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Fun with hot melt glue...
Fun with hot melt glue...
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Yes lol, at least is not dangerous, just ugly...Comment
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ugly is in the eye of the beholder, hot melt glue is a staple of ghetto!Comment
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This actually looks pretty good. Hope you don't mind if I copy your idea.
I need to mount a fan on a PC case the same way (it's a very old case with no exhaust or intake fans anywhere other than the PSU fan).
Now that is 100% proper ghetto!
Cool PC, by the way. If I am not mistaken that PSU is a YoungYear / Apevia / Aspire unit. Those green sleeved cables should be UV-reactive - i.e. if you add ultra-violet lighting in the case, it will make those cables and their connectors glow too.
Good overclock on that C2D CPU too!
Usually yes. But if you apply it carefully without pulling any strings from it, you can actually make it look pretty well. I do it around the cables of the probes of my cheap HF multimeters to prevent the cables from twisting and breaking. It looks almost like I have transparent sleeves on them. Eventually the glue does crack as I use them. But then all I have to do is re-heat the glue again and everything looks normal again.
Last edited by momaka; 12-11-2018, 12:33 AM.Comment
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no, i hate re-melt wax.
for me, a pack of epoxy and a tube of UHU/Bostik clear adhesive is the almost universal fix.Comment
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Recently after trying hot melt glue (they're thermoplastic, not paraffin) I have a decision to use between hot melt vs epoxy... I like being able to reuse/repair hot melt where epoxy is pretty much set in stone after it sets.
Basically if it has to deal with any sort of heat, epoxy is used. If not, then hot melt glue.
On the other hand, is epoxy or hot melt glue cheaper per volume if I need to use it as potting material?Comment
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Thanks, yes it's a nice way to mount a fan on a drive bay.This actually looks pretty good. Hope you don't mind if I copy your idea. I need to mount a fan on a PC case the same way (it's a very old case with no exhaust or intake fans anywhere other than the PSU fan).
Now that is 100% proper ghetto!
Cool PC, by the way. If I am not mistaken that PSU is a YoungYear / Apevia / Aspire unit. Those green sleeved cables should be UV-reactive - i.e. if you add ultra-violet lighting in the case, it will make those cables and their connectors glow too.
Good overclock on that C2D CPU too!
Usually yes. But if you apply it carefully without pulling any strings from it, you can actually make it look pretty well. I do it around the cables of the probes of my cheap HF multimeters to prevent the cables from twisting and breaking. It looks almost like I have transparent sleeves on them. Eventually the glue does crack as I use them. But then all I have to do is re-heat the glue again and everything looks normal again.
Actually I don't think that PSU is made by apevia, is not that good but not near as bad as most apevia I have seen
This is the PSU, actually you posted a couple times on that thread
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=58330
From what I saw is a topower or at least based on the design
Look
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showpo...postcount=1931
He said something about leadman but I don't think they can make something decent lolLast edited by Drack; 12-11-2018, 01:53 PM.Comment
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Ah you're right. I confused your thread with another one:
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=73043
Yeah, he said that only the last batch of Topower PSUs (before Topower seized to exist) were made by Leadman and not Topower. Meanwhile, it's Zumax that was made by Topower. So looking at how close that Zumax PSU is to yours, you probably indeed have a Topower unit.
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No more overheating for this TP-LINK Archer ADSL/Wi-Fi Dual Band modem router
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Here is a test board i made of a copper-dot PCB.......
It may not look too bad but the bottom is where the 'fun' is.
As you can see, the soldering looks like it was done by someone who did not know what they were doing.
Note; I'm usually better than this (at least i hope i am) but this was a case where i wanted to get it done ASAP even if it meant cutting a few corners on soldering (which i usually don't do). This will not be going into use.
