Hey, /g/!
While fixing my friend's old computer I found this weird box connected to the PSU. It has no markings on it, only a single molex plug.
What could it be? Maybe a surge protector/voltage regulator?
>>43782534
it's a christmas light tester
>>43782534
Any identifying marks? Can it be opened?
We're gonna need a little more to go on, here.
>>43782534
That is gentoo
It's your computer's briefcase. There are all kinds of important work files in there.
>>43782585
This.
It is the gentoo
>>43782572
There are no screws and no marks. It seems to be glued together, so I'd have to break it open.
>>43782534
That looks like a latch on the side. Why not open it up?
>>43782590
Remember "briefcases" back on Windows 98? What was this shit about?
>>43782606
Hit it with a hammer
>>43782534
it's a keylogger
Thats the NSA box.
Dont break it open, they'll come to your house and plant a flagpole in your ass
>>43782606
Got a dremel?
>>43782620
lmgtfy.info
>>43782636
Yeah, I guess I might as well, since his PC is pretty much shot anyway.
>>43782655
Nope.
>>43782620
something about Satan or synchronizing files between computers.
Possibly both
>>43782534
Seen something similar as a SATA-IDE connector powersupply once.
Does it have a plug in the bottom of it where your palm is in the picture?
>>43782958
No, it doesn't. There is a PCI SATA card in the system, however.
Sorry for lack of updates. I'm doing a virus check on the drives and I don't want to remove the device while power is on.
But once it finishes, it's hammer time.
It sends data to de NSA from recording the noise of your processor
>>43783119
dude the device isnt pretty much conected to any part of the computer itself, im sure you can disconect it any time,
but in the other hand, it could be an explosive device that activates when removed manually, be careful
Its a paediofilae detector, it alerts the efbeeay
>>43782534
There are tiny dragon dildos inside the box.
They're for urethral insertion.
It obviously nothing, op is just trolling
>>43783163
>you'll never get to blow apart the hands of pedo fuckos and get paid by his taxes to do it
>>43782534
that looks exactly like an old cathode power supply I used to have, are there a couple of 2 pin plugs on the bottom?
It's a power supply for ricer lights with 2/3 pin connectors at one side.
is your friend a terrorist communist muslism gay atheist?
>>43782534
i've never seen such a thing, disconnect and open it. post pics on /g/ like this, with macro mode, we want to know.
>>43783339
Once again: THERE ARE NO PLUGS OTHER THAN THE MOLEX ON TOP.
>>43783374
I aborted the virus check and disconnected it. Trying to open it now.
>>43783399
>inb4 it's some audiophile faggotry to suppress abient EMI or some such shit
>>43782534
This is an NSA implant that monitors both stray RF and voltage fluctuations in the power supply in order to deduce encryption keys that are being used in the CPU. It then either records partial information in its internal flash memory so that it can be exfiltrated later, or transmits it wirelessly.
>inb4 op dies by mustard gas
I had something that looked almost exactly like this in one of my PCs, though mine had a small dial and a plug for a fan. So maybe it's a fan controller?
>>43783418
maybe, some autistic tier terminator for PSU, just like ferrite cores on coaxes and every single fucking wire... holy shit these.
>>43783399
i'm now monnitoraging this thread, sorry for bringing back my tripcode, it's for the archive.
That's the internet don't unplug it
Better call the suspicious package response unit, OP. Looks like a bomb. Don't cut the wrong wire!
oh god OP please hurry. I'm literally at half chub in anticipation right now.
also don't smash it with a hammer, try to be more surgical so we can actually get a good idea wtf is going on.
>inb4 its a plastic dummy plug protector
It might be some blind cap, but then again it's rather big for that. Or some smoothing capacitators, but that should be in the PSU and it won't fit in this anyway.
>>43783481
...And how should it know it's unplugged when the computer is powered off?
>>43783475
>>43783475
Obviously fucking not
>>43783011
Weird
>>43783471
>autistic tier terminator for PSU
That would be my other guess, though why its so fuckhuge is anyone's guess, they put some weird shit in off the shelf, brand-PC's
>>43783471
>it's for the archive.
kill yourself
Welp...
>>43783475
MODS
>>43783475
wtf blue board is /sfw/
report
>>43783535
the fuck
>>43783475
Jesus Christ there's no way that baby is still alive after that
>>43783475
>>>/tor/
You disgusting fucker
>>43783535
what in the flying fuck i don even...
>>43783569
wat was it
>>43783535
Looks like it is for smoothing out current spikes from the psu.
I had a fan controller that had a similar look.
>>43783535
Potato tier photo
>>43783475
Is that wet hair or what?
