Amazon Kindle Fire: Internal hardware

people with a brain and an interest in tech might. i love taking things apart and putting them back together just to see how they work and what the parts are.. that's what moves techs and such, to do what they do. i've been looking for the specs on the processor and they have provided the information. it's solidified my buying the device and it appears that it might be easy enough to customize the back plate with a replacement one (perhaps with cool graphics or something). if you don't like the articles like these, don't read them.

For my analysis of the hardware inside the Kindle Fire, check out my blog post, "Kindle Fire teardown: No-frills tablet filled with TI hardware."

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/itdojo/kindle-fire-teardown-no-frills-tablet-filled-with-ti-hardware/3056

Last year I bought Kindle Fires for my wife and myself. A short time ago, My wife Kindle developed a problem. The micro USB port started acting intermittently. Charging was becoming more and more difficult as time went on. So was data connectivity. Finally, a couple days ago, the Kindle wouldn't even charge at all. I had ordered new connectors on the outside chance that hers was worn out - A common problem with Kindle Fires... Especially the early ones. Luckily TR has this tear-down. I followed the instructions and got inside. Upon removing the motherboard, the connector just stayed inside the case. A clear indication of either broken solder connections or lifted traces on the motherboard (ulp). To my relief, it was simply broken solder connections. A little flux and a tiny bit of solder on the tip of my iron and the connector was resoldered securely to the motherboard. Why they didn't solder the mounting tabs, I'll never know... But I did add a dab of solder to them (and subsequently soldered the connector more securely to the motherboard). I probably would have had a much harder time without the assistance of the tear-down article. THANK YOU TECH REPUBLIC!!!!!!! The Kindle is now as good as new!

I was six yrs old when I took my dads Baby Ben alarm clock apart. Got my hide tanned a bit. I have been taking things apart to see how they worked ever since. That is how I learned about computers etc. Be 72 next month and and if Santa brings me a Kindle I might tear it apart too.

Oh no, Mr. Bill, not a Slide Show........