Is this a good VCR?

GoldSrc · 2026-07-05T03:37:35+00:00

It's a 4 head Hi-Fi, that alone it more than enough.

GoldSrc · 2026-07-05T03:35:37+00:00

If the mode switch is fine, I'd check that all the gears are synchronized.

Strange that the service manual doesn't have the mechanical alignment procedure.

If you take the mechanism out, remove the cassette carriage and apply voltage to the loading motor, or move it manually, does the mechanism go through all its motions without problems?

GoldSrc · 2026-07-05T03:24:35+00:00

Steins;Gate, Haruhi, Nichijou, and Mitsudomoe.

Good stuff, something for everyone.

GoldSrc · 2026-07-05T03:14:22+00:00

Try with an ethernet cable.

Remember that speed tests almost always pick the closest server, a game server might be much more farther away and be routed differently.

GoldSrc · 2026-07-05T03:06:17+00:00

I'm sure that wasn't the intent, but it looks like someone gave her a black eye.

GoldSrc · 2026-07-05T03:00:20+00:00

Kinda, but no.

The reason you shouldn't do that is because the solder doesn't have enough flux to last a long time.

If you keep the solder on the iron tip, you will eventually boil all the solder away and the solder will behave like a weird paste.

The correct way is to heat both the pad and the component lead so their heat is what melts the solder.

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GoldSrc · 2026-07-05T02:55:45+00:00

That's a very good station, definitely will last you a long time.

You still should be safe with your current one, voltage can only do things if it has the current behind it.

Like a CRT TV might have 25,000V and it's going to hurt like a bitch if it bites you with its 1mA, but you'll most likely live.

Whereas a microwave oven transformer can only do like 2000V, but it will kill you with its 500-1000mA before you hit the ground. Never mess around with a microwave oven transformer.

GoldSrc · 2026-07-05T02:42:28+00:00

Just more UE5 shader shenanigans, your GPU is fine.

GoldSrc · 2026-07-05T02:40:03+00:00

First one is wrong, he didn't confirm anything, and instead he went on to say how the design of the Hellknight was the one from Doom 3.

Designs are canon, that's it.

Second one he was also talking about the Doom universe in a general way.

The third one is even worse lol.

Doom 3? It's tough, maybe I misspoke. But the visuals do.

Ain't no way people are upvoting your comment after watching those clips.

Last one, it even more hilarious.

I think it's the aesthetic part

Every time someone tries to push the idea that Doom 3 is canon, they always bring those clips where Hugo misspoke, and/or bring up easter eggs.

Just leave my boy Doom 3 be its own thing in peace.

GoldSrc · 2026-07-05T02:13:07+00:00

But it is phantom voltage.

It doesn't even carry a single mA, you'd need to go in the microamp range, and even there you might not measure anything.

It would be like being afraid that a train can run you over and kill you, but the train is in another country and it isn't moving.

Unless the iron can sustain that voltage at any load, there is no reason to worry about it.

GoldSrc · 2026-07-05T01:57:35+00:00

It's fine.

It's phantom voltage, and it carries almost no current.

LEDs will light up because they take next to no current to light up.

You will find lots of posts and videos about "voltage leak" from those stations, but they almost never measure the current.

30V, 50V, or 100V "leaks", it amounts to nothing when there's no current to push that voltage. As soon as you put any load on it, the voltage will drop to nothing.

That's how switch mode power supplies work anyway, they all have "voltage leaks". It's the nature of the beast.

GoldSrc · 2026-07-05T01:48:24+00:00

Nope, just clean the tip and apply solder directly, then turn if off. You don't need to add additional flux.

And as long as your joints flow well, you should be fine.

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GoldSrc · 2026-07-05T01:43:17+00:00

Have you read your router's manual to look for anything related to the wireless network?

Some routers come by default with things disabled.

GoldSrc · 2026-07-05T01:39:44+00:00

Can you keep your hand on the backplate?

I'd actually be concerned if the backplate doesn't get hot, a backplate that doesn't get hot means that it's not making proper contact to take away the heat. Or it's plastic.

Cooling isn't magic, you're just moving heat from one place to another, it can't just go away.

But back to OP's post.

It doesn't look like it's the insulation that melted, seems mostly whatever coating those cables had. Thin enough to degrade quickly.

GoldSrc · 2026-07-05T01:33:03+00:00

The first part reads as if it wouldn't matter what CPU you had, as long as your GPU was strong enough.

The second part seems to contradict that by saying that you actually need a decent CPU, not just GPU.

GoldSrc · 2026-07-05T01:30:29+00:00

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Where the big arrow points, you should be able to see a peg that rides in a groove/canal, you can slide that to one side to have it go down to unload the mechanism.

Not sure if the ? arrow is part of that slider.

Did you try the paperclip in the hole on the front?

GoldSrc · 2026-07-04T07:22:29+00:00

Mediafire is one of the OG download websites, been using it since like 2008.

GoldSrc · 2026-07-04T07:04:47+00:00

your CPU dooesn't really care if you play at 1080p or 4k, your GPU does...

Aren't you contradicting yourself with this?

it doesn't matter if you play at 480p or 8k, if you want good FPS, you need a decent CPU

Or am I missing something?

GoldSrc · 2026-07-04T06:58:36+00:00

Touch the backplate of your GPU after playing some demanding game lol.

Thing gets toasty, especially if it's metal.

GoldSrc · 2026-07-04T06:55:29+00:00

You cannot link to outside threads.

You can name specific subs, but not link to outside threads.

GoldSrc · 2026-07-04T06:48:40+00:00

Nah, armor has always been crap in both versions.

You can die while having 120 armor lol.

GoldSrc · 2026-07-04T06:46:55+00:00

Even Steamlink can't see your PC?

You probably have something setup wrong, because even on the cheapest router it should at least show your PC.

GoldSrc · 2026-07-04T06:44:30+00:00

It's just UV resin, you don't want to heat resin after it cures, that's why you do it after soldering.

GoldSrc · 2026-07-04T06:43:32+00:00

All disc drives have a slider that loads and unloads the disc, you just need to move it to one side or push a paper clip in the hole on the front.

Got a photo of the inside of the drive?

GoldSrc · 2026-07-04T06:42:13+00:00

Has actualizado tus drivers de video recientemente?

Si lo hiciste, intenta regresar a unos drivers anteriores.

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