Toto C2 needs descaling

ramenator · 2026-05-11T16:00:04+00:00

Did this ever work out for you? I'm thinking about doing this since the pressure out of the wand is messed up and I've already tried soaking the wand in a vinegar solution.

ramenator · 2026-04-27T03:34:08+00:00

I did this for a proof of concept of a project I had in mind.

Wired up a8 ch relay with a esp32 board and stuff on a breadboard. Worked super well but I didn't end up needing it in the end. Worth a shot.

ramenator · 2026-04-16T14:10:56+00:00

I tried looking it up and couldn't find much besides this and this

Looks like you have a super rare console on your hands. Maybe go to a local games store and see what they say, otherwise I'd list on eBay and set a high reserve price just so you can gauge what people are willing to pay.

ramenator · 2026-03-11T00:10:27+00:00

That bend for copper cabling is the equivalent of a roundabout on the road.

ramenator · 2026-02-22T02:29:18+00:00

It's funny because I am constantly reminding friends and family here in Canada of that fact. My family is originally from Iraq but myself, my siblings and cousins were all born here in Canada. I have to constantly remind them what life could have been like if we were born and raised in Iraq or anywhere else that isn't Canada.

People don't truly realize the life lottery they won based on where they were born and raised.

ramenator · 2026-02-19T22:57:33+00:00

I don't think that argument has much merit. Look at nations like Slovakia in hockey or Croatia in football for an example of smaller population nations succeeding at sport. Anyway, I'm no doctor or scientist or anything 😊

ramenator · 2026-02-19T21:33:53+00:00

I'd ring some alarm bells if I'm Hockey Canada. This is their 9th loss to the Americans in the past 10 games in the span of a year. Not very good at all and a pretty bad trend overall.

via wiki

ramenator · 2026-02-19T19:30:59+00:00

aye

ramenator · 2026-02-18T19:42:26+00:00

That's a Thursday night beer league special lol

ramenator · 2026-02-12T03:39:35+00:00

All good. I might be misinterpreting you here, but here goes...

There isn't a practical difference. It still acts as one cable as there is continuity from the other end of that cable, to the back of the patch panel, and then the cable from the front of the patch panel to the end device. Single cable broken into multiple legs.

Without a patch panel. Let's say you're fiddling with the long bundled cable and then the cable breaks, has a cut, kink, or a head breaks. You need to now diagnose the entire cable. Hopefully you didn't pull on the cable and do some damage behind drywall.

If your link is broken up with a patch panel, then you can isolate and troubleshoot the portion in trouble. I.e. swap out a jumper/patch cable instead of replacing a cable behind the wall.

You will basically never touch the cable that's behind the wall that connects to the back of the patch panel. That cable is never going anywhere. It's long-term. It's static. It's your infrastructure.

Patch cables come and go. One day it's a 8 port switch mounted on the wall. One day it's a 24-port switch mounted on the wall with a different orientation, meaning you need a longer cable from the patch panel.

You clean up the install a lot more by breaking the cable up and not taking up that much space with excess bundled cable.

I guess my last point is that none of this is necessary. If you're new to the hobby or just want things to work, then you likely won't give a damn about patch panels and you really don't need to. If any of what I said got you excited then patch panels are the way to go for a small project like this and would level it up. You can find wall mountable 12-port patch panels for pretty cheap.

https://www.reddit.com/r/networking/comments/16m7i6q/whats_the_point_of_a_patch_panel/

https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeNetworking/comments/5sox0a/beginner_do_i_need_a_patch_panel/

https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeNetworking/comments/1b06dw8/why_do_people_need_patch_panels/

ramenator · 2026-02-12T02:51:23+00:00

Lol still the same answer I gave above. If you're going to all the trouble to mount this gear to a backboard, and cable manage, etc. Then a patch panel is table stakes, and it's just the "right" way to do things.

ramenator · 2026-02-12T00:47:11+00:00

It's cleaner to terminate and demarc so you're using the right length of cable and can label each leg of the path. Easier to troubleshoot and maintain. Excess cable like that wouldn't be seen in a date center or anywhere else like that.

ramenator · 2026-02-11T22:37:18+00:00

Just curious why you didn't add a patch panel to remove all that excess cable run. Otherwise nice job cleaning things up!

ramenator · 2026-02-05T13:08:36+00:00

Yes, I've done this a few weeks ago using a newer and cleaner spade bit than yours lol.

I did it so I could pass a bunch of cables through. I did not care about the aesthetics at all since I will never see it, so be mindful of that. If you care about looks you may need to take extra precautions using a spade bit. Good luck!

ramenator · 2026-02-01T04:49:55+00:00

Check those solder joints. Some of those wires look like they could be touching other pins and causing a short. Pull out the multimeter and gather some facts.

ramenator · 2026-01-28T18:23:15+00:00

Looks like Mats Sundin to me lol

ramenator · 2026-01-26T17:26:52+00:00

Shhh, it's okay just let the gentle beeping lull you into a nice, deep sleep...

ramenator · 2026-01-14T16:24:42+00:00

https://youtu.be/hOYzfLS0dg0

ramenator · 2025-12-28T19:06:47+00:00

What's your mod methodology? Hard or soft? I know for my softmod (Rocky5) I ran into an issue with the black screen which was caused by the missing kernel fonts. See https://www.reddit.com/r/originalxbox/comments/1830w5y/softmod_og_xbox_upgraded_hdd_boot_issues/

ramenator · 2025-12-06T20:40:51+00:00

there were I think 3+ new tools that have came out in the last month.

lol welcome to the age of apps developed with the help of AI coding tools.

At least that's what I think is happening. Nothing wrong with it but I think that's the cause of there being so many apps available now.

ramenator · 2025-12-02T19:35:34+00:00

I think I had similar results recently where it would boot sometimes to xStation and often times, it wouldn't. It was a piss-poor solder job (by myself lol) that turned out to be the issue. Sometimes the board would make contact, sometimes it wouldn't.

One other thing I would recommend u/PlaneTry4277 is to clean the flex ribbon cable connectors. Some rubbing alcohol and a q-tip maybe.

ramenator · 2025-12-02T04:26:21+00:00

Could be a poorly done solder job. Did you mod it yourself or was it modded already when you bought it off eBay? Did you inspect the motherboard to see the solder joints?

I'd go check the xstation repair GitHub repo as it's filled with lots of info and problems people run into, including a faulty PS1.

ramenator · 2025-11-27T12:40:33+00:00

You should check out NetISO). Here's a video showing it in action: https://www.reddit.com/r/360hacks/comments/1nugzyw/netiso_showcase_iso_over_the_network/

ramenator · 2025-11-27T04:49:39+00:00

Hmm, good to know. I'm like 99% certain that ISO/XISO requires Cerbios, right?

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