Hardware protection

Collapse
X
 
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
  • Shodan486
    Badcaps Veteran
    • Nov 2009
    • 203

    #1

    Hardware protection

    Many of us collect various hardware components, some of us for fun, some of us for future usage (paradox - but I think the common thing of us is to preserve this stuff FUNCTIONAL. I'd like to ask how I can progress with storing any HW, under what environment conditions etc. But mainly I'd like to know how I can protect my HW from fingerprint residues mainly... Is there some sort of a cleaning chemical which cleans such mess? Because we know sometimes wires tend to corrode and I wish not to be denied my happines in next 30 years using my VP6 due to this inconvenience.

    Any thoughts?
    Mobo: MSI K8N Master2-FAR CPU: 2x Opteron 265 OC'd @ 2,25GHz RAM: 2x2GB Crucial DDR400 CL3 ECC/Buff. (ECC OFF), VGA: ASUS HD6950 2GB Reference edition FLASHED TO HD6970 HDD: 80GB ATA133 Seagate ,OnBoard: 2xGLAN, 8-Ch. Realtek audio, USB2.0/Firewire, PCIe Physx card PSU: 850W Corsair AX Case: Cooler Master HAF932 + NZXT 5 Fan Controller.
  • PCBONEZ
    Grumpy Old Fart
    • Aug 2005
    • 10661
    • USA

    #2
    Re: Hardware protection

    1 - Wash your hands before handling.
    2 - Clean with isopropyl alcohol.
    Mann-Made Global Warming.
    - We should be more concerned about the Intellectual Climate.

    -
    Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

    - Dr Seuss
    -
    You can teach a man to fish and feed him for life, but if he can't handle sushi you must also teach him to cook.
    -

    Comment

    Related Topics

    Collapse

    • Hondaman
      Hardware firewall to block ad servers?
      by Hondaman
      I found an interesting summary on a wiki that Youtube "right to repair" enthusiast Louis Rossman put up. He suggested I could use a hardware firewall and pfSense as a firewall, and use pfSenseNG as an ad blocker. Or use OPNSense as a similar alternative. Seems like it would be easy to set up, but it only runs on the hardware supported by BSD. (I'm sure the developers and maintainers of BSD are super-busy and cannot support every single piece of hardware out there, so I can't fault them.)

      The trick, apparently, is to "assign IP address lists from sites like I-blocklist...
      02-05-2025, 05:04 AM
    • Supradin
      TEAC AG 980 going protection mode
      by Supradin
      Hi everyone. I'm new on this things, this is my first amplifier after I start offering repair service almost for free, just for learning purpouse

      So I have a amp that is going to protection mode. I saw that if I remove the ribbon cable which sends from main board B+,B- and signal for amplifiers card, is not going to protection mode.

      So, from that ribbon cable y disconnect everything but b+ b-, and amp goes again to protection mode. So my guess was something is wrong in the amp board.

      I disconnect all transistors and amp is ok.
      After, I connect the...
      Electronics forum for electronics experts to repair defective appliance.
      05-01-2024, 08:34 AM
    • waspie
      Aiwa GX-770 Amplifier Protection Circuit
      by waspie
      I am by no means an expert on this type of troubleshooting but I can follow direction real well.

      I'm no stranger to using a meter and soldering iron so I'm looking for some help in fixing an old amplifier/system I got. This is part of a system "V-1200" by Aiwa where there are several components. My first problem seems to be the amplifier.

      It seems to be in protection. When first turned on I hear the inital relay coming on but never the second relay which is connected to the protection IC. I don't see any obvious bad components on the board. If I ground the...
      11-29-2022, 09:58 AM
    • nobbnobb1
      DIY NAS Service Life (Hardware)
      by nobbnobb1
      So I'm probably a decade behind on this, but my current NAS is a low power machine I built in 2009. It was originally running Windows Home Server, then eventually I migrated to Windows 10 using Storage Spaces for my drive expandability and redundancy. Despite being slow for W10, I love the familiarity and functionality so I never bothered getting into NAS specific OS.

      Hardware wise, it's got 4x drives but the hardware is all super low draw, so the Antec EarthWatts EA380D power supply is barely above ambient. This PSU is apparently known for capacitor issues but when I went in to...
      09-25-2023, 04:35 PM
    • Document Archive
      Fintek F71868A Super I/O and Hardware Monitor Datasheet
      by Document Archive
      F71868A Super I/O and Hardware Monitor Datasheet

      The F71868A which is the featured IO chip for PC system is equipped with one IEEE 1284
      Parallel Port, two UART Ports, one 80 port (multi with COM2), Hardware Keyboard Controller, and SIR. The F71868A integrates with hardware monitor, 9 sets of voltage sensor, 3 sets of creative auto-controlling fans and 3 temperature sensor pins for the accurate dual current type temperature measurement for CPU thermal diode or external transistors 2N3906. Others, the F71868A supports newest AMD TSI and Intel PECI 3.0 interfaces and INTEL Ibex...
      10-23-2024, 02:26 AM
    • Loading...
    • No more items.
    Working...