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Is there a non-custom iteration of a PCB standoff that has a perpendicular mounting hole at the bottom? The best example I could find was this: https://ever-hardware.com/custom-standoffs-brass-male-female-pcb.html ...but it feels like the sort of thing that has a jargony term associated, and my fumbling around in google is not helping. Basically: I want to secure three different sized PCB's in a case by using long threaded rods going horizontally from end to end. That way, I can make sure the PCB's line up without having to cut a bunch of acrylic to mount each separately (which also increases weight, though that's not a huge concern). I could probably do some weird stuff with glue or something, but I feel like someone must've had this idea before. EDIT: do people just use really small L-brackets? Maybe I'm overthinking this. George RR Fartin fucked around with this message at 22:31 on Feb 25, 2019 |
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Quick question: I'm doing a full scan on a failing HDD, and the bad blocks are being detected towards at end of the scan; does this mean towards the outer or inner radius? I think it's the latter, unless some drives start writing at the inner edge instead.
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Feb 26, 2019 07:20
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Good news, USB 3.0 and USB 3.1 are being renamed a second time for marketing reasons! The timeline: USB 3.0 -> USB 3.1 Gen1 -> USB 3.2 Gen1 USB 3.1 -> USB 3.1 Gen2 -> USB 3.2 Gen2 USB 3.2 -> USB 3.2 Gen2x2
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Feb 26, 2019 09:55
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Woulnd't want people to be able to figure out that they're buying obsolete crap before it's too late.
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Feb 26, 2019 10:27
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Lambert posted:Good news, USB 3.0 and USB 3.1 are being renamed a second time for marketing reasons! What the gently caress
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Atomizer posted:Quick question: I'm doing a full scan on a failing HDD, and the bad blocks are being detected towards at end of the scan; does this mean towards the outer or inner radius? I think it's the latter, unless some drives start writing at the inner edge instead. Inner sounds right to me too. The outer edge would pass more data by the heads in a given amount of time with constant angular velocity (ie drive spins at one speed) so would be faster, so that's where you'd write your data to in preference. Leave that slow inner radius unused for as long as possible.
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Feb 27, 2019 03:38
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Is there a flow chart I can use to figure out which version of usb I have
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Feb 27, 2019 04:31
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Lambert posted:Good news, USB 3.0 and USB 3.1 are being renamed a second time for marketing reasons! I'm not on enough drugs
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Feb 27, 2019 05:20
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LethalGeek posted:I'm not on enough drugs They sure are.
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Feb 27, 2019 15:56
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ok i was actually on drugs last night and didnt understand it and now that i am perfectly sober i must admit, i do not understand it does that mean that regular old usb 3.0 is now usb 3.2? E: wait no, its usb 3.2 rev 1?
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Feb 27, 2019 21:26
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HalloKitty posted:What the gently caress
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Feb 27, 2019 21:30
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Who gives a poo poo? Just stop making stuff with USB-A and B. Why isn’t everything C yet, you stupid lazy hardware manufacturers? Nobody gives a gently caress about transfer rates, they just want to plug their poo poo in without flipping the plug 3 or 4 times.
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Feb 28, 2019 10:57
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Statutory Ape posted:ok i was actually on drugs last night and didnt understand it and now that i am perfectly sober i must admit, i do not understand it Yes, USB 3.0 - which used to be USB 3.1 Gen1 for a while - is now USB 3.2 Gen1. The new USB 3.2 is USB 3.2 Gen2x2
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Feb 28, 2019 11:01
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Lambert posted:Yes, USB 3.0 - which used to be USB 3.1 Gen1 for a while - is now USB 3.2 Gen1. The new USB 3.2 is USB 3.2 Gen2x2 By all rights USB 3.0 should be USB 3.2 Gen -1
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Feb 28, 2019 11:46
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What the gently caress ever happened to 4.0 did anybody consider just using that
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Feb 28, 2019 12:54
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It's just like how HDMI cables aren't allowed to say which version number they are, but instead have to list their capabilities: a tactic to confuse customers into buying obsolete crap. If they had a clear and logical progression of versions people would only want to buy the latest. But by making it ridiculously nebulous and shuffling the numbers occasionally, you can trick people into buying garbage tier USB 3.0 stuff again.
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Even my Ethernet cables have version info, I hate that I might as well throw out old HDMI cables because of the hassle of remembering their throughput.
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Oh right, I forgot about that extremely consumer-hostile aspect of it. Thanks for reminding me, ufarn. 
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why arent HDMI cables allowed to indicate their uh...power level
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Statutory Ape posted:why arent HDMI cables allowed to indicate their uh...power level Because the HDMI guidelines specifically ban it to maximize customer confusion. A lot of the features are optional so listing all the features a cable has means they can't say it's the latest version while not supporting the full feature set, but on the other hand it becomes impossible to figure out if an older cable is still a good one or not without trial and error.
