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  • stj
    Great Sage 齊天大聖
    • Dec 2009
    • 31163
    • Albion
    #21
    Re: Um, wow. Just, wow.

    i did until the rubber sleeves on the rollers melted

    one day i will build one for fun - i have a huge trackball from an atari missile-command arcade machine.
    i just need new bearings and shafts for it.

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      • TechGeek
        Computer Geek
        • Jan 2015
        • 2254
        • USA
        #22
        Re: Um, wow. Just, wow.

        How did the sleeves melt?
        Don't buy those $10 PSU "specials". They fail, and they have taken whole computers with them.

        My computer doubles as a space heater.

        Permanently Retired Systems:
        RIP Advantech UNO-3072LA (2008-2021) - Decommissioned and taken out of service permanently due to lack of software support for it. Not very likely to ever be recommissioned again.
        Asus Q550LF (Old main laptop, 2014-2022) - Decommissioned and stripped due to a myriad of problems, the main battery bloating being the final nail in the coffin.


        Kooky and Kool Systems
        - 1996 Power Macintosh 7200/120 + PC Compatibility Card - Under Restoration
        - 1993 Gateway 2000 80486DX/50 - Fully Operational/WIP
        - 2004 Athlon 64 Retro Gaming System - Indefinitely Parked
        - Main Workstation - Fully operational!

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          • stj
            Great Sage 齊天大聖
            • Dec 2009
            • 31163
            • Albion
            #23
            Re: Um, wow. Just, wow.

            something effected the rubber.
            i'v seen it happen to other things too.

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              • TechGeek
                Computer Geek
                • Jan 2015
                • 2254
                • USA
                #24
                Re: Um, wow. Just, wow.

                We're you using the mouse when you smelled melting rubber and realized it was the mouse?
                Don't buy those $10 PSU "specials". They fail, and they have taken whole computers with them.

                My computer doubles as a space heater.

                Permanently Retired Systems:
                RIP Advantech UNO-3072LA (2008-2021) - Decommissioned and taken out of service permanently due to lack of software support for it. Not very likely to ever be recommissioned again.
                Asus Q550LF (Old main laptop, 2014-2022) - Decommissioned and stripped due to a myriad of problems, the main battery bloating being the final nail in the coffin.


                Kooky and Kool Systems
                - 1996 Power Macintosh 7200/120 + PC Compatibility Card - Under Restoration
                - 1993 Gateway 2000 80486DX/50 - Fully Operational/WIP
                - 2004 Athlon 64 Retro Gaming System - Indefinitely Parked
                - Main Workstation - Fully operational!

                sigpic

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                  • SteveNielsen
                    Retired Tech
                    • Jun 2012
                    • 2327
                    • USA
                    #25
                    Re: Um, wow. Just, wow.

                    The rubber was probably degraded over time from the acids in skin oils.

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                      • stj
                        Great Sage 齊天大聖
                        • Dec 2009
                        • 31163
                        • Albion
                        #26
                        Re: Um, wow. Just, wow.

                        i'v seen it happen to joypad-caps, tv-remote backs, screwdrivers ec.
                        it's probably interaction with skin-oil.

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                          • ratdude747
                            Black Sheep
                            • Nov 2008
                            • 17136
                            • USA
                            #27
                            Re: Um, wow. Just, wow.

                            I use PS/2 on one of my 3 workstations (the beefy twin CPU kind)... because it only has two USB's in the back and that it seems POST a lot slower with USB + legacy support enabled. My other two have four USB's in the back so they have USB keyboards; one has a really special one too, the one microsoft made with a fingerprint scanner, with 3rd party x64 drivers/patched software.
                            sigpic

                            (Insert witty quote here)

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                              • Before Work
                                New Member
                                • Jul 2015
                                • 5
                                • USA
                                #28
                                Re: Um, wow. Just, wow.

                                Originally posted by stj
                                screws on the left side, look in the grill.
                                it's got a passive-pfc choke.
                                Please punctuate as taught instead of typing like some lazy 2nd grader. The shift key isn't there for decoration. ")

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                                  • Fr3shGy
                                    Member
                                    • Mar 2015
                                    • 47
                                    • USA
                                    #29
                                    Re: Um, wow. Just, wow.

                                    3.5 K Watts? What da hell?

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                                      • kaboom
                                        "Oh, Grouchy!"
                                        • Jan 2011
                                        • 2507
                                        • USA
                                        #30
                                        Re: Um, wow. Just, wow.

                                        Originally posted by Fr3shGy
                                        3.5 K Watts? What da hell?
                                        Only on the sticker...
                                        "pokemon go... to hell!"

                                        EOL it...
                                        Originally posted by shango066
                                        All style and no substance.
                                        Originally posted by smashstuff30
                                        guilty,guilty,guilty,guilty!
                                        guilty of being cheap-made!

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                                          • kc8adu
                                            Super Moderator
                                            • Nov 2003
                                            • 8832
                                            • U.S.A!
                                            #31
                                            Re: Um, wow. Just, wow.

                                            or deet.
                                            btw thats a huntkey unit and just acceptable as a 250w.
                                            Originally posted by stj
                                            i'v seen it happen to joypad-caps, tv-remote backs, screwdrivers ec.
                                            it's probably interaction with skin-oil.

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