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minus-squareMatty_r@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down1·edit-21 day agoWhen I was younger I had a computer where the front fell off and stripped the wires from the button. To turn it on and off I had to hold the wires together, felt like I was hot wiring a car every time.
minus-squareZenorbi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29·23 hours agoWasn’t this built so the front wouldn’t fall off?
minus-squareMatty_r@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up31·22 hours agoWell, Its not very typical, I’d like to make that point.
minus-squareCevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·14 hours agoWell how is it untypical?
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·19 hours agoWe’ve towed it outside of the environment.
minus-squareFluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·1 day agoPerfect prelude to playing GTA
minus-squareStinkyRedMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·19 hours agoKinda the same here but one day I noticed it also worked by simply touching the case with one of the wires and that’s how I did it from here.
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·24 hours agoWhen I bench tested components at a PC shop, I’d use my smallest screwdriver to short the pins on the motherboard to start up the caseless computer.
minus-squareturdcollector69@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-219 hours agoI have a server that’s a motherboard in a shelf that I stick a screwdriver into to power cycle
minus-squarevarnia@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 hours agoYou Monster! Why would you power cycle a server?
When I was younger I had a computer where the front fell off and stripped the wires from the button.
To turn it on and off I had to hold the wires together, felt like I was hot wiring a car every time.
Wasn’t this built so the front wouldn’t fall off?
Well, Its not very typical, I’d like to make that point.
Well how is it untypical?
We’ve towed it outside of the environment.
Perfect prelude to playing GTA
Kinda the same here but one day I noticed it also worked by simply touching the case with one of the wires and that’s how I did it from here.
When I bench tested components at a PC shop, I’d use my smallest screwdriver to short the pins on the motherboard to start up the caseless computer.
I have a server that’s a motherboard in a shelf that I stick a screwdriver into to power cycle
You Monster! Why would you power cycle a server?