On 05/04/2017 07:40 PM, Diesel wrote:
philo news 2017 20:34:07 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote:

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I did not try that but to make things clear, the mobo I had
specifically did not have USB-2 or USB-3 drivers.

Which means likely didn't have hardware for those type of ports present
on it. Which means, no drivers. I use the word likely intentionally,
btw. I have seen boards that infact did have the required hardware,
but, at the time of shipment, didn't have drivers for the newer stuff
and resorted to older drivers, instead. Better to have slower running
ports than dead ones, right?


Wrong

There are not going to be drivers for Win7 for that board...at least not
from the mfg.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16813157729

My friend who used to write drivers for a living told me he could do
it....if he gets PAID



Atleast let them know it has Windows 10 already installed, if you're
going to sell it that way. It would be nice of you to explain the
pitfalls of using Windows 10, as well. But, I can understand if you'd
rather not tell them. It's like being super honest with a used car you
want to sell.





I am very honest , to the point where most of the work I do , if I get
paid at all, I get grossly underpaid. Mostly I do it because I like
doing it.

In a few hours some guy is coming over and I told him I'd fix he machine
free. He was trying to upgrade it (he did not specify what)
and could not figure out how to connect the cables.
Might be as simple as an SATA cable off or it might be a big mess.


Some of the people I deal with are pretty clueless...
They often doing even knwo what operating system they are using , when I
ask them. If I'm lucky they will say "Windows."


Now on to the good stuff:

A month ago someone have me a combination AM radio/ record player from
the 1950's...it's built into an end table.

I recently got around to checking it out and I got to watch the 5Y3
rectifier's plates melt down!

I quickly turned it off and assumed one of the filter capacitors was
shorted.

So much work went into the cabinetry and none went into serviceability
but I got the chassis on my workbench and all the capacitors were good.

To properly restore the radio, the capacitors would have to be replaced,
but I am not going to bother to restore it. I have a friend who does
that type of thing and I will give him the unit it he wants it.


Since all checked out OK, I then figured that the tube might have gotten
damaged in transit and it might have been nothing more than the filament
troubling the plates.

I had a spare 5Y3 in the attic but to test the radio on the bench I
needed to pull the speaker.

The speaker was one of those with a voice coil. It also had the audio
transformer attached, so I really needed to pull it out rather than use
a standard permanent magnet speaker.

The speaker was in a sealed compartment and a major PITA to remove...but
the radio works....so I put it all mostly together and hope the hell I
can get it out of my basement.

If my buddy does not want it, I may sell the green, electric eye tube on
eBay and just toss it.