<!--QuoteBegin-Xyth+Jul 2 2004, 02:08 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Xyth @ Jul 2 2004, 02:08 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Flash a random card bios onto it <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->. Download like a network card bios and use Flashrom to put that bios onto it. Make sure you use the command -f though, or it will refuse to put it on. Then start up the computer and see what happens. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Now THAT sounds like a plan. That or the repeated plastic baggie. Thanks guys! Now I can acheive moksha and become one with everything.
<!--QuoteBegin-RaVe+Jul 2 2004, 09:52 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (RaVe @ Jul 2 2004, 09:52 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Phshaw. No need for those uber fancy schmansy techniques.
Just get a pencil and join the gold dots. Or join 2 different gold pins, or 3, depends on how evil you want to be.
Guaranteed to confuzzle the circuitry inside because electricity flows through graphite, or enhances. I remember I screwed up someone's Digimon Pendulum thing with ONLY drawing into its circuitry. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I read a while back that you can actually eek out more performance out of a certain card (something like 15%) by joining gold dots with a pencil.
I wouldn't put it in the microwave, the oven would probably be as hurt as the card. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Just get a pencil and join the gold dots. Or join 2 different gold pins, or 3, depends on how evil you want to be.
Guaranteed to confuzzle the circuitry inside because electricity flows through graphite, or enhances. I remember I screwed up someone's Digimon Pendulum thing with ONLY drawing into its circuitry. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Does it have to be hooked up to some sort of power source? This sounds pretty painless compared to, say, overclocking by 1000 times and hoping my computer doesn't restart to save its soul. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Well yeah you'll need an electric current, but you could just use a couple of wires to do the trick. But then, bare == dangerous.
And if that doesn't work, get a couple of fridge magnets and stick em on it. You should stick a couple of them directly opposite the fan <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
And yes, like BigMadSteve said, you can get more performance, or lose it all by joining the golden dots. But overclocking is a much more safer alternative than drawing on it for performance.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I wouldn't put it in the microwave, the oven would probably be as hurt as the card. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You'd be surprised at how difficult it is to actually hurt a microwave oven. The common faults of a microwave oven:
User throws it away and buys a new one for no apparent reason.
User purposely tampers with or (what I guess would be less common, unintentionally) gets the microwave working with the door open, this results in a fuse to safe guard against this being blown, violently, flash of light and all(metal filament in a glass bulb type fuse, it gets vaporized). Probably the manufacturers want to scare the unqualified user to not attempt such a dangerous operation. It is very dangerous to operate a microwave oven with the door open, it can easily result in permanent eye damage from the lens in the eye clouding over, and internal organs do not sense heat, only skin does.
There is a sheet of mica or some plastic covering the opening of the wave guide into the cooking cavity, if this is covered enough with cooking residue and filth, this can form conductive zones on it which absorb radiation and heat up. If it eventually gets hot enough to char it will rapidly be heated to incandesence and throw arcs for as long as the oven is turned on. I've seen it stated a few times that it will stop burning quickly when turned off.
Blow rectifier diode, the magnetron has a very high operating voltage and will usually only have one rectifier diode(half-wave rectification) because it's cheap, and the magnetron doesn't really care. If the diode goes open circuit, nothing will happen when you power it up, if it goes closed circuit the mains fuse will blow.
The magnetron itself a very robust device.
Never make any plasma arcs in your microwave unless you have PROPER EYE PROTECTION, they can radiate lots and lots of UV and give you a sun burn/permanent eye damage. There is not much risc of damage to the oven but if heat stuff that is not purely metall(unlike aluminum foil strips or steel wool) it can give of carcinogenic fumes(e.g. bromated/chlorated flame retardants, burnt plastic), you do not want to cook food in an oven where you have played with burning old and junk!
Don't ever, EVER even think of operating a magnetron outside a well shielded enclosure. Microwaves have a longer wavelength than the size of the holes in the metal mesh on the window of the oven, this mesh absorbs/reflects the vast majority of microwaves, but light has a very short wavelength and you don't even notice that the mesh has any effect on light that passes throught the holes.
Don't operate a nearly empty microwave oven for extended periods of time, if you need to put a load in it, just stick a glass of water in there.
Many believe microwave ovens are easy to break, they aren't. But they can be quite hazardous if you do not know what you are doing and decide to play with them.
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...or if you happen to have a rubber/softened plastic coated hand rail in your nearest staircase, those zap me all the time. Many have a screw through the rubber on the top and bottom, I walk down the stairs, gliding my hand along and happen to touch the screw at the bottom, you can *hear* the discharge, that ought to kill a graphics card stone dead.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Static Electricity is your friend, it is by far the best way to go. Either do the plastic baggie thing or use carpet to your advantage... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-Zig+Jul 2 2004, 04:35 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Zig @ Jul 2 2004, 04:35 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> sure, he's a sexpot, but he's smart enough to play it safe :o <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I outwitted him in this case. Sorry for the inconvenience, Esuna.
