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Ever wondered what a lightsaber's innards look like? Check out our Jedi-approved teardown to find out:
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Lightsaber+Teardown/41157

May the 4th be with you!

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#iFixit #MayThe4th #teardown

POV image on a white background of someone holding a lightsaber with their right hand and using a spudger with their left to lift up a piece of its handle.

Nylon Tipped Tweezers holding a small blue crystal over its brass housing.

A metallic human right hand on the right of the image is holding the end-piece of the lightsaber hilt, while a real human left hand holds the rest of the lightsaber above it, indicating the end-piece was just removed/fell into the metallic hand.

@toldtheworld Best of luck!

@maggio Thank YOU for supporting us :)

@toldtheworld We've got a guide with a few different methods worth trying: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+Remove+a+Stripped+Screw/13213

You’ve heard of fast fashion—now meet Fast Tech.

Learn how you can make a difference: https://www.ifixit.com/News/109306/fix-it-then-pass-it-on-ifixit-joins-forces-with-back-market
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#RightToRepair #iFixit #BackMarket #video

@mcchessers Have you tried removing & replacing the CMOS battery? That would reset the BIOS, in case there's a hiccup there.
It looks like it's on the side of the board with the RAM slots, and is a standard CR2032. Might not fix it, but it's worth a shot!

@adisonverlice Yep! We collaborate with several manufacturers, check them out: https://www.ifixit.com/collaborations

We’re expanding our partnership with HP by launching full support for the HP EliteBook 840 and 845 series G7, G8, and G9, and the 840 Aero G8.

That means free #repair guides, genuine parts, and quality tools for common repairs, such as battery and SSD replacements.

http://ifixit.com/HP

iFixit teardown photo of an HP EliteBook laptop with all its individual components laid out in a rough grid on a white background. Under the photo is a blue horizontal line that separates it from black text that reads "New HP Laptop Guides!" in all caps, circled in blue, with a guide icon labeled "Guides" on its left. Underneath that it says "Replace your: Battery, Screen, SSD, and much more!" with blue accent lines around it. The text is in all caps, and the text underneath the black "Replace Your:" text is dark gray.

Photo of an M.2 2280 SSD being held next to an upside down HP EliteBook with its bottom cover removed. The laptop is barely in the shot, with only its back-right corner (with the DC-in and HDMI-out ports) showing. The SSD is labeled to show it's a 256GB NVMe drive manufactured by Micron. Underneath this image is a blue horizontal line, separating it from black text underneath that reads "HP EliteBook 840 G7 & 845 G7" on a white background.

iFixit guide photo of an HP EliteBook upside down on a white table with its bottom cover removed, exposing its internals. No other components are removed from the laptop, but two hands are holding a cardboard cover for the battery parallel with the laptop directly underneath it. Underneath the guide photo is a blue horizontal line that separates it from black text that reads "HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8, 840 G8 & 845 G8" on a white background.

iFixit guide photo showing the screen assembly being removed from an HP EliteBook laptop. The laptop is upside down, with its bottom cover removed, resting so its hinges are along the edge of a white table. Two hands are holding the laptop's screen assembly with its hinges and various cables sticking out of it slightly off the laptop, indicating it is either being removed or put back on. Underneath the photo is a blue horizontal line that separates it from black text that reads, "HP EliteBook 840 G9 & 845 G9" on a white background.

iFixit boosted:

Raspberry Pi cuts product returns by 50% by changing up its pin soldering
Combining both the big and little solder jobs made a big difference.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/raspberry-pi-cuts-product-returns-by-50-by-changing-up-its-pin-soldering/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

@MIfoodie Wow, this is awesome!

@g_boccia We long for the pre-AirPods days, when we didn't worry about people's earbuds only lasting a few years before their glued-in battery wore out 😢

@DaMu Its screen-to-body ratio would bring nightmares to tech reviewers worldwide.

Shoutout to the marketing ‘expert’ who mailed a large, battery-powered, LCD-equipped video greeting card to our CEO to demonstrate their innovative approach to ignoring the #ewaste crisis. Bold strategy.

We’ll be sure to reach out if we need help shipping steaks and leather handbags to PETA.

Rumor has it the thinnest #iPhone ever will launch this year. The previous record-holder was the iPhone 6, at just 6.9 mm thick. Here’s a reminder of what that looked like!

iFixit guide photo of an iPhone 6 display removal on a white background. The image shows someone's left hand holding an iPhone 6, while their right hand is lifting its display from the bottom-right corner, exposing the phone's internals.

What can wire strippers do, besides strip wire? Let's ask Bill!
#iFixit #DIY #repair

iFixit boosted:

The EU is introducing an energy label for phones, together with mandatory requirements for phones sold in the EU;

- 5 years of software updates (AFTER they stop selling the device in the EU)

- providing important hardware parts (during sale and for 7 years after), including free software (if needed), to every repair shop, within 5-10 business days

- batteries have to make 800 charging cycles and still be above 80% original capacity

And on top of that, phones and tablets need this energy label (which also includes a fall damage durability and repairability score), and abide by the above requirements, from 20 June 2025.

(https://energy-efficient-products.ec.europa.eu/product-list/smartphones-and-tablets_en)

An EU energy label, showing the trademark A to G energy score, but underneath that, shows a bunch of other scores and figures, such as battery charge in hours and minutes, fall damage reliability, repairability, battery endurance in cycles, and dust plus water resistance (with the IP marking)

Headphone ear cups dirty? Don't throw them in the washer! Here's how you can clean them safely and effectively.
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#iFixit #headphones #cleaning #repair

@Gammitin That top photo of a ThinkPad without a TrackPoint is truly terrifying.

Happy National Telephone Day!
Instead of continually chasing upgrades, what if we kept our smartphones for 5 years? How about 10?

That’s the mission we’re on with Back Market:
🛠️ Fix it.
♻️ Pass it on.
📵 Say no to planned obsolescence.

Because the most sustainable phone is the one you already own. Read more about our 10-year phone mission here: https://www.ifixit.com/News/109306/fix-it-then-pass-it-on-ifixit-joins-forces-with-back-market

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#RightToRepair #PhoneRepair #SustainableTech #iFixit

iPhone with its screen flipped upwards at a 90 degree angle, exposing the phone's internals. The phone is being held by someone's left hand, and they're using their right index finger to point at one of the phone's internal components. In front of the person is a workbench, and in the background is another person who appears to be looking at the phone.

Happy 10th birthday, #Apple Watch!

It's a cool device, but not very repairable. But Apple's original, analog watch from 1995? Now that's a timepiece you can actually fix. Plus, you don't have to worry about software updates!
The longest an Apple Watch has ever received updates is the Series 4, which got nearly 6 years of support before being sunset last year.
It's a shame that Apple's "most personal device ever" still relies on them to be useful. Even if you can #fix it, you don't truly own it.

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