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Diesel wrote:
Paul Fri, 09
Aug 2019 23:09:10 GMT in alt.comp.freeware, wrote:

Wildman wrote:

Also, a single resistor could be used in series with the load
but it would be more sensitive to slight current variations.
The two resistor circuit is more stable.

But we have to give Dustin a chance to give us his idea.

An idea for? I simply questioned why you opted to skip standard
troubleshooting procedures...And you've been on quite a rant ever
since.

Dustin wants to show us his stuff.

Aha. That's what this is really about.

I like answers to be logical and based
on the evidence at hand.

Let's take your "presentation" in the other posting.

"http://www.ohmslawcalculator.com/555-astable-calculator

Quite the possibility, actually."

Uh, what ?

What is that URL about ? How did you relate it (logically)
to anything in the discussion ?

What did we learn from *you*, Dustin, in those two lines ?

I could do this:

"http://www.archive.org

Quite the possibility, actually"

Paul

On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 21:49:52 -0000 (UTC), Diesel
wrote:

"p-0''0-h the cat (coder)"
Fri, 09 Aug 2019
20:23:54 GMT in alt.comp.freeware, wrote:

On Fri, 9 Aug 2019 19:43:08 -0000 (UTC), Diesel
wrote:

"p-0''0-h the cat (coder)"
om Thu, 08 Aug 2019
22:08:25 GMT in alt.comp.freeware, wrote:

On Thu, 8 Aug 2019 04:10:34 -0000 (UTC), Diesel
wrote:

You're over thinking this and completely ignoring another
possibility, Paul. That being, one or more voltage/current
regulation/filtering components (and not the memory chips)
has failed.

Show me the regulator

Sure.

https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/resistor

A resistor is an electrical component that limits or regulates
the flow of electrical current in an electronic circuit.
Resistors can also be used to provide a specific voltage for an
active device such as a transistor.

snip

Pooh didn't ask me to show him any regulator, though. I suppose
he knows what a resistor does,

Resistors aren't regulators. They reduce current flow but that
only remains stable if the power to the circuit remains stable.
Ohm's law.

I'm not going to play along this time, Pooh.

I've left you no room to manoeuvre. I realised that just after I
clicked 'Send'.

Sorry.

My mistake. I went for the quick kill. I failed to win the crowd
first. Ha.

*yawn* you greatly over estimate yourself.

It's too much like the inline vs series debate you tried to derail
another conversation with.

Not at all. The inline vs series debate was about electronic vs
electrical terminology, this is quite obviously about component
function.

electronic vs electrical terminology? So, umm, we have an electrical
resistor and an electronic resistor now do we? [g]

Show me the logical progression that you used to build that argument Mr
101 troubleshooting technique super guru. The terminology debate wasn't
related to the resistor regulator debacle was it? It was ages ago. Has
time ceased to have meaning to you since you met the aliens? Engage the
super high IQ they bestowed upon you. Thinky real hard now.

I left the definition when I responded to Paul for a reason.

Really. Enlighten me. It looked to me like you were just being
sloppy and you let Paul pull your plonker.

I'm not being sloppy. I said nothing about a solid state regulator,
didn't even specify voltage or current or both. I left it at
regulator. You and Paul strolled off from there.

No, thinky real hard again. Paul said show me the regulator. Instead of
admitting you were talking ******** YOU decided to bull**** and drag me
into the argument on your side. Now thinky real hard again and listen. I
come here to play and play to win. I enjoy the adversarial aspect of it
but I come here to test my understanding and not have it ****ing warped
by two bit losers. Fundamentally I win if I prove my understanding is
correct and I really win if I improve it further but I also win if I
lose light bulb moment. That is the game I play and I will swat like a
fly anyone who doesn't have the same standards because they are useless
to me. They are also useless to themselves. Until you learn to subjugate
your ego to the will of your logical critical sane sensible side you
will never become an OVERCAT. Get that into your stoopid head or doom
yourself to forever having a head full of mish mashed half truths and
fantasies that never really add up.



You may argue with the definition, if you'd like. I'm not
going to waste the time.

I don't think there is much to argue about.

Nah, there isn't really. I provided standard troubleshooting
procedures, and Paul for whatever reason opted to skip them and
declare without checking how accurate/inaccurate they were that the
SD cards when they fail are just ****ed and you're out the data,
always.

