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"pokemon go... to hell!"
EOL it...
Originally posted by shango066Originally posted by smashstuff30guilty,guilty,guilty,guilty!
guilty of being cheap-made!
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Re: what fuckery is this!?
^ and just earned my title
Things I've fixed: anything from semis to crappy Chinese $2 radios, and now an IoT Dildo....
"Dude, this is Wyoming, i hopped on and sent 'er. No fucking around." -- Me
Excuse me while i do something dangerous
You must have a sad, sad boring life if you hate on people harmlessly enjoying life with an animal costume.
Sometimes you need to break shit to fix it.... Thats why my lawnmower doesn't have a deadman switch or engine brake anymore
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Re: what fuckery is this!?
I was servicing something a few months ago where I needed to isolate the external SMPS wall wart (bad caps) from the device. As well as test the device.
I made up a 10v supply with a 7809 and two 4004 diodes in the common. Two 1000u electrolytics, too.
Except I happened to use a 6.3v one on the input side. Input was 14V- in less than three minutes, the cap blew (Nichicon HM) and I got a slight whiff of ammonia.
"Kaboom pulls a kaboom."
Accidents happen.
"pokemon go... to hell!"
EOL it...
Originally posted by shango066Originally posted by smashstuff30guilty,guilty,guilty,guilty!
guilty of being cheap-made!Comment
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Re: what fuckery is this!?
*bangs head on desk* damit! i just plugged my blueray drive into the same cord
edit: ugh, i just wanted RD to chill his shit, not resign..Last edited by goontron; 09-10-2013, 09:57 PM.Things I've fixed: anything from semis to crappy Chinese $2 radios, and now an IoT Dildo....
"Dude, this is Wyoming, i hopped on and sent 'er. No fucking around." -- Me
Excuse me while i do something dangerous
You must have a sad, sad boring life if you hate on people harmlessly enjoying life with an animal costume.
Sometimes you need to break shit to fix it.... Thats why my lawnmower doesn't have a deadman switch or engine brake anymore
Follow the white rabbit.Comment
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Re: what fuckery is this!?
"look before you leap"Less jewellery, more gold into electrotech industry!
Half of the computer problems is caused by bad contacts 
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Last edited by goontron; 09-10-2013, 10:03 PM.Things I've fixed: anything from semis to crappy Chinese $2 radios, and now an IoT Dildo....
"Dude, this is Wyoming, i hopped on and sent 'er. No fucking around." -- Me
Excuse me while i do something dangerous
You must have a sad, sad boring life if you hate on people harmlessly enjoying life with an animal costume.
Sometimes you need to break shit to fix it.... Thats why my lawnmower doesn't have a deadman switch or engine brake anymore
Follow the white rabbit.Comment
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Re: what fuckery is this!?
Well, for me, I wouldn't immediatelly connect on two devices for a test run, still better to burn one than two…it was more like *check multiple times if everything is OK even BEFORE you plug that to something*.Less jewellery, more gold into electrotech industry! Half of the computer problems is caused by bad contacts
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Re: what fuckery is this!?
Oh this particular AT power supply I was using was the original in the IBM AT. I didn't have the original full sized motherboard with all its TTL chips and a 5.25" hard drive hooked up to it, so the only load was a miniscule 3.5" hard drive which it promptly fried. Honestly I was kind of surprised (thought the HDD is good enough as a minimum load) but the HDD definitely released its magic smoke and there was a burnt chip on the board.
I'm still furious at it, it was a 6.4GB HDD if I remember correctly... and the drive was kind of flaky to begin with anyway. No big loss, but was 100% unexpected... May have been a smooth anyway.
And yes... whenever I deal with power I usually double, triple check connections. The +5/+12 is soooo easy to mix up. Kind of funny, I had a DEC Rainbow or something at one point that used purple for +5 and red for +12, which made it very confusing. That's when I had to start doublechecking and never trust the red...Last edited by eccerr0r; 09-11-2013, 12:27 AM.Comment
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This is equally stupid:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16812123300
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Re: what fuckery is this!?
^smoky popingThings I've fixed: anything from semis to crappy Chinese $2 radios, and now an IoT Dildo....
"Dude, this is Wyoming, i hopped on and sent 'er. No fucking around." -- Me
Excuse me while i do something dangerous
You must have a sad, sad boring life if you hate on people harmlessly enjoying life with an animal costume.
Sometimes you need to break shit to fix it.... Thats why my lawnmower doesn't have a deadman switch or engine brake anymore
Follow the white rabbit.Comment
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Re: what fuckery is this!?
Fortunatelly, nothing can go wrong here.
But did you know you could plug the PCIe into ATX 12 V and even EPS? And it just has the polarity reversed?Less jewellery, more gold into electrotech industry! Half of the computer problems is caused by bad contacts
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