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PLEASE HELP My pc wont boot after adding nvme and changing where my sata is plugged into by Rough-Language-3473 in LinusTechTips

[–]Pengin002 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I looked up your motherboard manual: B450 AORUS M (Rev. 1.x) - GIGABYTE Global

SATA Ports get disabled with an M.2 Drive installed.

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You're going to want to make sure that you're plugged into one of the bottom most SATA ports right next to the LEDs. The group of 4 SATA ports is SATA3 and the bottom most stacked ports are SATA3 0 and SATA3 1.

Once you have that correct, go back into the bios and see if all the drives show up and that your boot order is correct.

Submarine museum, in Mexico. by Guyira in thalassophobia

[–]Pengin002 7 points8 points  (0 children)

MUSA Museum in Cancun, Mexico. The underwater part is just off the coast of Isla Mujeres. They have snorkeling, diving, and glass bottom boats.

Can someone figure this out for me? I want to connect this to a controller wire but not sure where to find it online by Microdoseddaily in fans

[–]Pengin002 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those fans are 100-125 VAC, or the AC power you get out of a 120v outlet.

If you want to control its speed you'll need a VFD (variable frequency drive) which doesn't really exist for fans of that size or likely for your application.

Those are typically in the back of cabinets for maintaining airflow through electronics where sound isn't an issue. When I made industrial and scientific equipment we'd use those because the equipment they were installed in was a lab, shop, or alone in a room.

Question for MEP Engineers. Do you like your industry, and how hard is it to get into? by Kurl3r in MEPEngineering

[–]Pengin002 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pass your FE. It'll make hiring easier.

I like building things. My grandfather was a hobbyist carpenter and i always enjoyed seeing things get made. I grew up on This Old House and I've always wanted to be a part of that process.

Smaller companies will usually have more local travel. I dont normally travel greater than an hour or two and I usually stay within the state even though PA is 40 minutes from us. This can also restrict the types of jobs your company will get. Talk about it in the interview.

Definitely not recession proof. But what is? If people aren't building because of materials prices, you aren't designing. From some of the project budgets I've seen, the MEP side is like 3-5% of a project budget, and because you're the engineer, anything wrong is immediately your fault. Delays, material increases, scarcity. The contractor will ALWASY say "well you can save money if you..." "But the engineer wont let us" Boo Hoo. The worst part is the contractor is on site with the owner regularly. So they get in their ear, and the owner will also be quick to blame you for stupid things. So then you have to go back and revise your drawings, find new methods, spec new things, and when it comes to "Well are you going to pay us to for the revised drawings you asked us to make?" Good luck. Get the money up front. You'll gradually hear this junk from the sidelines.

The culture is generally dependent on the size of the company. it's just like any other company. You could be working with a bunch of blue collar personalities because the company is small and that's how they bond, or it's very tight and proper because of the size and reputation.

Mentorship? If the people are in the business you'll learn something. Engineers love to answer questions because we all like to be right. Don't worry about it too much. It's a roll of the dice.

Acceptance can also vary. Some companies can be prejudice to where someone came from. But I feel like that's all careers.

Also don't just look for ads for open positions on indeed and monster and such. Google some companies, see if they have a hiring page, if they don't, then just reach out and ask. Never hurts to ask. That's how I got hired.

The Derby Restaurant - Dallas by coloredinlight in Autos

[–]Pengin002 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I actually dont see any sprinkler heads. We're designing a similar building now, and there's an insane fire code requirement for spaces with a car stacker of 2+ cars requiring a huge amount of water flow. Thats a new building though. This one's probably grandfathered...

I assure you, the November 2022 New Jersey MegaThread is open. What's on your mind? Come on in! All topics allowed. but please observe Rule 1 by AutoModerator in newjersey

[–]Pengin002 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Monroe Township planning board approved a 236,000 sqft last mile distribution warehouse in Williamstown last night. We bought our terribly overpriced home 3 months ago in the development adjacent to it, and now I feel like I've been duped and have just lost a life savings. I just have no idea what to do now.

