ terminology is more or less obsolete now afaik. I think of Shenzhen as the electronics parts equivalent of a Candy store. Anything is available electronics partwise. _Anything_ For recycled parts, you're better off a bit further North in Guangdong. Guiyu is pretty infamous for recycling all ...

I bought my panels in 2010 locally here in China on the local equivalent to eBay. I bought one, then bought another couple just in case. Just took another look, guess no more stock! Only one or two vendors, and for triple what I paid. Guess thats good news for me :) I can typically get all the parts...

With regards to the Nvidia gpu stuff - Mostly here I go by price and supplier warranty. We send laptops in for for repair on a weekly basis, so generally get something approximating the truth from suppliers. If it doesn't work I send it back, and I get a warranty on repairs from them.. There are reb...

I'm in the IT biz here, so I'll give you a rundown of how it works here in China (for Shanghai at least). Typically here, the older boards - whether its the ones that I mentioned, or pretty much any board with a broken nvidia / ati get BGA replacements. Its a known issue / replacement, and most repa...

My current T60 er T61p++ er T62 (ok, i'm going with that) is starting to give up the ghost. Current issues are the dreaded NVIDIA GFX issue, and I've already fixed it a few times, and its pretty much borked That build was here - http://www.computersolutions.cn/blog/2010/05/t60-screen-upgrade-they-ju...