Posted by jpluimers on 2024/12/09
TL;DR: it was a Dutch keyboard, which almost nobody in The Netherlands uses (US or US-International are the most used physical keyboard layouts over there)
I tried searching for keyboard layouts using Google with these special keys that were present on the keyboard (listing all keys that either have special symbols on them, or use the Alg-Gr modifier):
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Posted by jpluimers on 2024/11/28
Ordered because all of a sudden, my scanner would only charge over USB, but not connect to any computer any more over USB (likekly because the Micro-USB connector on the mainboard was broken which is odd after just a few 100 inserts which is odd as it should last 10k+ cycles according to USB hardware – Wikipedia) [WaybackSave/Archive] SCANSNAP iX100 SCANNER REPAIR MANUAL – PFU Ricoh Store.
It costs only USB 0.00, so I hope they will send it outside of the USA.
When ordering, you have to agree with these:
When I don’t receive the manual, hopefully the translated version of this video will be of help: [WaybackSave/Archive] Reparación Scanner Fujitsu ScanSnap – Puerto De Carga Micro USB – YouTube -> Fujitsu ScanSnap Scanner Repair – Micro USB Charging Port – YouTube.
Como me pasa muchas veces esto grabe este video. Me piden que repare algo que ya intentaron reparar de la manera incorrecta.
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As this happens to me many times, I recorded this video. I am asked to repair something that they already tried to repair incorrectly.
Queries:
--jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2024/11/27
I wrote about programs and scripts doing IPv4 subnet calculation, but sometimes it is easier to have a table at hand, so here is the one I found at [Wayback/Archive] OccupytheWeb on Twitter: “Network Basics for Hackers: Subnetting, Subnet Masks and CIDR Notation #networks #networkbasics #subnetting #infosec #networks4hackers #cyberwarrior #cyberwarrior #networkbasics #networkbasics subnet”
Notes:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2024/11/12
I totally missed this back in 2019 when having the first belly surgery (that eventually would lead up into discovering I had already had rectum cancer at that time) [Wayback/Archive] How to Weaponize the Yubikey – Black Hills Information Security.
Luckily I got a reminder: [Wayback/Archive] jilles.com on Twitter: “/me the asshole that spoils the magic trick …” after [Wayback/Archive] yan on Twitter: “who’s excited for defcon next week”
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Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/28
For my link archive:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/25
Now that Dell 3060 and 3070 Micro MFF have become available quite a bit cheaper than before, please note that both only support M.2 PCIe x2 (though the 3060 documentation indicates x4, the 3070 documentation correctly states x2).
This is a board electronics issue, as the chip-set does support x4.
The M.2 connector however is more versatile than I expected and does support a variety of M.2 keying of which not all “big connector” PCI-e or USB M.2 adapters support:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/21
I have a few Anker PowerCore+ 26,800 USB power banks of which one would not show the charger lights any more. This is how to reset these power banks (should also work with other Anker power banks).
Below is how to reset it; after that the charging indicator started functioning again:
Try another outlet. If that doesn’t work, plug it into itself.Take a USB cable and plug that into the output and plug the output into the input. This will reset the battery.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/07
My Twitter thread from a while ago on the TEAC CA-200 IEM Dell card reader which I based on my own pictures and these searches:
Here we go (also threaded at [Wayback/Archive] Thread by @jpluimers on Thread Reader App):
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Posted by jpluimers on 2024/09/23
A long time ago I asked about the manual for a Daryis ST-977 weather station, but got no response from the manufacturer or anyone else.
So about 9 months later the topic came back up and I did get some responses, most suggesting to use the SET button which I already tried earlier.
I retried and found out the button was both bouncing and needed to be held for a really long time (15+ seconds!) to even switch to “edit” mode.
With 4 AA batteries in the base it at least should survive a power outage and hopefully by now we have switched away from using daylight saving time in Europe so no time changes are needed in the future.
Later I found out the FCC was on the external sensor and could find back a manual of a similar model:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2024/09/09
I forgot where I got this video from: [Wayback/Archive] YouTube Archived: private Dell video about detecting non-POST issues like motherboard or memory failures
It came in useful researching beeping pattern combined an amber/orange blinking pattern on one of my 2018 Dell 3060 MFF machines.
TL;DR
NOTE: On any OptiPlex built since 2012 (that is, 7010/9010/9010 AIO), Dell has stopped using all beep codes except for the Memory Failure code. (1, 3, 2, or one beep, then three beeps, then two beeps.) If your computer was built after 2012 and is making any other beep code, contact technical support for further help.
I knew it already needed a new coin cell battery, but that was surely not the only problem with it, and what type of battery it was (TL;DR: CR2032 and likely longer lasting BR2023 will be compatible too).
Related videos and links:
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 