Except, that's not always the case and sometimes it's the SMD
component(s) responsible for the 'dead' sdcard. Paul goes onto to
claim that he's never seen dead SMD components on anything. Paul must
live in an off world bubble if that's the case. I really don't know
why he'd think SMD wouldn't have the same issues and limitations as
their physically larger counter parts. Electronic components fail,
regardless of physical dimensions or packaging.

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On 10/08/2019 23:36, Paul wrote:
Diesel wrote:
Paul Fri, 09
Aug 2019 23:09:10 GMT in alt.comp.freeware, wrote:

Wildman wrote:

Also, a single resistor could be used in series with the load
but it would be more sensitive to slight current variations.
The two resistor circuit is more stable.

But we have to give Dustin a chance to give us his idea.

An idea for? I simply questioned why you opted to skip standard
troubleshooting procedures...And you've been on quite a rant ever since.

Dustin wants to show us his stuff.

Aha. That's what this is really about.

I like answers to be logical and based
on the evidence at hand.

Let's take your "presentation" in the other posting.

Â*Â* "http://www.ohmslawcalculator.com/555-astable-calculator

Â*Â*Â* Quite the possibility, actually."

Uh, what ?

What is that URL about ? How did you relate it (logically)
to anything in the discussion ?

What did we learn from *you*, Dustin, in those two lines ?

I could do this:

Â* "http://www.archive.org

Â*Â* Quite the possibility, actually"

Â* Paul


aside Did you like the T-shirt, Paul?

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On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 18:36:05 -0400, Paul wrote:

"http://www.ohmslawcalculator.com/555-astable-calculator

Quite the possibility, actually."

Uh, what ?

Dustin's a Maharishi. He's opened my mind to possibilities man.

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On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 21:49:54 +0000, Diesel wrote:

Wildman
Sat, 10 Aug 2019
01:59:59 GMT in alt.comp.freeware, wrote:

[snip]

Chances are you are correct but there is the outside chance
that resistors and/or capacitors connected to a chip could
be part of an internal regulation circuit. Probably not
but a possibility.

http://www.ohmslawcalculator.com/555-astable-calculator

Quite the possibility, actually.

Thanks for the walk down memory lane. I hadn't thought about
a 555 timer in many years.

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On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 21:49:54 -0000 (UTC), Diesel
wrote:

Wildman
Sat, 10 Aug 2019
01:59:59 GMT in alt.comp.freeware, wrote:

[snip]

Chances are you are correct but there is the outside chance
that resistors and/or capacitors connected to a chip could
be part of an internal regulation circuit. Probably not
but a possibility.

http://www.ohmslawcalculator.com/555-astable-calculator

Quite the possibility, actually.

Yes, thank you so much for posting what might been seen by some as an
irrelevant heap of ******** but obviously to those with alien enhanced
super nodel noodles interfaced directly to their brain stem this must
serve as some kind of revelation.

Unfortunately, I cannot see what the good ol' 555 RIP, bless it's little
8 pins and DIPpy form factor has to do with regulation unless and let me
guess, you have found yet another Humpty Dumpty definition for
regulator. Yes, that must be it. Do inform us. I know you won't because
you always end up being ridiculed when you commit.

I wonder why that is.

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Paul wrote:
Diesel wrote:
Paul Fri, 09
Aug 2019 23:09:10 GMT in alt.comp.freeware, wrote:

Wildman wrote:

Also, a single resistor could be used in series with the load
but it would be more sensitive to slight current variations.
The two resistor circuit is more stable.

But we have to give Dustin a chance to give us his idea.

An idea for? I simply questioned why you opted to skip standard
troubleshooting procedures...And you've been on quite a rant ever
since.

Dustin wants to show us his stuff.

Aha. That's what this is really about.

I like answers to be logical and based
on the evidence at hand.

Let's take your "presentation" in the other posting.

"http://www.ohmslawcalculator.com/555-astable-calculator

Quite the possibility, actually."

Uh, what ?

What is that URL about ? How did you relate it (logically)
to anything in the discussion ?

It relates to the part you snipped, i.e.:

restore

From: Diesel
Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware
Subject: A friend called me saying his 1TB SD Card he was using for backup stopped working on Windows & MacOS
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 21:49:54 -0000 (UTC)
Lines: 20
Message-ID: XnsAAA7B64776DE3HT1@wv8i7hFro8pr3vkKQYMKY96kqueTl 3Y7brMcY5Hw4.XbfNb89k6

Wildman
Sat, 10 Aug 2019
01:59:59 GMT in alt.comp.freeware, wrote:

[snip]

Chances are you are correct but there is the outside chance
that resistors and/or capacitors connected to a chip could
be part of an internal regulation circuit. Probably not
but a possibility.

http://www.ohmslawcalculator.com/555-astable-calculator

Quite the possibility, actually.

/restore

I.e. Dustin's response relates to the text he responded to. I realize
that such an occurence is uncommon on Usenet, but it *does* happen once
in a while. This was one such event.

What did we learn from *you*, Dustin, in those two lines ?

Well, some of 'us' had no trouble correctly interpreting "those two
lines" in the context given.

I could do this:

"http://www.archive.org

Quite the possibility, actually"

FWIW, I'm not taking sides, but I suggest you step back from your
position and (re-)read what Dustin actually wrote and respond to that.
Early on, you went off track and you'll never get anywhere without going
back to that point (or stepping out of the discussion).

Some examples from your post:

[Rewind:]

But we have to give Dustin a chance to give us his idea.

An idea for? I simply questioned why you opted to skip standard
troubleshooting procedures...And you've been on quite a rant ever
since.

Why didn't you respond to *this*, which is the crux of the matter?

Let's take your "presentation" in the other posting.

Being pompous about something you apparently didn't understand isn't
really helping your case.

FWIW2, I appreciate your contributions to these groups, but your
current fight with Dustin isn't doing you or anybody else any favours.

Frank Slootweg wrote:
Paul wrote:
Diesel wrote:
Paul Fri, 09
Aug 2019 23:09:10 GMT in alt.comp.freeware, wrote:

Wildman wrote:

Also, a single resistor could be used in series with the load
but it would be more sensitive to slight current variations.
The two resistor circuit is more stable.

But we have to give Dustin a chance to give us his idea.
An idea for? I simply questioned why you opted to skip standard
troubleshooting procedures...And you've been on quite a rant ever
since.

Dustin wants to show us his stuff.
Aha. That's what this is really about.
I like answers to be logical and based
on the evidence at hand.

Let's take your "presentation" in the other posting.

"http://www.ohmslawcalculator.com/555-astable-calculator

Quite the possibility, actually."

Uh, what ?

What is that URL about ? How did you relate it (logically)
to anything in the discussion ?

It relates to the part you snipped, i.e.:

restore

From: Diesel
Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware
Subject: A friend called me saying his 1TB SD Card he was using for backup stopped working on Windows & MacOS
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 21:49:54 -0000 (UTC)
Lines: 20
Message-ID: XnsAAA7B64776DE3HT1@wv8i7hFro8pr3vkKQYMKY96kqueTl 3Y7brMcY5Hw4.XbfNb89k6

Wildman
Sat, 10 Aug 2019
01:59:59 GMT in alt.comp.freeware, wrote:

[snip]

Chances are you are correct but there is the outside chance
that resistors and/or capacitors connected to a chip could
be part of an internal regulation circuit. Probably not
but a possibility.

http://www.ohmslawcalculator.com/555-astable-calculator

Quite the possibility, actually.

/restore

I.e. Dustin's response relates to the text he responded to. I realize
that such an occurence is uncommon on Usenet, but it *does* happen once
in a while. This was one such event.

What did we learn from *you*, Dustin, in those two lines ?

Well, some of 'us' had no trouble correctly interpreting "those two
lines" in the context given.

I could do this:

"http://www.archive.org

Quite the possibility, actually"

FWIW, I'm not taking sides, but I suggest you step back from your
position and (re-)read what Dustin actually wrote and respond to that.
Early on, you went off track and you'll never get anywhere without going
back to that point (or stepping out of the discussion).

Some examples from your post:

[Rewind:]

But we have to give Dustin a chance to give us his idea.
An idea for? I simply questioned why you opted to skip standard
troubleshooting procedures...And you've been on quite a rant ever
since.

Why didn't you respond to *this*, which is the crux of the matter?

Let's take your "presentation" in the other posting.

Being pompous about something you apparently didn't understand isn't
really helping your case.

FWIW2, I appreciate your contributions to these groups, but your
current fight with Dustin isn't doing you or anybody else any favours.

Yawn.

Paul

On Fri, 09 Aug 2019 19:09:10 -0400, Paul wrote:

Wildman wrote:


Also, a single resistor could be used in series with the load
but it would be more sensitive to slight current variations.
The two resistor circuit is more stable.


But we have to give Dustin a chance to give us his idea.

Dustin will show us some typical values, do a line regulation
and load regulation calc, show us how the circuit is
suitable for the operation of a silicon chip.

And so on.

Giving away an entire book of power circuits, won't help.

Dustin wants to show us his stuff.

---- R ---- Dustin
??? |
GND

For some value of Dustin.

Paul

I don't understand the vendetta against Diesel or Dustin as
you and others call him, nor do I want to understand. I do
not want to be involved. I have nothing against him and he
has done nothing against me. To be more accurate, I have no
feelings either way. I don't know him.

If you have something to say to him, then say it. Don't
pretend you are talking to me.

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On 11 Aug 2019 14:57:45 GMT, Frank Slootweg
wrote:

Well, some of 'us' had no trouble correctly interpreting "those two
lines" in the context given.

Fantastic. Do enlighten us.

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Paul wrote:
Frank Slootweg wrote:
Paul wrote:
Diesel wrote:
Paul Fri, 09
Aug 2019 23:09:10 GMT in alt.comp.freeware, wrote:

Wildman wrote:

Also, a single resistor could be used in series with the load
but it would be more sensitive to slight current variations.
The two resistor circuit is more stable.

But we have to give Dustin a chance to give us his idea.
An idea for? I simply questioned why you opted to skip standard
troubleshooting procedures...And you've been on quite a rant ever
since.

Dustin wants to show us his stuff.
Aha. That's what this is really about.
I like answers to be logical and based
on the evidence at hand.

Let's take your "presentation" in the other posting.

"http://www.ohmslawcalculator.com/555-astable-calculator

Quite the possibility, actually."

Uh, what ?

What is that URL about ? How did you relate it (logically)
to anything in the discussion ?

It relates to the part you snipped, i.e.:

restore

From: Diesel
Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware
Subject: A friend called me saying his 1TB SD Card he was using for backup stopped working on Windows & MacOS
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 21:49:54 -0000 (UTC)
Lines: 20
Message-ID: XnsAAA7B64776DE3HT1@wv8i7hFro8pr3vkKQYMKY96kqueTl 3Y7brMcY5Hw4.XbfNb89k6

Wildman
Sat, 10 Aug 2019
01:59:59 GMT in alt.comp.freeware, wrote:

[snip]

Chances are you are correct but there is the outside chance
that resistors and/or capacitors connected to a chip could
be part of an internal regulation circuit. Probably not
but a possibility.

http://www.ohmslawcalculator.com/555-astable-calculator

Quite the possibility, actually.

/restore

I.e. Dustin's response relates to the text he responded to. I realize
that such an occurence is uncommon on Usenet, but it *does* happen once
in a while. This was one such event.

What did we learn from *you*, Dustin, in those two lines ?

Well, some of 'us' had no trouble correctly interpreting "those two
lines" in the context given.

I could do this:

"http://www.archive.org

Quite the possibility, actually"

FWIW, I'm not taking sides, but I suggest you step back from your
position and (re-)read what Dustin actually wrote and respond to that.
Early on, you went off track and you'll never get anywhere without going
back to that point (or stepping out of the discussion).

Some examples from your post:

[Rewind:]

But we have to give Dustin a chance to give us his idea.
An idea for? I simply questioned why you opted to skip standard
troubleshooting procedures...And you've been on quite a rant ever
since.

Why didn't you respond to *this*, which is the crux of the matter?

Let's take your "presentation" in the other posting.

Being pompous about something you apparently didn't understand isn't
really helping your case.

FWIW2, I appreciate your contributions to these groups, but your
current fight with Dustin isn't doing you or anybody else any favours.

Yawn.

Whatever. You're just proving that you're unwilling to even consider
that you might have misinterpreted Dustin's posts (not to mention
Wildman's and mine).

(AFAIC,) EOD.

On Sun, 11 Aug 2019 18:34:33 +0100, "p-0''0-h the cat (coder)"
wrote:

On 11 Aug 2019 14:57:45 GMT, Frank Slootweg
wrote:

Well, some of 'us' had no trouble correctly interpreting "those two
lines" in the context given.

Fantastic. Do enlighten us.

Still waiting.

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On Sun, 11 Aug 2019 18:34:33 +0100, "p-0''0-h the cat (coder)"
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On 11 Aug 2019 14:57:45 GMT, Frank Slootweg
wrote:

Well, some of 'us' had no trouble correctly interpreting "those two
lines" in the context given.

Fantastic. Do enlighten us.

Still waiting.

You talking about the one where the (external) resistor(s) and capacitor
form part of the regulator for a 555 timer's astable mode?


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On Sun, 11 Aug 2019 18:34:33 +0100, "p-0''0-h the cat (coder)"
wrote:

On 11 Aug 2019 14:57:45 GMT, Frank Slootweg
wrote:

Well, some of 'us' had no trouble correctly interpreting "those two
lines" in the context given.
Fantastic. Do enlighten us.
Still waiting.

You talking about the one where the (external) resistor(s) and capacitor
form part of the regulator for a 555 timer's astable mode?

A timer has "timing components" and a "timing equation"
written in terms of R values, a C value, a percentage threshold
voltage (that the 555 uses to trigger off the "RC charging"
shaped voltage curve).

It doesn't have anything in it which is deserving
of the term "regulator". That's why the raised
eyebrows.

There are also two kinds of 555 timers, the original
bipolar ones and the later CMOS ones, and they're
not exactly the same.

Page 11 here, gives an example of a "full configured"
circuit, which demonstrates the purpose of the various
pins. The circuit charges as (Ra+Rb)*C and discharges
through the discharge transistor as (Rb)*C, giving
the characteristic behavior.

http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/ne555.pdf

The word "regulator" does not appear in the datasheet.

Ra,Rb,C are "timing components".

Paul

Wildman wrote:


I don't understand the vendetta against Diesel or Dustin as
you and others call him, nor do I want to understand. I do
not want to be involved. I have nothing against him and he
has done nothing against me. To be more accurate, I have no
feelings either way. I don't know him.

If you have something to say to him, then say it. Don't
pretend you are talking to me.


You can do anything you want in a newsgroup
except one thing.

If you're going to "lame off me" and use my
name, then spout some worthless trash...

expect a response!

If you have a contribution to make, just make
it. There's no reason to name anyone else.

"I think a resistor broke on your SD, but
I don't know exactly what all the resistors do"

If you craft an answer like that, there's no reason
for anyone to react to it. You're not claiming
any specific mechanism. You're not claiming
an "extensive knowledge of electronics making
me a genius and you a dummy".

If you have an "extensive knowledge of electronics",
then ****ing well show me! It's actually easy.
You could quite easily craft a retort. I could have
been shot down in flames.

But I know Dustin, and I know he couldn't even look
up or plagiarize a retort, because he's just a
garden variety TROLL.

I wanted others to lay off, and for once, let Dustin
speak for himself. He doesn't need coddling.

*******

A person who spends $500 on an SD, is not going to
open it up for fun. There may be a warranty on it
which can be exercised. You might get a replacement
if you still have the bill, a device which actually works.

An SD is a planar assembly, in which the forced are
in the plane of the PCB. There are no torsional
or deflecting forces involved. There's no reason for
solder joints to fail because of such effects.

If you drove a truck over the SD, or left it in your
pants and put it in the wash, those might leave plausible
failure modes related to the physical device.

The SD is covered in a plastic cover, which protects
the discrete components. You can't do a "screwdriver
strike" like you can on a motherboard. A number of
posters have "pinged off" a small cap next to the
CPU socket with a screwdriver, resulting in a mobo failure.
The plastic cover prevents your fingernails from
lifting off a 0201 by accident.

If a manufacturer doesn't know how to solder, they
will be deluged in returns. Either returns from the
store, or warranty returns. At $500, that manufacturing
line had better be tuned up.

At the moment, no brand and model number for the device
has been stated. I assumed it's a Lexar, as that's all
I could find at that device size (1TB). Other companies
stop at around 500GB or so.

I have yet to find a full datasheet for an SD controller,
so device details or a "sample schematic" are not
available.

A typical component for a device like that, is this one (SM2704).
This is the product briefing, which is devoid of anything
suitable for making comments about supporting passive
components and their purpose. We don't even get a pin count.
That's the problem with offering more detailed analysis,
is each generation of these things is different. A statement
you make, could be right or wrong, for each generation.
One generation could be fixed voltage (rail operated),
another generation could be multi-rail. Again, the
product briefings don't provide the level of detail
they should.

http://www.siliconmotion.com/downloa...hNREEyQw%3D%3D

There was a time when a product briefing had a pinout,
and you could guess at stuff by looking at it.

Paul