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The computer and electronics super geek thread
David Hingtgen replied to azrael's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Pulling most things worked, two or three times in a row. So started hooking things back up again and testing----then I smelled something, plastic/vinyl----usually not good. Then my DVD burner (yes, still have one) started smoking at the connector: I am hoping that is the cause, and not a symptom... (I'm very glad my GPU was still pulled, as that's my newest and most expensive component) -
The computer and electronics super geek thread
David Hingtgen replied to azrael's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Getting worse, not better. Most times it won't power on at all. Working my way down to "bare mobo/psu/cpu/ram" but disconnecting most everything else made no difference. Backup PSU made no difference. Leaning towards mobo at this point. Did pull CMOS battery again and jumped pins to clear, but no difference. -
The computer and electronics super geek thread
David Hingtgen replied to azrael's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
CMOS battery---might be it? Started right up after replacing it. Going to reconnect case's power and reset switches and see. ::edit:: Nope, was just a random success, like the one other successful boot today. -
The computer and electronics super geek thread
David Hingtgen replied to azrael's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
First bit of testing (after vacuuming/dusting just in case)--- Not the power switch itself---disconnected it and used the MOBO's own little button. Same result. Interesting thing I noticed----even after flipping the PSU's master switch to off, it still tried like one more half-try, until the MOBO's own power-indicator LED fully faded out. It strikes me as odd that it tries SO hard to keep booting, even when the master switch is flipped off. ::edit:: Power cable swap didn't do anything. CMOS battery next (unlikely but cheap/easy), then PSU swap. -
The computer and electronics super geek thread
David Hingtgen replied to azrael's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Just had something weird/bad happen with my PC----when trying to come out of sleep mode, it kind of went into a VERY short repetitive boot cycle---most of the lights would come on for half a sec, then everything would die. Then light up for half a sec, and die. It wouldn't respond to power or reset buttons, only way to stop this cycling was to literally pull the plug. Attempting a cold boot from that resulted in same thing--lights up for half a sec then dies, and starts repeating that while ignoring power/reset buttons--had to pull plug. Went through about 3 sets of these cycles, and this last time----started up fine. My guess is that my PSU suddenly "went bad" (about 6 years old, a Seasonic gold) but am wondering about other options/suggestions. I do have an older "backup" PSU that actually has far fewer hours on it at this point, but it's got a bit lower rating and I'm not sure it's up to the task of running my GPU when it's working hard. ::NEW THOUGHT::----power button itself? It's a "custom" one that is unique to the case, and it's always been a bit "finicky", but I noticed a few weeks ago it was "even more so" (not registering an "on" push sometimes)----I'd vote on it giving out more than the PSU. But would that explain why it wouldn't come out of sleep mode via keyboard/mouse? (since button wouldn't have been touched since last cold boot) Could the power button have become "stuck" while sleeping, causing power issues? (the button itself only depresses like 1mm if that, it has almost no travel, but isn't capacitive/touch based) -
G.I. Joe Classified Figures and Toys
David Hingtgen replied to sh9000's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Yeah, that color is kinda "gross". It's a sickly white. It's not even cream or ivory, it's like "nicotine-stained" or something.- 1129 replies
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Green lion looks awfully boxy and similar to red lion, and that instantly sets off the Voltron fan in me. Blue and yellow lions are quite similar, but red and green should be quite different. Red is a couple cubes stuck together, green is a couple spheres, basically.
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The Transformers Thread (licensed) Next
David Hingtgen replied to mikeszekely's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Having the sides of the truck white, and the front of the truck silver, is probably the biggest WTF from Takara I've seen in many years.- 17358 replies
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Personally I've never been fond of excessive use of layers of plates. Eventually you'll end up at the "typical style of very large official Lego creations" where it's just a zillion stacked directly from bottom to top, with no "techniques" or ingenuity to get the desired shapes, beyond occasionally moving one stud over as you go up.
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They actually painted it----and it still doesn't match the real thing's color at all...
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Yup, NO STICKERS. All printed. See the first close-up pic of the large wing-tile. Stickers would be cheaper, but I'm not cheaping out on a $200 set, and wouldn't be much of an improvement over Lego's own. But printing that's 99% the same as the official? Oh yes... I got them from here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/millionprintsdesign/ Someone ordered enough printed parts to make a 200X Atlantis, with the meatball logos: (and again----printed, not stickers) Just a pair of printed-name-cockpit-wedges will make the biggest difference in looks IMHO, the rest are just "nice little upgrades".
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Unlike a certain set of stickers, Discovery most certainly does not suck. That said, it's simply not *quite* as cool as Atlantis...
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O Canada(rm!) Meh vs yeah! Stickers suck! Crooked stickers suck even more. But perfectly-aligned stickers that still end up looking crooked suck the most! All together: (aka my shuttle is better than your shuttle)
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G.I. Joe Classified Figures and Toys
David Hingtgen replied to sh9000's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Probably not. When it comes to Joes, I'd say the majority of stories I see are along the lines of "I bought a premium membership just to get this figure, and it still sold out in 4 secs". Honestly a better use of the funds is to pay a scalper---at least then you'll actually get the figure...- 1129 replies
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David Hingtgen replied to sh9000's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
It no longer works, at all. I think even previously-favorited Vipers just disappeared from lists.- 1129 replies
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Marvel Legends and Marvel Select
David Hingtgen replied to sh9000's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Are they actually making a silver Storm, or are those customs? (they look to have awfully detailed paint, so...)- 2779 replies
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David Hingtgen replied to mikeszekely's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Yet I have heard first-hand stories from manufacturers of model planes, how Boeing would reject a model airliner because of "black vs very dark grey" being used for the windows... I think they seem to only "care" about things they themselves designed, license-wise. (As in, they'll demand payment regardless, but if it's from Long Beach or St Louis, their accuracy standards to get that license are non-existent)- 17358 replies
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As always, their thought process is "can we make the robot mode 1% more toon-accurate, even if it'll make alt-mode 35% worse? Yes, yes we can..." And thus, a whole 'nother cockpit/upper forward fuselage, that's fake, just for robot mode, that makes up the bottom half of alt-mode and doesn't really hide anywhere... Same as Prime's two completely separate sets of "big square windows". (and yet neither one is alt-mode accurate!)- 17358 replies
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Shuttle upgrade, phase 1 complete! All credit to Cameron from "Bricks in Space" for the "flush hinges" mod----https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10100172786209769&set=pcb.1010098302728754
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When the IJN Mushashi had a dark deck, it was literally just soot gathered from the exhaust stack, rubbed into the deck's planking to darken it. So an exact match is pretty much impossible, and any variation/unevenness would be accurate. So long as it's "dark", you're good with any attempt to match it.
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I was hoping for something more like "remove hidden screw cover, then remove screw". I've had some bad experiences with glued-in-pegs, where the part itself rips apart before the peg lets go.
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How much effort to remove the lower engineering hull?
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Is the dish easily removable? Could either frost the backside, or paint it silver.
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How's the XL Ent-C? Looks better than most, and I realized that if I reject everything based on "window printing doesn't line up" I'll never have anything. The Ent-C's window mis-alignment doesn't seem egregious, among the line-up.
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