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PixelGeek

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    PixelGeek reacted to circeseye in Amp shorting out.   
    you ran it under hot water? 🤦‍♂️
    you dont use water...next time use rubbing alcohol or crc electronics cleaner or similar
     
    looking at what i can see it kind of looks like something cooked and the residue is from smoke or residue from what died.
    is your area humid? high humidity can cause the smoke or residue to cake also
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    PixelGeek reacted to Dazza477 in Missing Cores   
    run msconfig
     
    go to boot tab
     
    go to Advanced Properties
     
    untick number of processors
     
    Apply it
     
    restart
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    PixelGeek got a reaction from Mad153 in Upgrade Advice   
    Thank you, I'll certainly find something here. 
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    PixelGeek got a reaction from Ben17 in Can't access any search engines   
    I've just had a thought. If what you're saying is true, then I'll try plugging my phone in to the computer, and using WiFi tethering, instead of the school Ethernet. 
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    PixelGeek got a reaction from Ben17 in Can't access any search engines   
    I chuckled a bit when that site said Chrome has "low memory usage". I'll give those things a try. 
     
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    PixelGeek got a reaction from Ben17 in Can't access any search engines   
    Exposition:
     In my band's music archive, we had a Dell Optiplex 990. Looking at the specs, this PC should have more than enough horsepower to run things like Chrome, Word, Musescore, and other simple applications like that. However, this PC easily took 10 minutes to boot in to windows, and struggled to do anything from there. My school district has all the computers locked down with an administrative password, They've done many other things to them to make them easier to monitor, and the school has a web filter as well. So, that means you can't Install new programs, change most windows settings, uninstall programs, go to sites like Facebook, Discord, or Instagram, or run windows troubleshooter (I'm sure there are many other things you can't do).
     
      To combat these issues, I decided to game end the school computer, and just bring my own Vostro 200. The Vostro works so much better, it's way more snappy, I put an SSD in it so it boots in seconds, and when I plug it in to the school's network, it works almost perfectly fine, without the network trying to butt-frick it. My problem is, I can't access any search engine.
     
    Problem:
       If I open chrome, and try to search for something, I get NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID and I'm stuck there. However, if I type in, say linustechtips.com, the browser has absolutely no problem. I tried getting to google through Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and even IE. They all say that there's a certificate problem or that hackers are trying to steal my data. I even tried to go to Yahoo, and Bing. This boggles me, since I can type in the URL to any other site and there's no issue, youtube.com works perfectly fine, but as soon as I try to search for something in a traditional engine, I have an issue. I also have an issue with Google Drive, I can open it, and look through my files, but I can't download anything.
     
       I theorize that it's the web filter. Perhaps, when it sniffs the packets, the computer detects that and it thinks it's a middle man trying to steal my information. I'm competent with computers, but not with networking, so that could be absolutely wrong. Anyone got ideas? 
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    PixelGeek reacted to Dedayog in Disks of solder?   
    Check this place, they show pics of solder discs but not seeing the actual product for sale.  Call them?
     
    https://www.indium.com/solders/
     

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    PixelGeek reacted to porina in Disks of solder?   
    I don't recall such things but wonder if that was more a mechanical use case than electrical. For example, I recall being shown how to solder copper water pipes, so maybe it is for another application like that.
     
    You could probably just use some thin wired solder and coil it for the same effect though.
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    PixelGeek reacted to WhatsTheWifiPassword in Can't access any search engines   
    not sure is this going to help, but : 
     
    https://aboutssl.org/quick-steps-fix-google-chrome-ssl-certificate-errors/
     
    If there is conflict in a cookie, this error may be displayed, better you clear all the cookies of that particular website (how to remove website cookies is displayed above) or else try to access that website in incognito mode (Ctrl + Shift + N). If you are using an older version on Operating system, then you must update it. If any antivirus software is installed, you should turn it off as few antivirus blocks suspicious HTTPS traffic sometime."
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    PixelGeek reacted to FlappyBoobs in Can't access any search engines   
    It could also be that your school network uses a setup that serves the search pages via their own server, so there is a trust mismatch in the browser and it flags it as unsafe. I've seen them do it before where they want to see what people are searching for and block the search, because inappropriate for school text and images can be seen just in search results. 
     
    Your pc doesn't have the setup to be able to use it, but try lowering your security settings to nothing just to test it. Then put them back when done. 
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    PixelGeek reacted to keskparane in This amp breaks physics?! (Solved)   
    Using a different Ohm's Law
    I = (W / R)2
    I = (1200 W / 2 ohms)2 = 24.49 A
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    PixelGeek reacted to DVA in Seeking Guidance   
    I am not too sure about those myself. All I know is that Sennheiser is definitely one of the best brands out there for purely receiving audio. They make gaming headsets too, but it's in their market so why wouldn't they. Their primary consumer base is from people who love audio, like you. 
     
    I'd say look into something that meets your requirements and price range, and then start searching up reviews and consumer feedback. I ALWAYS trust consumer feedback over critic reviews, unless it's by a noteworthy reviewer on YouTube like RandomFrankP, Hardware Canucks, LinusTT, BitWit, JayzTwoCents, Nexus, and so on. 
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    PixelGeek reacted to Unimportant in Powering a CRT Fly back with 120VAC   
    Depending on the transformer, if you put a light bulb in series with the primary, it's possible that some small stray voltage will be induced in the secondary. A couple tens of volts, perhaps 100V, but nothing worthwhile considering the aim is to generate several kilo volts.
     
    It's designed to operate at a CRT's horizontal frequency of around 15 KHz. At 60 Hz only a tiny amount of energy is transferred before the core saturates each cycle.
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    PixelGeek reacted to Unimportant in Powering a CRT Fly back with 120VAC   
    Breaker pop.
     
    The flyback transformer is designed for frequencies far greater then the 60Hz mains frequency. It's relatively low inductance would make it look like a dead short @ 60 Hz, causing the breaker to pop.
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    PixelGeek reacted to TrigrH in IP address error, Xbox 360 and TP-LINK range extender.   
    Reset your Xbox network settings to the defaults
    Turn off your Xbox 360 console. Wireless connection only: Unplug the Xbox 360 Wireless
    Networking Adapter from the USB port (if applicable). Turn on your console. Press the Guide button on your
    controller, go to Settings, and then select System Settings. Select Network Settings. Select Wired Network or the
    name of your wireless network, if you are prompted to do so. Select Configure Network. On the Additional Settings
    tab, select Restore to Factory Defaults.
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