BTW: can anyone guess what this board is doing.Attached FilesI'm not a expert, I'm just doing my best.Comment
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Not enough light in picture
i've done worse i think
looks like a capacitive dropper power supplyComment
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Hahahaha, 6 years running, a good old Sunon MagLev fan oh and the mod is not just the cooler or the dust only, 4 aluminium heatsinks added made from a southbridge HS fixed with hot glue like it should be for a proper mod )
Last edited by PCTechnics; 12-21-2018, 01:53 PM.Comment
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Here is a brighter image of the underside. (i thought the top side photo looked ok despite it being darker)
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/attach...1&d=1545440608
I probably should have been a bit more specific with that last line (maybe some along the lines of 'what is the circuit powering' or something like that, oh well).Attached FilesI'm not a expert, I'm just doing my best.Comment
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it's not really ghetto, it's how everything used to be done, that and with stripboard.
the chinese even sell a deluxe variant of that board, double-sided through-hole plated fiberglass!!Comment
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Yeah the radio shack copper ringed perfboard is pretty crappy (FR2 and not plated through). Veroboard is more sturdy but requires careful planning else a lot of cuts are needed.
The chinese plated through, FR4 double sided copper ringed perfboard is indeed the deluxe bee's knees ... though I would really rather have a real PCB done, cutting veroboard or adding wire links is a major PITA.
This I did just to play with capacitive droppers... crappy soldering. That cold joint soldered LED is going to disconnect and the electrolytic capacitor will blow up
Oh... and do notice I reused this board. I think I used this board for something else, then ripped all the components out and built this on it. I wonder when it comes time for me to disassemble this and build something else
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Not sure, honestly I hate perfboard. If the board design is complicated at all, I would rather do a homemade single sided where tracks are only where I want it to be...
I think the most complicated no-link perfboard design I've put together was a small DDS, and "never again!" *sigh* Then again part of the problem is that I was reducing the BOM to the parts I had on hand... having to use two 10K resistors instead of a 20K complicated things.
Here's a piece of double sided perfboard with PTH and GOLD PLATING ?!?!? (BTW, other side looks the same) ... I do NOT like.Attached FilesLast edited by eccerr0r; 12-22-2018, 03:40 PM.Comment
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I've got here an ECU 89661-42840 from an 03 Toyota RAV4. Got the usual transmission problem that is ECU related. Symptoms are not shifting as it supposed to, no shift etc. Turn the car off, wait a minute and back on and it will work again for a bit. I think she's in limp mode here or something.
Anyway... There are tons of those RAV4 that have this problem. My problem with it is, that it's a right steering import vehicle and the dealer can't read the ECU.
I went all over the ECU resoldering a whole stack of resistors, no problem. BUT I am stuck on resetting the transmission... -
I know I've been a little scarce lately (like the last 2-3 years), but I'm still here and still doing my thing with fixing PSUs.
For today's considerations, I have a Seasonic B12 BC-550 [A551bcafh] 550 Watt ATX power supply for you (click on links for full size images).
https://www.badcaps.net/filedata/fetch?id=3591771
https://www.badcaps.net/filedata/fetch?id=3591772
It's a modern ATX unit with fixed (non-modular) cables and an 80-plus bronze certificate. Here's the label:
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I have here a Magnum IA.100 which belongs to my parents.
The unit powers on & when the relay kicks in, you get a pop from the speakers (this might sound weird but is usual behavior for this amp). However, you get nothing coming through it from any of the inputs & no pops and crackls from any of the controls.
Because of the sound from the speaker when the amp turns on I have assumed that the output section probably works but I could be wrong & I'm not sure how to test that side of things further.
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Hi,
Anyone have knowledge about this component D3950 ( I suppose to be BD3950) , an application note or equivalent.
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Copying DMI information from an old bios to a new one is difficult for some members, often they have no experience with a hex editor,or some that have tried find it too hard.There is an option to make things easier for those members so that they don`t need to post their own bios backup for the DMI copying.
Experienced bios modding members can help by posting in other threads the DMI offsets,macro script generated by the software and a download link to the software at softpedia mentioned in this guide,or post your macros in the comments here with a link to the bios request thread ....
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