What's your latest tech purchase?

[ThrashZone]

Good gollly. 4000 C14

Hi,
But takes 1.55v for 4000 to for that c14 lol
c16 shouldn't need more than 1.4v

 

[X71200]

Hi,
But takes 1.55v for 4000 to for that c14 lol
c16 shouldn't need more than 1.4v

Yeah, Samsung kits ask for a lot of voltage on the high end. I did 4600 with my Ballistix Max the other day at 1.4...

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Yeah, Samsung kits ask for a lot of voltage on the high end. I did 4600 with my Ballistix Max the other day at 1.4...

There is a set of them in the local CEX. 4400c19 2x8gb £100

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Yep cheapest is the 8gb stick although I looked at a lot of c18-19-20 in 2x16gb kits last couple days
I just couldn't do them lol so I triggered a royal 4000c16 2x16gb kit this morning before I really woke up otherwise I wouldn't of

Should have it this weekend

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Hi,
Yep cheapest is the 8gb stick although I looked at a lot of c18-19-20 in 2x16gb kits last couple days
I just couldn't do them lol so I triggered a royal 4000c16 2x16gb kit this morning before I really woke up otherwise I wouldn't of

Should have it this weekend

I already have the 2x16gb B dies, if not i would have had them. Read some reviews, they're apparently pretty good.

 

[plastiscɧ]

File photo:-

i like it! BUT i ve seen the hair in the soup as well. (screen does not match) well i f u are not that picky as me enjoy the 2in1 comfort! it is just a pearl for daily use @ university e.g. .
i mean it. all good!

 

[Anoniem]

B-die is absolutely one of the best things that happened in the RAM space. They can take a severe beating and clock like there's no tomorrow Only downside is that they are a bit heavier on the IMC and they need to stay below ~45c.

On topic: Bought myself some new cans, meet the Focal Radiance They'll probably arrive after kingsday though.

 

[ThaiTaffy]

So it turns out the outdoor access points I bought were counterfeit hence why the bricked themselves when I tried to update the firmware.
one I can send back, but the 1st one I purchased is outside of the returns policy so I need to get a Comfast engineer to confirm its a fake before my e-commerce will accept the return....

Update:
This is getting weirder. So Comfast are keeping me in the dark and I seem to have discovered something odd.

Every bit of advertising shows "Qualcomm SoC" the FCC listing shows Qualcomm but Comfast have produced a second version the ones I have, they actually have a larger flash, two gigabit ports not the fast ethernet of the previous and the Mediatek 7621 chip is a faster processor. Sadly for me it isn't currently supported by OpenWRT mainly because no one knew of its existence.
I've been over the FCC listing a few times and there's no mention of this revision even though it has a FCC logo on the device.

 

[Mussels]

I had such a weird moment with my S21U too, was sat on the couch using it, put it down next to me. Wife went to change into jim jams, asked if I wanted anything so i said yeah bring me some trackies. Take pants off, plop them beside me, put trackies on. 5 mins later pick phone up and screen is smashed, I'm looking around like wtf???!!?! did something fall from the sky??... my belt buckle, from about 20-30cm drop, just the right angle. plastic screen protector mind you, but yeah, so random.

I've seen phones thrown across several meters, land face down on tiles and slide, pick it up... fine. Then you can drop a phone 15cm and it lands the wrong way the the screen practically explodes. So random and unpredictable.

For the longer story:

I have pet grubs. I was taking photos of them, on the floor with their container in a patch of sunshine
(Crawlyback larva, become fig beetles. american import apparently)


The phone was on the tiled floor next to the plastic container the grubs are in - literally nothing else on the floor.
Doorbell rings, (neighbours kid, had another cool bug for me)

This ones a Hawk Moth caterpillar.

Somehow between the first and second photos, i smashed the protector. I can only think it hit a doorframe while in my pocket, opening the door??


Oh showing off the S22U zoom lens since its the tech part of the discussion:

1x vs 10x

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Here is a show of my S20+ 5g zoom

Don't think the close up focus is as good as your s22

 

[micropage7]

just bought another mouse razer abyssus 2014

another glide for logitech G102, just for spare coz it got some discount

 

[oobymach]

For the longer story:

I have pet grubs. I was taking photos of them, on the floor with their container in a patch of sunshine
(Crawlyback larva, become fig beetles. american import apparently)
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The phone was on the tiled floor next to the plastic container the grubs are in - literally nothing else on the floor.
Doorbell rings, (neighbours kid, had another cool bug for me)

This ones a Hawk Moth caterpillar.

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Somehow between the first and second photos, i smashed the protector. I can only think it hit a doorframe while in my pocket, opening the door??


Oh showing off the S22U zoom lens since its the tech part of the discussion:

1x vs 10x
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I once found a larvae roughly the size of your thumb about 5" long (same house I found a praying mantis at) and had a spike on the tail and it thrashed to try and stick me with its tail because I picked it up. It was a solid light green color with smooth surface, idk what it hatched into but it wouldn't have been small.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Years ago when i was in borstel, we got a wood delivery that had a big brown beetle in it, was about 4+ inches long. The tutor put it in a box and someone came from london or something to collect it. Pretty sure Australia would have destroyed it from what i have seen of Australian customs programs.

 

[plastiscɧ]

obviously, post away!

