Modding

I picked up a Mac Pro 2008 2.8GHz model locally, and it worked well when I first powered it up and loaded snow leopard on it. However, I then upgraded the GPU in it (for fun) and the PSU went bang (loudly). As new PSU’s are hard to come by / expensive locally (and I couldn’t find an easy issue to fix upon opening) the Mac has been upgraded to instead recieving a refit of new insides. ...

I still use my Xbox 360 after all these years. Not as often as I once did of course, but at least once a month its up and running to play games. The Xbox 360 controller uses a small battery pack to hold two AA’s or could take a sealed unit with Ni-Mh batteries and be charged with a custom cable. As these are loong out of production by Microsoft, any stock you find is DOA as the cells have died. ...