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| Malenko:
I guess I have too lofty of expectations for your jokes, weakest one in a long time bro. :-[ |
| burn_654:
I have some bad chuff turned into good turned into bad back into good. The bad: I thought I killed my crt monitor at almost 2:00am in my mame cabinet last night doing some maintenance and moving some cables around before bed with the back panel off - saw a blue spark and the monitor turned off. Immediately turned off the power strip. I thought I was done and headed to bed and now this comes up :censored: Checked around - turns out a disconnected spade connector from the original jamma power supply wiring shorted out to ground. I *had* electrical tape on it but the crap must have slid off. Checked my fuses, one had blown. Breathe deeply, replace the fuse and plug it in to a different outlet (just to be sure that wasn't an issue.) it turns on...and seems to work just fine for a good 5 minutes! Great right? So I unplug it and plug it back into the original power strip and...nothing. I check my second fuse. Also apparently toast now. I should have figured both fuses probably got damaged from that initial shock. Still trying to keep cool, I replaced that one too. Both look like very old fuses fwiw. Plug it in...monitor hums and blinks on...the image is coming inbut now I have a rolling screen in every possible direction...son of a :angry: I'm pulling my hair out at this point, I really think I severely damaged the monitor. BUT...taking a look in the morning (after begrudgingly giving up for the night) turns out when I was climbing behind my open cab and changing the outlets/cords around I bumped a switch I installed on my vga cable for choosing the sync line to my 'off' position...flipped it and... :notworthy: It's back in action. What a relief! So that's my good chuff for today. Lesson learned - going to zip-tie/secure my wiring before making more changes. |
| Vigo:
Been getting free food 2-3 time a week since my new job. Office ran out of room for people so they built a new area off the training center. Not only am I in the trendy new area with Sit/Stand desks, but now anytime there is a group in for training, I get to help myself to the catering. And my old job? The office is completely closing. I would have been laid off last week Thursday had I stayed with them. Been stopping by the old office dumpsters this week to check for loot. Not much of the good stuff has been dumped yet. |
| yotsuya:
--- Quote from: Vigo on April 05, 2016, 10:23:38 am ---Been getting free food 2-3 time a week since my new job. Office ran out of room for people so they built a new area off the training center. Not only am I in the trendy new area with Sit/Stand desks, but now anytime there is a group in for training, I get to help myself to the catering. And my old job? The office is completely closing. I would have been laid off last week Thursday had I stayed with them. Been stopping by the old office dumpsters this week to check for loot. Not much of the good stuff has been dumped yet. --- End quote --- |
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