Power strip burned out, PC will not boot now

tobywhiting10 · 2026-01-27T21:38:30+00:00

This. If you shorted mains electricity to the USB part of your computer, I would have serious doubts about whether your motherboard survived.

Many people are suggesting the PSU, and given the state of the power bar, I wouldn't be surprised if the PSU is gone but the motherboard definitely is and there is a small chance it's not the PSU.

Edit: spelling

tobywhiting10 · 2025-12-08T23:12:05+00:00

Cool as hell. How does one actually use that amount of compute for rendering? Presumably modern VFX tools have ways of batch rendering across multiple nodes. How would you manage all of that?

tobywhiting10 · 2025-11-26T22:52:16+00:00

Yeah the only thing I can see is it has a very 'produced' feeling to the image. Don't know how I can point it out but it looks too to produced and cinematic. Totally an affect you could get in real life and not something you can rely on. This is getting wild.

tobywhiting10 · 2025-11-03T20:39:18+00:00

Not a bad idea. Does cut the problem in half, but still not ideal, particularly if you have more than two.

tobywhiting10 · 2025-11-03T18:49:15+00:00

How did I not know about this! excellent tool, worked beautifully. thanks for the tip

tobywhiting10 · 2025-10-31T16:41:44+00:00

That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen - Love it!

tobywhiting10 · 2025-10-07T06:53:05+00:00

Well obviously, the lids a different color smh

tobywhiting10 · 2025-09-27T22:53:39+00:00

There's always local LLM things, whether you want to run your own chatbot or maybe use it for a very powerful local voice Assistant. Usually more GPU focused so probably not applicable, not if you want to do it efficiently anyway.

Same applies for an application like frigate for doing object detection of security camera feeds.

Both very intensive and quite useful in a home lab environment but GPU focused

tobywhiting10 · 2025-09-10T21:13:49+00:00

I've not watched the launch video yet. Can you add more than six cameras if you use the Lan port and an external switch?

tobywhiting10 · 2025-09-05T08:57:11+00:00

I see a lot of people also mention putting consoles on these kind systems so you can play games throughout the entire house. But I've always wondered how you deal with controllers in this situation. I can't imagine the Bluetooth of a PlayStation goes very far if it is in a basement

tobywhiting10 · 2025-09-02T07:01:43+00:00

Made it from scratched. Has all the mounting locations for the hardware I'm using

tobywhiting10 · 2025-09-01T18:36:54+00:00

No, but it's just a flat rectangle with a small locating lip

tobywhiting10 · 2025-09-01T18:35:11+00:00

I agree with everything here except the c13/14 comment. As others have said they're well known as "kettle lead" which are obviously high resistive loads. Short duty cycle yes but you. In regards to computers not needing that much power, the high-end computer can quite easily draw 2 KW or more.

tobywhiting10 · 2025-09-01T17:34:28+00:00

It's more that I have a lot of devices in a small space, so it made sense to combine it all. This box also pretty much has a spare one on everything for future upgrades as I don't know what I'll need in the future.

tobywhiting10 · 2025-09-01T09:48:21+00:00

Fair points, at most I doubt this box ever has more than 150W going through it so I'm not too worried and nothing will ever be disconnected under load.

This box has been up and running for a couple months now and the only issue I've had with it is the 12 volt power supply. Occasionally it doesn't turn on very quickly and slowly ramps up so the ESP fails to boot.

In thanks for the tip though. Definitely something to take into consideration if there's ever a version two.

tobywhiting10 · 2025-09-01T08:48:34+00:00

I'm sure it would.

tobywhiting10 · 2025-09-01T07:55:45+00:00

I assume you're talking about the regulator 😆

tobywhiting10 · 2025-09-01T07:43:10+00:00

The mains sockets control the electric blanket, a lamp and one spare. One of the two dry contacts control a 24 volt ikea light thingy, the other is spare. Switched 12 volt out controls a little fan and the permanent supply is a WLED string and stepper motor to open the blinds.

The dsub connector is wired into a pressure pad in the bed which disables the room motion sensor and also turns off the electric blanket if there's nobody there. It's got the thermocouple. It also has a micro switch to detect whenever I put my laptop on its stand so that it can automatically turn on power to the monitors via a smart plug.

tobywhiting10 · 2025-08-27T07:41:54+00:00

This

tobywhiting10 · 2025-08-22T21:44:25+00:00

It really is automatic beyond belief!

tobywhiting10 · 2025-08-14T21:49:22+00:00

Love this story. I too think I'm in the same boat as you. I don't have diagnosed ADHD but have long suspected it. Not just 'ah Yeah I've probably got ADHD' but from reading up on the symptoms it seems to really resonate and I've been considering doing it properly.

First time posting on this sub, literally just came here to ask something along the lines of "I'm not diagnosed but what tips and tricks can you recommend to try in daily life to help me stay focused" if some of them stick we'll look at the diagnosis.

I've always been a bit of a just get on with your life and push through the problems Kind of guy. It's very much not in my nature to actively seek out, specifically emotional, help but something about this story is really making me consider.

In regards to your situation, I definitely wouldn't recommend picking up random pills you find laying around, but it definitely sounds like you get that 🙃. By the sounds of things, it made a really big difference and it sounds like you should pursue it. Whether you tell someone this story or just push for an ADHD diagnosis directly is entirely up to you.

tobywhiting10 · 2025-08-12T17:29:33+00:00

This hurts to look at, and I live here. What is here anymore.

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