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Hey, you're into restoring and maintaining old motherboards, right? Anything in particular that someone interested in the field should know?
I've heard capacitors can be a pain to deal with
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I like restoring old Apple hardware. The most common causes of death are electrolytic capacitors, clock batteries, and the environment.
At least in the old Macs, we have what is called an "M-Bomb" AKA a red Maxell brand battery. They don't just leak, but explode with fire. It's always important to remove those.
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The niche I'm interested in is CRTs. It looks like capacitors are among the first components to go. No batteries to worry about, though.
I love how the image path in these things is totally analog, and they were designed to be replaceable. In theory you could puzzle out a circuit just by looking at it. I'm so used to CPUs and software lol.
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Still alive! Well, as alive as an anxiety riddled no-life sysadmin could be, they have me working nights now and it's straight up suicide-inducing. I'd summarize what I've been up to and the projects I've been working on, but everything is far too complex for me to bear here. Sorry if anyone here feels ignored, or feels as if I've just done a U-turn after coming back.
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!!! What a surprise! I didn't expect to see my old banners on your profile!
Also hello fellow dragon
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Hi lol, I still miss the old banner/ability to choose their colour. I actually didn't have acess to all the old RGB ones, just the blue one, I had to colour shift them, there's some minor issues but I think I got them just about right
Oh right, also don't forget about the OpenCarnage National Anthem
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