Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
Yesterday, 05:37 PM
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
Yesterday, 11:27 AM
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
Yesterday, 08:23 AM
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Re: Old analog Power Supply needs your advice
You don't want to run the guts you have as-is, no matter if you figure it out or not -- if the adjustment actually works, its regulation is no good no matter what due to what was discussed prior....
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
08-16-2022, 12:48 PM
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Replies: 19
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Re: Old analog Power Supply needs your advice
There's not enough components on it to have good regulation.
Looking at the connectivity on the board, I'm not sure the designer knew what he/she was doing. At most it'd be an acceptable (though...
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
08-15-2022, 05:54 PM
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Replies: 19
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
08-15-2022, 08:31 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 95
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
08-15-2022, 08:25 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 205
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
08-14-2022, 10:53 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 95
"Consumer" "Cloud" storage for Windows/MacOS...
How are "consumer" home "cloud" devices set up?
I don't know if I can call them "NAS" or whatnot, definitely not simple USB storage...
Can you access them from the internet? How does it do...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
08-11-2022, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 3
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Re: Motherboard diagnostic LED states
I used to have an old P4 board (MSI branded ATX, desktop board) that had 4 diagnostic LEDs on the back panel that counted from 0 (all off) to 15 (all on) as it went through POST, each meaning...
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
08-10-2022, 05:09 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 317
Re: Converting +/- 5v to a Usable Hz Signal
Sounds like you need someone to do it for you, I think we've given all the clues we can give without having access to the actual hardware... This won't be a "buy this connect that" solution.
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
08-10-2022, 07:45 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 317
Re: Converting +/- 5v to a Usable Hz Signal
You can't fix designs you don't have information to fix... and since the main reason for having the fan on is to cool it, just cool it like a CPU fan be damned with the noise or whatever issue those...
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
08-09-2022, 05:24 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 317
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
08-09-2022, 05:21 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 398
Re: laptop vs desktop rust spinner longevity
If someone's using a laptop on their lap then I don't care how well you can keep your lap still, there will be movement. Not to also mention laptops tend to get hotter than desktop PCs (usually).
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
08-09-2022, 12:26 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 398
Re: laptop vs desktop rust spinner longevity
Do these drives (scorpio blue, rosewell, momentus) last longer if they weren't in laptop situations?
None of my laptop drives (excluding so far: SSDs but offtopic) last long, but they were all in...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
08-08-2022, 06:14 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 398
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
08-08-2022, 12:22 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 398
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
08-07-2022, 08:28 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 398
Re: laptop vs desktop rust spinner longevity
anyone used a lot of 2.5" drives in their desktop/server machines?
Wonder because I'd think 2.5" drives need to be made at higher tolerances but yes, due to size, the drives are lighter and thus...
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Forum: General Capacitor Questions & Issues
08-06-2022, 08:36 AM
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Replies: 29
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Re: Blown cap on old dwell gauge - kal equip 2851
cars don't use tachometers anymore?
hmm... electric cars wouldn't have tachometers I suppose but any gasoline ones it's still somewhat interesting information. Might not be useful information for...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
08-05-2022, 09:39 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 398
laptop vs desktop rust spinner longevity
Has there been a study on how durable laptop 2.5" vs desktop 3.5" hard drives? Also consider 2.5" SAS drives which were meant for server use...
The thing that I wonder about is whether or not...
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Forum: General Computer & Tech Discussion
08-01-2022, 07:07 PM
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Replies: 200
Views: 296,657
Re: Cleaning Motherboards - ATTN SMOKERS!!
Sometimes I wonder, which is worse - dried on HFCS soda versus sucrose soda. I think the latter might just chip off but water washes dried up HFCS soda pretty quickly...
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
08-01-2022, 04:37 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 90
Re: Battery Charger - Transformer advice
Yeah the lacquer is a good idea, or you can just ignore it the buzz, it's not unexpected. My car battery chargers buzz, and I just use the noise as an indication it's on, as there's no other power...
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Forum: General Capacitor Questions & Issues
07-29-2022, 09:58 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 270
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Forum: General Capacitor Questions & Issues
07-28-2022, 12:10 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 270
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Forum: General Capacitor Questions & Issues
07-26-2022, 06:37 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 327
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Forum: General Capacitor Questions & Issues
07-25-2022, 08:34 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 327
Re: solid polymer electrolytic capacitor go boom?
hmm...also curious what happens if they get overheated or overvoltaged. Unlike a "wet" capacitor, they don't have a liquid to boil off so I can't extrapolate a regular aluminum wet capacitor over. ...
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