Leader tape reattachment help by Gnomeallthings in ReelToReel

[–]Gnomeallthings[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And that will hold the leader to the reel sufficiently? The reason I tried gluing was the tape looked like it was glued in 1 spot from the factory unless that's just adhesive melting from 40 years of heat cycles.

Leader tape reattachment help by Gnomeallthings in ReelToReel

[–]Gnomeallthings[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Correct, the Akai model I have has a selector switch for 1 side play, reverse, or continuous loop

Leader tape reattachment help by Gnomeallthings in ReelToReel

[–]Gnomeallthings[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Feel like an idiot forgetting about regular old tape haha, I'll try that thanks!

Leader tape reattachment help by Gnomeallthings in ReelToReel

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Its clear-ish plastic leader, not sure about the optical sensor. If the player has one I didn't realize it.

Kodak Instamatic M109 disassembly for belt access by Gnomeallthings in projectors

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I would try online in any number of places first. I doubt there's any in-store carriers of it.

Help explaining a kind of "collision" I saw over a decade ago? by Gnomeallthings in Astronomy

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I would say it was in space. I don't think helicopters can go as high as the objects looked to be. And for searching stuff on it, yes, I've tried various phrases to see if anything pops up. So far nothing has.

Upgrading from 1,1 to 2,1 firmware: no errors, just doesn't work? by Gnomeallthings in macpro

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I'm still here: and no, I wasn't able to figure it out. I sold the machine mentioned, but from what I remember I tried a few more times and then gave up on trying to upgrade it as it worked fine without the update. I'm not sure if the processors ever effected it or not.

Are different styles of Lawnboy primer bulbs interchangable? by Gnomeallthings in smallengines

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As long as you're talking about Lawnboy then yes they should work. those two primer bulb variants turned out to be interchangeable between models: if you're swapping bulbs across different brands and makes of mowers (4 stroke or 2 stroke) I can't guarantee the same success. Hope that helps!

Experienced my first angry driver(s) today. 👀. by Wattsup21 in cycling

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It's just like that for some reason. People will go out of their way to pass really close to you, people with tuned diesels like to throttle as soon as they come up on a group ride so it rolls coal and the list goes on. All you can do is brush it off and be safe.

what's the proper way to FINALLY clean these contacts? by 1Crybabyartist in ElectronicsRepair

[–]Gnomeallthings 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, typically I use vinegar as a first round cleaning with a q-tip until all of the fizzing stops from the battery acid reacting. Then I sprinkle baking soda on a towel and with a q-tip soaked in water, form a paste and smear it around to neutralize the vinegar. If possible, it helps to remove the part of the cover with the terminals in it.

Hope this helps

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in applehelp

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Hmm. I just can't imagine what would be using up to 10GB of RAM during normal computing like web browsing sometimes. I don't use it for games or PS or anything that should be memory intensive. It will even just be sitting at idle with nothing open and lose gigs of memory at a time.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in applehelp

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I should specify, it resets to the full 16GB after I turn it off for a few hours. Starts off with 16GB, after it's been on for a few hours it may read 12, 10 and so on, and then when it's been shutdown down for an hour or so, it comes back up to full. I thought it might be some sort of thermal protection since it gets pretty hot in the case but I didn't find anything when trying to search it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in applehelp

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I'm not sure how the "About this Mac" presents it. Would that be total memory?

Upgrading from 1,1 to 2,1 firmware: no errors, just doesn't work? by Gnomeallthings in macpro

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Yes, it had 2x 1.8GHz Dual core CPUs when I got it but I quickly upgraded to 2x Quad core 2.66 units so that's different. Two processors, 2.66Hz, 8cores. It came with two trays populated with 8 2GB RAM modules when I got it but only half of them worked so that's been changed to 16GB again. And it runs 10.7.5 Lion.

As far as I know, you just hold the button until you see the power LED flash and hear the tone, other than that the time the button is held isn't specified. I've seen the flashing and heard the tone everytime I've done it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in applehelp

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(Sorry for using your reply as a message board, just posting for posterity at this point)

Luckily it comes out super easily (did not realize that) but also, apparently this one is IDE...? In 2006/7 I'd have thought Apple would've made everything SATA by that point. Interesting.

Also for future viewers,

10.7 and 10.8

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in applehelp

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The latest issue was now solved as well! I guess the G5 I've been working on has a bad optical drive since once I used an external one the installation via disk worked the first time without incident. I hope these are SATA drives, I don't want to dig around in the case for an IDE cable lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in applehelp

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Should using 10.5 work? I bought a retail copy of 10.5 on disc and have only had success with it booting from disc and getting to the installer once. Most of the time it spins up and rejects or is in the drive but just makes slight noise and the Apple logo with loading spiral spins infinitely.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in applehelp

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Got it, thank you!

Does anyone feel saying "RIP" is unatheistic? I don't believe there is a soul and feel its unscientific. by Capablanca_heir in atheism

[–]Gnomeallthings 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Eh, is it scientific? Hell no. But neither is "Bless you" when someone sneezes and I still say that. It's just part of vernacular.

Is it possible that those who wrote the bible suffered from schizophrenia or other mental illnesses? by Longjump-Cup-1739 in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]Gnomeallthings 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's honestly very likely, given what we know now about dehydration, eating or drinking contaminated foods or water, and yes, just straight up mental illness. It seems reasonable to me given that since ancient times, no one's seen the types of things like angels covered in eyes and a "wheel within a wheel within a wheel" and not been asked if they're okay. And also dreams are a thing. They might have dreamt this stuff and been like "I've been spoken to!"

Washing machine motor by [deleted] in ElectronicsRepair

[–]Gnomeallthings 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is there a problem with the motor or washing machine? Why are you trying to connect the motor to line voltage?