What's your latest tech purchase?

[Deleted member 24505]

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

Here's mine

 

[ThaiTaffy]

Here's mine
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Tried to pm you and let you know pin 10 is the usb +data pin but you blocked me, good job you noticed.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Tried to pm you and let you know pin 10 is the usb +data pin but you blocked me, good job you noticed.

Blocked? yeah i did notice so had to move the top wire.

Edit not blocked, everything is just set to nobody

 

[ThaiTaffy]

Edit not blocked, everything is just set to nobody

I guessed but I thought I'd add some drama.

 

[GerKNG]

replacing my SATA SSDs with these bad boys (2 in total beside my MP600 Pro boot drive)

 

[wolf]

Received the mounting rig for my eGPU setup, much more tidy than parts strewn across a desk. Just need to 3d print a SFX PSU bracket.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Wow this is i think the first time in 10 years I've been on TPU with a computer rather than my phone.

Are you serious?!? How the heck do you manage with such a small screen and limited capabilities?

 

[ThaiTaffy]

Are you serious?!? How the heck do you manage with such a small screen and limited capabilities?

Manage what? Typing? And uploading photos?

Manage what? Typing? And uploading photos?

Its actually easier on my phone if I want to post a photo I have to go into my samba share find my phone's backup folder find the file and then post it or just use my phone and tap the photo I want to upload.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Manage what? Typing? And uploading photos?

Tiny screen, cumbersome touch keyboard(comparatively). Hey if it works for you though, it's all good.

 

[ThaiTaffy]

Tiny screen, cumbersome touch keyboard(comparatively). Hey if it works for you though, it's all good.

I use my pc keyboard and mouse on my phone and we happen to be in the perfect thread to tell you I've ordered one of these and it's just hit Chinese customs.

Phone screens are painfully small but I bought it for home networking not tpu forums.

Its a "Eyoyo"(never heard of them before but it was pretty cheap and had fairly good reviews)1440p ips display 5ms response time with touch no internal battery, I've learnt not to buy anything with a lithium cell from China anymore unless it's a powerbank.

Incase people didn't know warranties mean nothing with Chinese products if it has a lithium cell, as it won't get past customs.

Lithium seems to be on the banned import list in china

Oh and I bought one of these and a few batteries too

 

[plastiscɧ]

Don’t laugh

Gonna use it to rip to work

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i would love to have my own. but no idea where/how to charge it and to "park". i am renting daily one of those - standing here on every corner. my ways are not longer than 5 min. normally.

be careful when it rains. i crashed once with 20km/h, slipped away on a metal surface on the street.
that was the result! and the best thing that could have happened!! a badly bruised wrist instead of a broken one.

 

[freeagent]

I don’t even know if I will get it.. it still hasn’t updated the shipping information and looking at Amazon USA there are none of that model.. I’m not sure if they are even still in production

 

[plastiscɧ]

replacing my SATA SSDs with these bad boys (2 in total beside my MP600 Pro boot drive)
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they are buyed very often by customers. and have good testing results as well.
good choice.

I don’t even know if I will get it.. it still hasn’t updated the shipping information and looking at Amazon USA there are none of that model.. I’m not sure if they are even still in production

maybe this then.

 

[ThaiTaffy]

You see these everywhere in my little village now

£200 which seems very cheap not sure how good they are but I run my solar irrigation system on the same lithium cells and they seem damn good for the money.

 

[Shrek]

Four sticks of 4GB DDR3; $30 with postage

 

[Yraggul666]

The gang's all here, now i just have to wait for a buddy of mine to come help with the disassembly/assembly, so i'm thinking that in 2-3 weeks at most my upgrade will be complete.
Yay me!

 

[maxfly]

The gang's all here, now i just have to wait for a buddy of mine to come help with the disassembly/assembly, so i'm thinking that in 2-3 weeks at most my upgrade will be complete.
Yay me!

Bah, start a build thread. We'll have you up and running in an evening!

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Had one of the E scooters for one day. Most dangerous awful things created imo. No suspension so every bump in the road or pavement is jarring. Handlebars are too short so they are twitchy as fuck ( put a 30cm handlebar on your bike and you will see what i mean ) and because of he height of the steering stem, you cant lean it much on corners. Sold it and bought this instead.

 

[QuietBob]

The gang's all here, now i just have to wait for a buddy of mine to come help with the disassembly/assembly, so i'm thinking that in 2-3 weeks at most my upgrade will be complete.
Yay me!

Good stuff bro! We're gonna rock similar configs It'll be interesting to compare their performance and thermals. No rush though - I haven't had the chance to assemble mine, either. Hoping to find some time next week.

 

[freeagent]

Well.. they arent as huge as I thought they would be..

I will install them tomorrow

Edit:

That bottom one is a bit crooked, sorry about that..

 

[HammerON]

New case, reservoir, fans, pump bracket and a couple fittings. Already to put the new/old build together.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Chrome trident-z royal 4000c16 2x16gb arrived yesterday for my z490 apex
Get to swap it's 2 sticks plus other two sticks still in the box of trident-z 3600c16 4x8gb memory back into my x299 apex which I sold it's 3600c16 4x8gb kit to buy the royal kit.

It is pretty but I sure hope with rgb off in bios it doesn't act like rgb puke

 

[freeagent]

Very nice..

 

[khemist]

Been using the the Xtrfy m4 wireless for the last few months but had been wanting to try the steelseries prime wireless also.

 

[SpittinFax]

Dark Rock Pro 4 for a very handsome price with coupon ($63 shipped). The thermals with the single fan at 500rpm are no different to my previous Noctua U9S at 1000rpm, but obviously the big difference is the total silence. Very easy to install. My only complaint is that the included Be Quiet screwdriver is lower quality now and not as desirable as it used to be.