Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
04-10-2022, 08:18 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 656
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
01-01-2022, 07:38 AM
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Replies: 114
Views: 19,887
Re: Hard drive reliability
Usually the drives with higher data density die much sooner than the old drives. With certain exceptions, like when manufacturers changed technologies or firmware/mechanics issues. The big exception...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
12-24-2021, 02:28 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 4,923
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Forum: General Capacitor Questions & Issues
12-15-2021, 11:38 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,093
Re: sancon china caps
Actually, according to my experience, SANCON are not that bad caps.
They are at the level of Teapo and are substantially better than Capxon, Suscon or Lelon.
Actually, everything is better than...
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
10-12-2021, 12:38 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,300
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
08-04-2021, 10:55 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 757
Re: Drilling holes laptop bottom
Well, it has integrated into the processor video and the processor itself is socketed. So, the prime concern in laptops about the possibility of mobo death is kinda of avoided here. But still, above...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
08-04-2021, 09:49 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 757
Drilling holes laptop bottom
I wonder if drilling a few holes in the laptop case, on the bottom below the fan will actually help and decrease the CPU/GPU temps. I have one spare not so new laptop with first gen core i5, but the...
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Forum: Troubleshooting Computer Displays
07-27-2021, 12:52 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 9,317
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Forum: General Capacitor Questions & Issues
07-18-2021, 09:52 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 15,851
Re: Trying to locate this safety cap
1. The capacitor which the author mentioned is most likely input noise filter capacitor. Have to see a picture of the whole board.
2. There are different types of PSU-s. There are quite a lot with...
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Forum: General Capacitor Questions & Issues
07-18-2021, 02:02 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 15,851
Re: Trying to locate this safety cap
450v is not odd rating at all. 230x1.44(square root 2) means that the amplitude of the voltage in 230V AC grid(230v effective) can go up to 331.2V. If the device is not region specific and can...
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Forum: General Capacitor Questions & Issues
06-27-2021, 02:12 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,560
Re: recap help AcBel PSU
Find new caps. What you will take from old mobos and PSU-s is at best at it's EOL.
Teapo and OST are mediocre. While they are not the worst, when they are new, I won't put 10-15 years old caps in a...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
06-27-2021, 02:06 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 892
Re: New SIM card?
Depends. The chips of some rather old SIM-s are bigger than the Nano SIM standard and cutting these will damage the SIM. But most of the SIM-s from at least the past 10 years don't have such problems...
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Forum: Troubleshooting & Designing Networks
06-25-2021, 11:39 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,855
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Forum: General Capacitor Questions & Issues
06-01-2021, 08:58 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 2,755
Re: Did I just bought a fakecap ?
Я думаю, что ето поддельные конденсаторы. Цена слишком низкая, чтобь купить чтото нормалное. Я никогда бы етие конденсаторы не купил.
I think that these caps are just generic Chinese low end caps....
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
05-31-2021, 11:07 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,186
Re: windows 7
Something to add. 1gb ram quad core 1Gbps LAN+sfp slot and POE output mikrotik costs around 220USD. AC access point Mikrotik with 2x1gbps ports and poe cost half of the price of UBNT unify with the...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
05-31-2021, 02:29 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,186
Re: windows 7
Mikrotik router and Mikrotik Access points. Ubiquity products had become really expensive.
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
05-31-2021, 09:52 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,186
Re: windows 7
I use Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Active Directory, .NET Framework, Microsoft Office and Microsoft Edge. I thought of using Windows Server as router as well, but decided...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
05-31-2021, 02:04 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,186
Re: windows 7
I do. While it is Chromium based, the memory management is better. And there are addons available. I don't like the Firefox UI and Firefox still has problems with digital signatures. And Opera has...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
05-29-2021, 10:12 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,186
Re: windows 7
Windows7 is actually not a shitty OS, contrary to the next versions. And there is plenty of information and documentation about it. Not that I am a big fan of .NET framework, but it eases programmers...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
05-26-2021, 11:10 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,186
Re: windows 7
Yes, you need root cert updates, even if you disable windows update. And you could have downloaded the offline installer too. :)
Here is the authroot.stl...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
05-15-2021, 06:26 AM
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Replies: 603
Views: 281,604
Re: The ghetto mod thread
So, yet another Dell 760 with faulty PSU. Caps plus broken fan fins. I don't understand how the fins of this fan can be broken. And because it was 10mm thick and I couldn't find 12mm thick fan around...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
05-09-2021, 12:51 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 3,827
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