I recently saw someone put an old.school “yellow red white” cable (no idea how they’re actually called) in a jack socket from a PC to a Jack TV port.
It seems not complicated to me, but apparently it is ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Does anybody have 34,995$ because that’s what GoDaddy want for old.school and I think it would be a good investment.
The cable you’re thinking of are called RCA cables.
For the longest time the trickiest part was the LEDs and power buttons
Still a pain. I feel like we could surely do a better connector and layout for those by now
Well, at least the 9-pin layout is fairly standard these days.
Seriously. There is nothing complicated about those pins either. Most of them are 5V being pulled down to ground, so there is nothing to be considered in terms of signal integrity aside from continuity. We should have standardized front panel IO connectors (obviously usb and audio connectors are standardized).
You forgot the part where you have to dig into the motherboard’s software to enable Windows 11.
I love building PCs but it’s simple until it’s not.
My last build involved nearly losing everything on my RAID5 array.
The discs were set up without partitions, which isn’t recommended, but some guides STILL show it that way, and the new motherboard was like, “Eh, I’ll fix that for you…here’s a new partition table!” Fortunately I was able to recover it, and I rebuilt the array to use disc partitions. But for a few days there, I was nearly in a panic.
That was almost two years ago now, still using it! And making sure my backups are working.
And then navigating BIOS as a 13 year old just to play some kernel-level anticheat game
the knee bone’s connected to the… something
the something’s connected to the… red thing
the red thing’s connected to my… wristwatch
Hi Dr. Nick!
Try that while mixing modular PSU cables for some extra fireworks. This is like the old adage of the professional who pushes a button and justifies his pay because it isn’t about how hard it is to push the button, it is knowing which button to push. Connecting cables is simple, but you have to know which ones you need to connect, which ones you need to skip, and which ones are likely to be having a problem.
she is trying to flirt with you fool
Programming: designing squary holes and squary cables
meanwhile GPUs deciding to not work even tho u used the right cable in the right spot
My coworkers think I like building computers because I tinker with so much stuff, but no that doesn’t seem super exciting to me anymore. I have mini PC with a laptop CPU and GPU in it. I like it quiet, small and power efficient. It is feeling long in the tooth these days but I haven’t seen something with enough of an upgrade to be worth it.
Recently picked up a used office PC to throw a GPU into. Mostly because ram is so expensive and it cost less than buying ram itself but also because I’m lazy and don’t really care about PC building.
Quiet and mini PC seems an oxymoron to me. Those annoying laptop fans are anything but quiet.
I’ve hacked at mine and Jerry rigged a big fan on the case in the laptop fan’s place. Now that’s a quiet mini PC
Its a minisforum hx90g. Its got a pretty beefy cooler and two decently big fans. I never hear it under my desk or on the TV stand.
There’s a balance.
If you have a “big” PC with tons of case fans and no ducting (so all the hot air just circulates around inside), it’s going to be noisy, no matter how fancy your case fans are GPU are. There are just too many fans, and most of them are trying to get the inside of the case reasonably close to ambient temps.
If you have a mini PC with a laptop fan, it’s just too small, so it has to spin very fast.
The “sweet spot” is SFF builds that duct everything, and throttle the parts. If you have 1 heatsink fan and your GPU sucking in ambient air, and you undervolt them, they’re near silent.
The Verge’s $2000 PC Build Reaction Supercut
The round peg goes in the…that’s right! It goes in the square hole
Yes!
https://youtu.be/baY3SaIhfl0
One of my favourite videos.You mean the ethernet shaped hole?
This isn’t building a PC, this is plugging one in.
And to the average person, there’s no difference regardless of how right you are.
This is the fastest part after the careful compatibility checks, purchases, opening of packages, attaching heat sink with thermal paste, and screwing in components.
I remember before all cables were keyed to go in one way and you could reverse the plug accidentally and risk destroying a peripheral. Fun times!
USB cables fit into Ethernet ports. They will also go into HDMI ports if you force them. Source: Family
Yes. I used to work in support… I have seen things you people wouldn’t believe.
I’ve seen computers on fire due to dust buildup. I’ve seen usb cables glitter in the darkness, stuck inside Ethernetports.
All these moments will be lost in time, like a ticket in the support system.
I worked in automotive electronics. Our cables use asymmetrical trapezoid connectors made from heavy duty plastic with metal reinforcement. There are mechanical hinges to put things in place and lock them only if everything is aligned.
We still had to do electrical tests against wrong connections because apparently people somehow still force them wrong way around.
Whenever mankind manages to make something idiot proof, mother nature builds a better idiot.
I work in automotive R&D, it happens here as well.
I used to repair air traffic control radios and other equipment, everything from glide-slopes and runway lights to the air traffic control console itself.
I’m going to stop right there.
I worked in automotive electronics
But did you work with AUTOSAR?
I resigned about when we started the switch to AUTOSAR. I’m happily in medical tech now.
Nicely dodged a major bullet, apparently.
Bravo! Beautiful!
I have a universal hole that fits all of those.
So does my ex
We know
USB-C cable also fits into USB-A port. Don’t do it, your pc will shut down. Source: me, trying to blindly plug in the cable, twice.
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