meanwhile GPUs deciding to not work even tho u used the right cable in the right spot
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.
Programming: designing squary holes and squary cables
she is trying to flirt with you fool
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
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.
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!
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USB-C cable has entered the chat.
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.
In theory, this is how it should work, but is often not the case.
If you just buy interoperable components without taking into consideration if they’re compatible, you’re running a risk of things not fitting.
What immediately comes to mind is GPU clearance to the case, as well as to the CPU cooling solution. The CPU cooler may not also fit the MOBO you want to use, protrude too much in the case, or have clearance problems with RAM. RAM could fit, but may need to be low profile accommodate the CPU cooler. Power supplies nowadays aren’t as straight forward in compatibility as they used to, since some GPUs may require a special plug(s).
Once that’s sorted, you can assemble like a Lego set, until something doesn’t work. You’re your own support person, so you need to know how to troubleshoot correctly. Did you switch the power supply on? Are the components seated properly? What do the debug LEDs say?
I’m no beginner PC builder, but my current build (first AM5 system) was a nightmare. Everything worked beautifully until I seated the GPU, which was the last item to arrive. MOBO debug LED said VGA issue and no output. Long story short, and two AM5 builds instead of one, it turned out to be a faulty CPU (9800X3D).
Had I gone with what the Internet forums suggested, and with no other AM5 system available to verify, I would have sent the GPU back and still have the issue. Luckily AMD RMA process is pretty straight forward (don’t throw away your boxes until some time after you’re done with the build!) The new CPU worked as expected, but that was the first time I’ve ever had an issue with a CPU. It worked fine via on-board HDMI, but no GPU in any possible configuration with the faulty CPU using two PCs worth of components would provide output. Everything is good now, and a family member made out with a decent 7800X3D system as a present :)
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?
I’ve always described it as just playing with expensive legos.
Have you seen the cost of Lego nowadays? Those adult sets aren’t far off the cost of a PC!
Good point, the lego death star costs more than I paid for my pc. I guess it’s like playing with slightly cheaper electric legos.
Psu cable goes in psu :-D
turns on
finds out that cable was in fact not from that psu
Hmm, maybe I didn’t plug that SSD back in. Everything is connected prop… Oh no…
The only real times where I have to stop and think is when plugging in the case components (like the power button). But many a times have I seen people put a heat sink on a processor with no thermal paste, thankfully sellers have gotten better with packaging to make it obvious so people don’t get hundreds of dollars of components now.
I ran a pc for years with no thermal compound with no problems. Granted it was just a glorified NAS, so never had much load on it…
There was a glorious time in the 90s when PC building had enough stuff going on and not yet enough safeguards that I could actually put things in wrong and start a small fire.
Those were exciting days. And sometimes expensive.
Magic smooooke
Those are the gases that made the computer engine run. You let them out and the engine dies.
Any machine can be a smoke machine if you use it wrong enough.
One time it worked to quickly turn off and pull out the smoking chip (cpu cache extender) flip it 180 degrees and try again. No apparent permanent damage.
wait, have they finally fixed the “i can plug in my psu wrong” problem? the stress of that at my job was bad enough i don’t want to do it on my home computers now i can’t afford to replace parts if i bork em
If it was possible I surely would have for my last two computers. At least mine came with nubs and corners that enforced one orientation.
If you mix cables, between power supplies, definitely still possible
USB cables fit into Ethernet ports. They will also go into HDMI ports if you force them. Source: Family
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.
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.
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
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