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Now THAT sounds like a plan. That or the repeated plastic baggie. Thanks guys! Now I can acheive moksha and become one with everything.
Just get a pencil and join the gold dots. Or join 2 different gold pins, or 3, depends on how evil you want to be.
Guaranteed to confuzzle the circuitry inside because electricity flows through graphite, or enhances. I remember I screwed up someone's Digimon Pendulum thing with ONLY drawing into its circuitry. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I read a while back that you can actually eek out more performance out of a certain card (something like 15%) by joining gold dots with a pencil.
dunk it in water and run a current through
slap it in the oven
run some big magnets either side of it for a bit
karate-chop it in half
Just get a pencil and join the gold dots. Or join 2 different gold pins, or 3, depends on how evil you want to be.
Guaranteed to confuzzle the circuitry inside because electricity flows through graphite, or enhances. I remember I screwed up someone's Digimon Pendulum thing with ONLY drawing into its circuitry. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Does it have to be hooked up to some sort of power source? This sounds pretty painless compared to, say, overclocking by 1000 times and hoping my computer doesn't restart to save its soul. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Well yeah you'll need an electric current, but you could just use a couple of wires to do the trick. But then, bare == dangerous.
And if that doesn't work, get a couple of fridge magnets and stick em on it. You should stick a couple of them directly opposite the fan <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
And yes, like BigMadSteve said, you can get more performance, or lose it all by joining the golden dots. But overclocking is a much more safer alternative than drawing on it for performance.
~ DarkATi
You'd be surprised at how difficult it is to actually hurt a microwave oven. The common faults of a microwave oven:
User throws it away and buys a new one for no apparent reason.
User purposely tampers with or (what I guess would be less common, unintentionally) gets the microwave working with the door open, this results in a fuse to safe guard against this being blown, violently, flash of light and all(metal filament in a glass bulb type fuse, it gets vaporized). Probably the manufacturers want to scare the unqualified user to not attempt such a dangerous operation. It is very dangerous to operate a microwave oven with the door open, it can easily result in permanent eye damage from the lens in the eye clouding over, and internal organs do not sense heat, only skin does.
There is a sheet of mica or some plastic covering the opening of the wave guide into the cooking cavity, if this is covered enough with cooking residue and filth, this can form conductive zones on it which absorb radiation and heat up. If it eventually gets hot enough to char it will rapidly be heated to incandesence and throw arcs for as long as the oven is turned on. I've seen it stated a few times that it will stop burning quickly when turned off.
Blow rectifier diode, the magnetron has a very high operating voltage and will usually only have one rectifier diode(half-wave rectification) because it's cheap, and the magnetron doesn't really care. If the diode goes open circuit, nothing will happen when you power it up, if it goes closed circuit the mains fuse will blow.
The magnetron itself a very robust device.
Never make any plasma arcs in your microwave unless you have PROPER EYE PROTECTION, they can radiate lots and lots of UV and give you a sun burn/permanent eye damage. There is not much risc of damage to the oven but if heat stuff that is not purely metall(unlike aluminum foil strips or steel wool) it can give of carcinogenic fumes(e.g. bromated/chlorated flame retardants, burnt plastic), you do not want to cook food in an oven where you have played with burning old and junk!
Don't ever, EVER even think of operating a magnetron outside a well shielded enclosure. Microwaves have a longer wavelength than the size of the holes in the metal mesh on the window of the oven, this mesh absorbs/reflects the vast majority of microwaves, but light has a very short wavelength and you don't even notice that the mesh has any effect on light that passes throught the holes.
Don't operate a nearly empty microwave oven for extended periods of time, if you need to put a load in it, just stick a glass of water in there.
Many believe microwave ovens are easy to break, they aren't. But they can be quite hazardous if you do not know what you are doing and decide to play with them.
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...or if you happen to have a rubber/softened plastic coated hand rail in your nearest staircase, those zap me all the time. Many have a screw through the rubber on the top and bottom, I walk down the stairs, gliding my hand along and happen to touch the screw at the bottom, you can *hear* the discharge, that ought to kill a graphics card stone dead.
i thought he had herpes <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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Or walk around in a Nylon coat and then touch it.
i thought he had herpes <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
sure, he's a sexpot, but he's smart enough to play it safe :o
I outwitted him in this case. Sorry for the inconvenience, Esuna.