• Baggins [he/him]@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    If you’ve never run a computer with a PSU hanging out the side powering your extra hard drives have you even lived?

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      11 months ago

      I’ve used an extra PSU to power a graphics card. Things weren’t properly compatible, so I had to improvise a bit.

      When you start the computer, you also need to use a paper clip to start the second PSU, because otherwise the graphics card will scream in terror until you give it the power it demands. It was probably the most ghetto style computer I’ve ever had.

  • ysjet@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    My favorite example of this sort of nonsense was an advertising image I saw when I was looking for a digital microscope. Had some very tiny wires to solder and wanted to get a feel for prices.

    Behold: