puckmunch

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   by puckmunch 12y ago

   They are neither red nor blue, disproving your statement.
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   by puckmunch 12y ago

   For what it's worth, Hewlett-Packard had a very similar problem with a line of theirs using the same GPU (and the same lead-free solder), and Microsoft's Red Ring of Death is fundamentally the same problem. The fact that you can o
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   by puckmunch 12y ago

   The issue isn't that EU-mandated tin-alloy solders are cheap, it's that the solder balls aren't solid and non-lead solders are brittle. For components that don't undergo constant radical thermal shifts, this is a nonissu
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   by puckmunch 12y ago

   Apple stopped using the word 'laptop' when they were still struggling with trying to put a G5 in a portable computer that didn't require jet engine fans.
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   by puckmunch 12y ago

   Discrete GPUs are soldered to boards using ball-gate arrays, a technique which was invented with lead solder balls in mind. The patent holder died before the EU mandated non-lead solders. The reason this matters is because the process by wh