Top class
http://www.nxp.com/documents/data_sheet/BT152-800R.pdf
http://www.nxp.com/documents/data_sheet/BT151-500R.pdf
>>43783535
WHAT THE FUCK?? Those large components are thyristors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyristor
What the flubber is for, I do not know, but RIP Robin Williams and your part in this is duly remembered.
>>43783580
use the archive
>>43783535
2 tyristors and 2 electrolyte caps, for what purpose?
>>43783582
So it might have been actually useful and I just smashed it like a barbarian?
>>43783582
Stay tuned for more 'things I just made up on the spot', tonight at 9!
>>43783598
i'm gonna assume it's that old as fuck picture of a guy shitting out a baby but i'll look anyway
>>43783601
maybe the green slime is plastic explosive and the tryistors are detonators, the caps are for shrapnel
I knew it!
>>43783535
The plot thickens....
it's a insect repellent you retards.
the resistors are for heat
>>43783612
Nah, you are good without it anyway
>>43783618
sauce?
>>43783612
No, a PSU should not need bullshit like this to work properly.
>>43783632
while ur mom widens
>>43783598
How do?
>>43783643
don't know the link but its an old as fuck gore picture
you could probably google that exactly and find it
>>43783635
This is true. It's to keep bugs out of computers.
>>43783618
It was a post in the wrong thread about smart watches... don't you guys use a 4chan extension? Everyone who replied to it is being a fucking summerfag making people think it was something else. It was just a mispost that was deleted.
>>43783653
rbt.asia
also
>not using 4chanX with automatic dead post redirect
>>43783653
r/4chanTechArchive
>>43783635
/thread
So this thing is probably just a dummy meant to protect the plug from dust, from looking at the two pictures.
>>43783647
based on some of the reviews i've seen, shitty PSUs have a shitload of ripple after 50% load.
>>43783669
I saw the post...smart watches right? Don't understand what the problem was
>>43783670
Fuck wish I hadn't checked
Goodnight gentleman need to DBAN my temp folder
>>43783635
>>43783661
Well if it was, it didn't do a good job. The case was full of cobwebs when I opened it.
>>43783535
What the fuck is this shit?
>>43783659
Post it here, mods are asleep.
>>43783669
>teaching redditors to be oldfags
>>43783598
>>43783569
>>43783552
I don't get it, I checked the archive and it's just a photo of a smartwatch
>>43783647
It shouldn't however the psu could have a design flaw and this would be the cheap way of fixing it.
>>43783651
My mom is dead for 8 years, thanks for reminding me. May your anus itch forever.
>>43783697
check the nsfw archive newfag
>>43783680
Welcome back to "facts I pulled right out of my arse"
>>43783684
Stop pretending its alright man its not cool
>>43783700
It's a 350W Chieftec.
>>43783635
do australians really need that to prevent giant moths from eating their processor?
>>43783697
Deleted post are replaced with random posts from other threads in the archive, you have to check the nsfw archive on tor
>>43783731
>giant moths
That's a funny way to spell Abbos.
>>43783715
>nsfw /g/ archive
lolwat
>>43783715
link the nsfw archive, I am the headmod of 4chainz and I have not been informed of this
>>43783729
Replace it. Not worth blowing the system.
>>43783708
Take a nap grandpa
>>43783723
It was a guess. Unless you've any evidence to back your claim up.
>>43783751
>>43783741
>>43783715
10/10 guize, good troll, good troll
>>43783746
Newfag gtfo
my post about it being an insect repellent was just a guess btw.
it has no breathing holes, maybe OP can tell us what the green stuff smells like.
>>43783790
I've been here for 3 years and never heard of an nsfw archive
>>43783729
Holy shit. Call a bomb disposal squad.
>>43783811
Doesn't sound like it newfag
>>43783742
lol
>>43783811
Exactly.
>>43783807
Omg what is this green stuff on the back of my hard drive u guise is it gna splode?
>>43783595
kek'd
anyway my guess for the flubber is that it's some kind of heat dispersing goo for the thrysistors
>>43783594
>>43783595
>Another practical use for the SCR in a DC circuit is as a crowbar device for overvoltage protection. A "crowbar" circuit consists of an SCR placed in parallel with the output of a DC power supply, for placing a direct short-circuit on the output of that supply to prevent excessive voltage from reaching the load.
I bet it's an overvoltage protector.
>>43783807
As far as I can tell, the green stuff is just plastic. And it smells of cigarettes, because my friend is a heavy smoker.
>>43783861
Yeah better cut it away, as headmoz of 4chainz that is my recommendation
>>43783826
Lol just got it pmed, thank u 13337h4x0r#13311
![0553157256.01.LZZZZZZZ[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/czxSQsY.jpg "0553157256.01.LZZZZZZZ[1].jpg")
>>43783866
And I bet there are two of them because 12V line and 5V line.