It would appear i'm about to buy a new screen protector
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I don't even know how the damage was caused, i picked it up intact, walked to the front door to answer the doorbell and it was cracked when i got there :/

your unfinished insects are quite creepy except for the caterpillar in the middle... it has something very interesting.

your display protector got a sharp bump. but the shell from the outside is not damaged. i guess there was an "object" in between and you bumped into it.
furthermore, i don't think it was the door rim because it runs vertically.
it was more likely something horizontally, such as the edge of a table, that comes into consideration in my opinion. assuming that you have carried the phone in the pocket with the display facing outwards for with the long edge downwards...

i think it's quite likely because i don't know your terrarium situation, but from the look of your little chamber of horrors, it's not far-fetched. small stone or some sand..

 

[Mindweaver]

I keep forgetting about this thread.. I just picked up a PS5 for my kids.. The crazy part is that I like it way more than I thought I would.. lol It looks amazing on my LG C1 65". I probably should add that I bought the C1 a few months ago as well. It's pretty jaw dropping. I can't wait to pick up a PSVR 2 when they release.

EDIT: Once I wall mount it I'll take some pictures. The wall mount should come in today.

 

[Mussels]

your unfinished insects are quite creepy except for the caterpillar in the middle... it has something very interesting.

your display protector got a sharp bump. but the shell from the outside is not damaged. i guess there was an "object" in between and you bumped into it.
furthermore, i don't think it was the door rim because it runs vertically.
it was more likely something horizontally, such as the edge of a table, that comes into consideration in my opinion. assuming that you have carried the phone in the pocket with the display facing outwards for with the long edge downwards...

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i think it's quite likely because i don't know your terrarium situation, but from the look of your little chamber of horrors, it's not far-fetched. small stone or some sand..

My Terror-arium:

It's not big.

Every single local store is out of stock of S22U screen protectors, and my ones from online - from a supposedly australian store - are 'in transit' from the UK

 

[freeagent]

Don’t laugh

Gonna use it to rip to work

 

[ThaiTaffy]

Picked up this a week or so ago but never got around to flashing any custom firmware on it till last night. Still need to link the media player with the houses Plex server and figure out what lights and script to control with it.

 

[wheresmycar]

Don’t laugh

Gonna use it to rip to work

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nothing to laugh about... thats the best pair of $1200 shoes a man can buy. I had a cheap chinese one a few years back... it didnt last long. Some greedy halfwit jacked it

 

[plastiscɧ]

My Terror-arium:

It's not big.
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Every single local store is out of stock of S22U screen protectors, and my ones from online - from a supposedly australian store - are 'in transit' from the UK

well; that was very unexpected..

i was wondering what kind of animals are in the boxes there... well, in Australia, there are more creatures crawling around than in the german forest, which has been cultivated for centuries.

we don't have such exotics anymore. everything is dead! glyphosate and the rest and intensive agriculture have brought it to the point that you have to be glad to see a butterfly now and then.

 

[tabascosauz]

card is back from RMA, this time with a straight PCB and new heatsink that's not been Hulk-smashed

 

[Mussels]

I went out to buy 2x8GB DDR4 2667 for $40

I spent $70 and came back with one heck of a haul, pics coming

Edit 1: It's now clear for two things

1. Why he upgraded (thermal issues!)

2. He did not know there was a CPU in the motherboard he sold me for $10

The rest:


The CPU holder: This baby is so fast it doesn't just have M.2, it has M3

Corsair case w/ one ARGB fan (missing one rubber foot)

The Carpet RAM: For everyone complaint, i give it a spin

The PSU: missing one set of PCI-E cables, still has 2x8 at least
(Will investigate that oily residue before using)

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Well, just bought a new CPU block, A heatkiller 4 acrylic. I reckon it should be better than the EK

 

[ThaiTaffy]

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My Terror-arium:

It's not big.
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Every single local store is out of stock of S22U screen protectors, and my ones from online - from a supposedly australian store - are 'in transit' from the UK

Heard a load of barking earlier, went to see what was going on and four of my dogs managed to pick a fight with a pretty big monitor lizard 10kg+ and over a meter long.
I grabbed a long bamboo with a net on the end I use for picking mangoes and managed to catch him and put him up in a tree safe from the dogs.

Thinking of you I thought I'd keep him for a bit and make sure he was ok, but by the time I went to put him in a dog kennel he'd gone ...

Just finished my first night playing with nextion GUI editor not exactly the easiest bit of software to get to grips with but a damn site easier than drawing in c++ with no idea what's going on until after you've uploaded the code.

Now I just need to spend a while creating new icons in Gimp.

 

[ThaiTaffy]

Wow this is i think the first time in 10 years I've been on TPU with a computer rather than my phone. Today's purchase i felt warranted it, not because its expensive or super impressive but just because its something you guys might use or need to use in the future.

As Ive said a few times here i am a compulsive warranty void-er, so i didn't actually get photos of before i started messing with the PCB.
Here we have the "ch341a" a wonder of the technological age not because of what it does but because the cost of the thing seems to be cheaper than the sum of its parts, this one was just under $3.
Its a EEPROM Programmer (used for flashing BIOS chips or in my current case reprogramming a NOR flash chip on a embedded Linux device).
You know the saying "if its not broke, don't fix it" that's rubbish, things can always be improved or in the case of this little thing, made more safe.
So the VCC for the chip your flashing comes from a 3.3v voltage regulator but because the soc is running off the USB's native 5v, that means that the data pins for the flashed chip are actually running at 5v ,which isn't ideal for some things you might be playing with.
Luckily the ch341a will run on 3.3v happily so by separating the 5v supply from the chip and some jumpers from the SOC's VCC pin(pin28) and the V3 pin(pin9) back to the 3.3v voltage regulator you can fix this issue.
yes my solder mask looks like a bukkake party, think i must have 4or5 layers on there, only thing i could find for the trace was some old smd ribbon cable.

If you have one of these and want to make the mod see the link below.