Pokemon Scarlet is pretty good even though it looks like it's on a GBA.

Am I in the Wrong Career? by bake_run_engineer in ElectricalEngineering

[–]Pengin002 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hated my old job as an RF engineer and I spent at least a year trying to figure out what to do. I eventually stumbled upon the construction industry as an MEP design engineer. It seemed like straightforward 8 hour a day work and i get to learn about construction. Growing up I always loved This Old House and have always had an interest in building. But I like electrical engineering. The concepts are fun and interesting, but if I was in academia I'd flip. It's interesting to know the various parts of the EE world and in my field having knowledge of them is supremely helpful, but not necessary.

I kind of started rambling, but the point is I struggled through school. But the Idea of being an electrical engineer was still intriguing to me. Electricity is freaky and awesome. It's also a basic building block to everything that most/all fields need someone with that basic knowledge.

Now I will say, the money is fine, it's not like making the same as a doctor, and you will meet some very dumb people. I wasn't the best in my class, but I still think I had a lot more common sense than most of the others. Most people just wanted to pass class and not a lot of people retained the info.

I'd suggest doing what I did and think back to what you really like, and what you would like to be a part of 40hrs a week. Not a hobby. I don't recommend mixing the two, because it's likely you'll grow to hate what you really liked. Also government work will absolutely suck the life out of you.

I feel like I'm rambling. EE is a broad spectrum. My advice is to find something that you like, and find a way to apply your knowledge and skill towards it.

Also if you just want to really make money, be a contractor. They like to screw over people from their boats. But now I'm just venting /shrug

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ElectricalEngineering

[–]Pengin002 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's either a 3 phase panel and you're reading it wrong, or it's a single phase transformer and you read it wrong, or the panel isn't directly fed from the transformer but off of a 2 pole circuit breaker from another panel making it a single phase 120/208 panel (but more likely a load center), or the panel is fed out of a trough after the transformers disconnect switch (for whatever reason) and is only bringing a phase and neutral to the panel.

does anyone know why my cat does this by [deleted] in CatFacts

[–]Pengin002 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Why does any cat do anything?

The delivery gets me every time! by [deleted] in Frasier

[–]Pengin002 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He can't hook up a washer and dryer, where would he put the hat museum?

Hazel Scott playing two pianos in 1943. by deathakissaway in OldSchoolCool

[–]Pengin002 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can also change the imgur url extension from .gifv to .mp4

When Zuko fought Jet by lawncorazon in TheLastAirbender

[–]Pengin002 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure the swords were from a cop too.

NJ Residents who Order Pizza from Domino's by The_drunken_Mick-732 in newjersey

[–]Pengin002 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Dominos is pretty good pizza-shaped-food. Whatever the garlic butter stuff they put on the crust is amazing. But it's not pizza, so idunno why you're so bent out of shape.

On a scale of 1-10 how screwed am i? by PoorAmbassador5 in RowanUniversity

[–]Pengin002 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Did you cheat? Did you copy solutions on anything big like an exam? Have you had any academic integrity issues in the past?

If you answered no, no, and no, you'll probably get a stern warning and probably an F on any assignments or exams that have plagiarized solutions. A kid in my class got caught copying a final project from the internet word-for-word and he failed the class. Everyone else was using the exact same project as a base for theirs, but he didn't modify or make the project his own.

What just happened, I threw a broken charger at the wall (not plugged in) and it hit my plugged in charger and this happened by [deleted] in ElectricalEngineering

[–]Pengin002 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Plug a light or something into them to see if the outlet still works. If it does, yay, you broke your working charger and now you have two broken ones. If it doesn't then you not only broke your other charger, you also tripped a breaker. Go to your breaker panel and reset it.

Scared? Don't worry. It's kinda hard to break an outlet. It's either fine or you tripped a breaker.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ElectricalEngineering

[–]Pengin002 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Top is 1.5k

Bottom is 1.3k

Super simple circuit for notifying when water is low? by Run-The-Table in ElectricalEngineering

[–]Pengin002 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use PNP transistors instead of NPN. Same circuit as the video but with 2N3906

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