I do not have much time these days to visit the forums.
Had forgot all about this thread until Dave's mention in the video.
Wow has it grown.
I checked out Tony;s channel...subscribed.
But agreed; Robert is a lucky man. You find someone who is willing to put up with your shit (and we all have shit) is hard enough... you find an enabler, you damn straight marry her. Or him. Or it, as the case may be...
mnem
"Look ma! I contributed!!!"
I did marry her. Most of the tools in my 61" tool chest is her enabling including the tool chest. All the big power tools are her enabling. She justifies it by saying she has a project for using it. She has even enabled me by giving me the go ahead for the parts for the semi-custom rifle that my son and I are going to build. I am always hitting the ground running to keep up with the quid pro quo.
But agreed; Robert is a lucky man. You find someone who is willing to put up with your shit (and we all have shit) is hard enough... you find an enabler, you damn straight marry her. Or him. Or it, as the case may be...
mnem
"Look ma! I contributed!!!"
I did marry her. Most of the tools in my 61" tool chest is her enabling including the tool chest. All the big power tools are her enabling. She justifies it by saying she has a project for using it. She has even enabled me by giving me the go ahead for the parts for the semi-custom rifle that my son and I are going to build. I am always hitting the ground running to keep up with the quid pro quo.
Caliber ? ......bit of a gun nut myself.
Thanks for that link, it really helped narrow down a suitable motherboard for my needs.
Having spent some time looking at various bits, I'm currently thinking of the following;
Ryzen 3700X CPU & B550 ATX Motherboard (either Gigabyte Gaming X V2 or ASUS Prime Plus),
500 GB M.2 SSD & 4TB HDD and 2x8GB RAM.
Finally a replacement Soundblaster card, as mine is to old to fit the newer slots and I'm keeping the existing case, GPU, PSU, DVD, etc.
Anyone know if I can use the existing Win 10 OEM license, or will I have to buy another?
David
I have had some bad experiences with Gigabyte motherboards. That is anecdotal, so does not count for much.
Your memory strategy is the same as what I have done for the family computer here.
What are your needs for a sound card? Maybe the sound capability onboard the motherboard will be good enough for most uses...
I have used the Win7+ upgrade method to get to Windows 10.
I have also installed Windows10 and entered a Win7 licence code.
For SWMBO mother's computer, I changed CPU, MB, PSU and SSD all at once without it complaining that it was no longer the same computer...
Thanks for that link, it really helped narrow down a suitable motherboard for my needs.
Having spent some time looking at various bits, I'm currently thinking of the following;
Ryzen 3700X CPU & B550 ATX Motherboard (either Gigabyte Gaming X V2 or ASUS Prime Plus),
500 GB M.2 SSD & 4TB HDD and 2x8GB RAM.
Finally a replacement Soundblaster card, as mine is to old to fit the newer slots and I'm keeping the existing case, GPU, PSU, DVD, etc.
Anyone know if I can use the existing Win 10 OEM license, or will I have to buy another?
David
I have had some bad experiences with Gigabyte motherboards. That is anecdotal, so does not count for much.
Your memory strategy is the same as what I have done for the family computer here.
What are your needs for a sound card? Maybe the sound capability onboard the motherboard will be good enough for most uses...
I have used the Win7+ upgrade method to get to Windows 10.
I have also installed Windows10 and entered a Win7 licence code.
For SWMBO mother's computer, I changed CPU, MB, PSU and SSD all at once without it complaining that it was no longer the same computer...
Brand of MB is a bit irrelevant seems all of the Top names have produced their share or Turkey's so check out some competent reviews before pulling the trigger.
Gigabyte B450 running a Ryzen 3700X happily now for 2 years I guess and another mini ITX Gigabyte on a 2400G both faultless. As I was buying the 3700X very close to release date I looked at the then new MB's and decided there was little to be gained at the time and I could always upgrade the MB later if I wanted to.
Both systems are running suspect keys from here but nil issues with either
https://www.urcdkey.com/microsoft-windows-10-pro-oem-global-cd-key-email-only.html?sc_src=email_2357353&sc_lid=132671636&sc_uid=X9hpO6KAgG&sc_llid=46132&sc_eh=26f3952bc72565c81#EDMdeals
I sometimes wonder if respondents to threads bother to see that sometimes discussion wanders away from the OP's topic a tad
Finally got something cocked up to fix!
Received the Farnell TOPS1 this morning in this horrible packaging:
Fortunately it was no worse than as described. Cracked it open and found this. This is the output filter capacitor on the 5V output which appears to have blown out and been left
Anyway I will deal with that later. I have removed it and cleaned it up and it has not left much of a mess:
Will ESR check the other capacitors as well, pop a replacement for that one in and do a check out before refurb.
Will ESR check the other capacitors as well, pop a replacement for that one in and do a check out before refurb.
Curious, what the ESR of thing would be ...
Hi all, see what i just get:
It´s in pretty good shape, I think is complete:
It have bad power cord and probably a broken valve, but I think I have spares.
Do you like it?
Leave it to Rohde & Schwarz to take the VTVM to a whole another level. That thing is a beast.
This is USPS speak for "we don't know where the fuck your package is".
This package is the vertical output transistors for the Type 547.
Got my fingers crossed here, currently in discussion with a seller for a couple of new items that come as a pair, but only 1 is really of interest to me as it will expand my TTi collection with a pretty rare beast indeed, more info as it pans out
No, I have it set up on my browser that it goes directly to the TEA thread. It says that goes to page 1701, so thats a lie, it goes directly to current page.
My oscilloscope is taking a few days off to watch the Olympics. I'm sure it is having a good time, but I wish it would hurry up and get here. Narita is near Tokyo and Sennan is near Osaka.
I doubt that judging by my recent experience with BangGood. I think you'll check the tracking in a few times and find that the nest update will be telling you that it has been scanned in, here in the UK, possibly at Heathrow like mine was and then approx 2 days time it will arrive at your local dept.