j0novision
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Happy.
What's the lifespan of somebody staying in the hobby?
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Happy.
Dawn, Day, Dusk, Darkness. He is Empire.
His time is known to all in the galaxy…since his very beginning.
I felt the same way about my Outrun project last night. I jacked the board up so bad trying to socket and debugging RAM problem that I thought I was finally in over my head. But I was also too embarrassed to give it to anyone who might have the skills to fix it, so I stumbled through it and had a breakthrough last night.
I felt the same way about my Outrun project last night. I jacked the board up so bad trying to socket and debugging RAM problem that I thought I was finally in over my head. But I was also too embarrassed to give it to anyone who might have the skills to fix it, so I stumbled through it and had a breakthrough last night.
I have had to surrender a couple times and send stuff off to be repared. I consider the money spent on the repair to be like paying for a school tuition.
I have learned a lot from sending stuff to @andrewb once I became frustrated. I will always try to repair something myself first, but once the time suck becomes a constant loss I send it out.
Griffin
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I've learned this lesson too. I'll take a swing at fixing boards and monitor chassis, but once I start making mistakes, and smoke monsters, it's time to put that bitch in a box and send it to someone who knows what they are doing.
Im in for the long haul. I also work in the industry anyways. I joined 10 and a half years ago i think. I was into it a couple of years before that.
WadeLanham
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Same. Occasionally I'm able to repair something, but sometimes I'm doing more damage than good, and some repairs are clearly out of my league so I don't even attempt them. Sometimes, I even struggle with cap kits!
The pcb repairs I've paid for have been quality work, and I don't think I've ever had one fail again later. With exception of a monitor blowing up again years later.
My Joust is running awesome right now and even made it through a nearly 2 week burn in! But, it still has original pins and sockets on most of the boards, so when it inevitably starts giving me trouble again, I'm going to send it out and have it gone through properly with all the good stuff.
I charge more for other people's screw ups. Laughs.
HCT isn't the same as LS or s or blank.
You didn't wash off the vinger off your qbert pcb and now your traces are missing.
When I say go through your pcb with an esr meter that does not mean tossing in a cap kit in and calling it good.
Don't be cheap and use fresh heat sink compound.
If you send me a deoxit soaked board, I am going to charge you extra.
HCT isn't the same as LS or s or blank.
You didn't wash off the vinger off your qbert pcb and now your traces are missing.
When I say go through your pcb with an esr meter that does not mean tossing in a cap kit in and calling it good.
Don't be cheap and use fresh heat sink compound.
If you send me a deoxit soaked board, I am going to charge you extra.
Huh? I might be missing something.... Is this an inside joke or do I need a chemistry refresher?
Griffin
Well-known member
Vinegar neutralizes acid corrosion because it's alkaline, but if you don't rinse it good afterwards, it does the same to your traces.
Griffin
Well-known member
see I'm always getting my wires backwards
Now that I think of it, I caught hell for the etching a puddle of vinegar left on our granite countertop, so I guess I shouldn't be too surprised.
ArcRevival
Well-known member
If you even think about getting out you were never really in to begin with.
Fucking posers.
Fucking posers.
Getting out? In a decorative urn!
Hungrydude
New member
Be sure to keep us posted on this. I am invested now to see whether its just a phase or not.
mickster150
Active member
A big ole server rack full of enterprise grade crap.
In other words, another creative way to inflate your power bill.
That is one hell of a first post. Welcome to KLOV, newfriend!
