#garfield Logs

Nov 14 2011

00:12 rue_house iirc some laptops use a seperate pcb for the power connector
00:13 rue_house gonna be a hack repair
00:13 rue_house if I fix it I get help from my plumber for my heating system for the shop :)
00:15 iamturnip not with gateway
00:15 iamturnip you find the sep. PCB on macs in the g4 ranger
00:15 iamturnip *range
00:15 iamturnip Toshiba has a lot of seperate DC jack with a 3" wire that runs to the mobo
00:19 rue_house *sigh*
00:20 rue_house I suppose that means I'll have to clear a whole bench and strip it right down
00:25 rue_house LM4881 as my output amplifer MCP4728 as a DAC
00:26 rue_house and a M32
00:26 rue_house U4
00:26 rue_house see if I can doa 2port stereo usb -> audio device
19:19 zhanx where is rue?
19:19 zhanx odd
19:19 Tom_itx he had power issues the other day
19:19 Tom_itx maybe again
19:20 zhanx still not sure why i am in baltimore
19:20 zhanx i was told to go so i did
19:20 Tom_itx i wondered myself
19:21 Tom_itx i thought you might be having your surgery there
19:21 zhanx gov spending at its finest
19:21 zhanx no that is the 6th
19:29 Tom_itx i should add joins and parts back in my log. he'll ask when it happened i bet
22:11 rue_shop what kinda IDIOT puts a cmos battery there!?
22:11 rue_shop to change battery (the one in the holder) simple COMPLETELY dissasseble the laptop
22:12 iamturnip welcome to my world
22:12 iamturnip thats why we charge $60/hr with a one hour min on ANY job
22:13 rue_shop mhm!
22:13 rue_shop ok, I can GET to the power connector now...
22:13 rue_shop I'm gonna have a nightmare about getting this one back togethor
22:14 Tom_itx good to stretch once in a while
22:14 rue_shop drat, this is gonna be hard to make work without a proper connector to replace it with
22:15 rue_shop oh maybe not...
22:15 rue_shop if I had a replacement cmos I'd put it in...
22:17 rue_shop I dont think they use the switch
22:18 rue_shop ugh this gets fun
22:18 rue_shop I'm surprised at the amount of deadspace on teh board
23:08 rue_house the connector I wanted to use will not work
23:27 rue_house http://thehackery.ca/teletype/IMG_1213.JPG
23:27 rue_house iamturnip, ^^ that is one of the diagrams were looking for
23:27 rue_house but its eithre only for recieve or transmitt
23:30 iamturnip hmmm well there is nothing specific to TX and RX that I canfind
23:32 rue_house hmm I wonder if most of the machine were simplex
23:32 rue_house !thislog
23:32 tobbor This one: http://rueshouse.dyndns.org:82/~ircjunk/irclogs/html/%23garfield-2011-11-15.html
23:33 rue_house http://rueshouse.dyndns.org:82/~ircjunk/irclogs/html/ruesays.htm
23:44 rue_house hehehe some of those are great
23:46 iamturnip i might be in your neck of the woods Thurs or Fri with a buddy of mine
23:46 iamturnip he wants to look at a truck someone is selling in schelt
23:47 rue_house a F 150 on field rd?
23:47 iamturnip no a 4runner
23:47 rue_house oh
23:48 iamturnip http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/cto/2687214980.html
23:48 rue_house dont know anyone selling a 4 runner
23:48 rue_house hmm, I'm not home from 7:20am to 5pm
23:48 rue_house :/
23:49 iamturnip meh.. we might catch you after 5pm
23:49 rue_house cool
23:49 iamturnip depends if this guy has paper to show on the engine change
23:49 rue_house heheheh
23:49 rue_house sunshine coast? paper? heh
23:50 rue_house so, dont buy comodow usb -> sound devices, their HORRIBLE
23:50 rue_house looks like I'll have to roll my own if I want a usb sound widget thats descent for under $40
23:51 iamturnip know a Paul Sweetzir?
23:51 rue_house the phonesystem has eaten 6 hard drives, one of the two in the array is currently knocking
23:51 rue_house no
23:52 rue_house gnight!