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so basically they manufactured literal billions of these cables and they just want people to keep buying new ones forever i mean i get it but god drat there should be an actual standard and consumers should be aware of it. im going to write a letter to my county's magistrate of weights & measures
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Seriously, wtf is this poo poo? It never occurred to me that that's why this poo poo is so obscure. On the scale of things it's a minor travesty I know but oooooh learning about stuff like this makes me downright incensed.
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Laslow posted:Who gives a poo poo? Just stop making stuff with USB-A and B. Why isn’t everything C yet, you stupid lazy hardware manufacturers? Blame the same people they designed USB-B ports for - the ones who need a physically different connector to avoid confusion over which end connects where.
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Geoj posted:The same people they designed USB-B ports for - the ones who need a physically different connector to avoid confusion over which end connects where. I once saw a USB Type-B connector shoved into an Ethernet port (the other end was plugged in to a Type-A port in the back of the same computer).
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Indiana_Krom posted:I once saw a USB Type-B connector shoved into an Ethernet port (the other end was plugged in to a Type-A port in the back of the same computer). Wait you can use USB cables for Ethernet now?!??! BRB gonna try this....
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Feb 28, 2019 23:32
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They're universal!!! You can use them for ANYTHING!!! that fits
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Statutory Ape posted:What the gently caress ever happened to 4.0 did anybody consider just using that That also gets us closer to version 4.20.
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Mar 1, 2019 04:28
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Would a soundcard question go in here? I'm trying to figure out if the integrated audio on a Z390 Aorus Pro board is better, worse, or the same as a Soundblaster Z. It's sort of looking like 'who cares'
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Unless you need special features like the optical input the Z has (to connect a console, for example), there's pretty much no need for a dedicated soundcard these days. Virtual headphone surround used to be a distinguishing factor for me, but Windows has that functionality built-in now (Windows Sonic as the default and Dolby Headphone optionally through the "Dolby Access" app in the store).
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Anyone know if there are any stores that sell those electric air pressure cleaner things within EU? I don't know what the right term to search for is which makes it a little tricky as well.
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ufarn posted:Anyone know if there are any stores that sell those electric air pressure cleaner things within EU? I don't know what the right term to search for is which makes it a little tricky as well. Something like this? https://www.amazon.de/IT-Dusters-Co...ds=compucleaner
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Lambert posted:Something like this? https://www.amazon.de/IT-Dusters-Co...ds=compucleaner
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The linked one is the more expensive one with two settings, the cheaper one is found here: https://www.amazon.de/Dusters-Compu...9Z43XTDH9GFQVCE I have the dual setting one: Both levels are more powerful than a regular can of air duster, which is pretty good for cleaning out PCs. But you should hold fans you're cleaning, as letting them spin has the potential for wearing out the ball bearing. I'm very happy with it and would buy the CompuCleaner again.
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I've got an external drive (WD Elements 3tb) that is saying it needs to be formatted. I ran check disk which repaired some errors and it's now visible in explorer but I can't open it - it shows as 0 capacity. I can use easeUS partition manager to explore the contents but not open/copy files. Any chance I can get it accessible and backed up to a new disk? It's only about 1tb full. Am I better off taking it out of the case and using a known good enclosure? I remember some of these retail external disks using encryption and thus not working outside their enclosure.
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Lambert posted:Good news, USB 3.0 and USB 3.1 are being renamed a second time for marketing reasons! The Dutch Hardware.info site asked USB-IF wtf their deal was and got a reply: USB Implementers Forum posted:The decision to have the USB 3.2 Specification absorb all prior 3.x specifications is one that was taken to simplify the design process for developers by having all three possible 3.2 data transfer rates defined in a single technical reference document. It also helps facilitate that SuperSpeed USB 20Gbps solutions are backward compatible with SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps and SuperSpeed USB. So basically they're completely detached from reality up in their ivory towers and are ruining everything for the normal people.
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The lofty ramparts of the USB cartel
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loving  , I know that not all hosts support all features (especially with 3.1 and optional things like PD and Alt Mode protocols,) but we've been referring to USB by version number for over 20 loving years! Nobody says "low-speed" "full-speed" "hi-speed" or "superspeed" USB!Oh and by the way, did you know that USB "SuperSpeed+" refers to both the original 10 Gb/s rate (USB 3.1 gen 2 a.k.a. USB 3.2 gen 2x1) and the new multi-link 20 Gb/s (USB 3.2 gen 1x2 and 2x2)?  Because I'm totally looking forward to just saying "SuperSpeed+" without any knowledge of the actual transfer rates and trying to remember which thing 1x2 versus 2x1 is! Nope, just keeping everything as it was and not re-naming USB 3.0, 3.1, and 3.2 would've been sooooo much trouble!   
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I'm boycotting this poo poo Parallel connections on LPT1 only from now on
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Bring back FireWire
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FireWire was good, change my mind.
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