Case closed
>>43783907
Nope just one
>>43783866
>I bet it's an overvoltage protector.
Possibly, on that rail from the PSU it might be used to terminate the unconnected ends and just discharge excess power once its turned off.
Fucking weird
>>43783866
>it's an overvoltage protector
Then why the fuck didn't it have a sticker on it saying so? It would have saved me some trouble.
>>43783866
This makes the most sense, but if you don't have a shitty as fuck PSU this shouldn't even be a concern, right? And most people plug their shit into surge protectors anyway.
>>43783708
s-sorry an-anon
>>43783867
taste?
>>43783924
I mean two SCRs aka thyristors
>>43783955
This wasn't me
>>43783980
It is an old PSU so I suppose it could be but I'm not convinced
The green stuff is kind of waxy it isn't really solid
>>43784049
What the fuck nice try moron
>>43784076
Who is this fucking imposter?
I'm the REAL OP!
>>43783866
>using an expensive transistor rather than a cheap TVS/Zener diode.
Since this mystery has been solved, I'm leaving. Thanks for the assistance everyone.
>>43784049
>>43784076
>>43784094
You faggots have fun.
>>43784109
Fuckin' wanker.
>>43784109
>>43784137
No! I am Spartacus!
shut up, faggots
>>43784158
No. I'M SPARTICUS!
>>43782620
Along with this absolutely nobody knew what it was.
>>43784198
I'm pretty sure that's more than one faggot.
>>43784198
it's called "sock puppetry", newfag.
I'm at a complete loss, I can't figure out what the fuck this thing is.
Any ideas? Anyone?
>>43784106
Also a crowbar circuit literally shorts the circuit which will probably blow the fuse in the PSU. Not saying it's a great design but I still think that's what it is.
>>43784198
>tfw
Hi!
>>43784261
>push f12
>change HTML to remove (You) from almost all the posts
>profit!
>>43784318
Thnkz frend
>>43784321
>phone screenshot
>press f12
Lel
>>43784350
>Not using phone interface in fullscreen on your desktop.
Plebus Maximus
>>43784350
>running android in a VM
>lel itz a fone!
>>43784435
>>43784435
How would I hit f12 in an android VM either
>pic related
>>43784512
#1. proxy, intercept the html and modify it.
#2. cut & paste normal browser screenshot into a "phone" template
the latter is more likely
>>43784512
Confusing photos general
>>43784551
>Maximum retard damage control
Neither are either remotely likely compared to people trying to derail OPs shitty ass thread
>mfw 40% of the posts in this thread were me
>>43784585
don't look now, but we're derailing his thread arguing about your samefagging.
>>43784609
MODS
Gaiz, I think muh ocmputer is overheating!
I've completely lost track of who's who
What the fuck is happening in this thread
>>43782643
Connected to PSU?
>>43784699
Yeah everything that ends up as a bit has to go through it
Smart really
>>43784714
much like if you are an idiot with wiring, you can hear your fans in the headphone line!
>tfw just finished my glorious cable managment
>tfw i realized my headphone front panel connection runs next to the PCIE slot
>tfw i can hear quiet wonders if nothing else is playing
>>43784224
maybe on reddit, faggo
>>43784693
Several levels of meta trolling.
>>43784785
It'd have some faggot Latin name over there
They can also be found in power supplies for digital circuits, where they are used as a sort of "enhanced circuit breaker" to prevent a failure in the power supply from damaging downstream components. A thyristor is used in conjunction with a Zener diode attached to its gate, and if the output voltage of the supply rises above the Zener voltage, the thyristor will conduct and short-circuit the power supply output to ground (in general also tripping an upstream breaker or fuse). This kind of protection circuit is known as a crowbar, and has the advantage over a standard circuit breaker or fuse that it creates a high-conductance path to ground for the damaging supply voltage and potentially for stored energy in the system being powered.
>>43784811
>yfw I'm actually OP
>>43784811
Hi, this is Dan.
>>43783661
>bugs out of computers
HUEHUEHUEHUEHUE!
>>43783535
okay.
i've got enough /g/ for today, it really follows the audiophiliac syndrome someone mentioned above. all that drowned in glue!
>>43782884
>>43782620
i remember this shit, it was in 95, we used to store our shit on these, instead of a simple folder unless we were too curious about what the "synchronize" thing was for and everything was lost.
>>43784551
Or, you know, MS Paint.
>>43785215
Nope
I'm every single poster on 4chan except you
Gotta go fast
>>43785351
wow nice site u have anon, where is sign up butin tho?
>>43785720
>>43784855
Samefag
>>43785740
No shit?
What gave you that clue?
You're fucking brilliant!
>>43785740
>>43785764
Samefag
>>43785764
I really did smell spag-o's, now I want Chef Boyardee spaghetti and meatballs, with a bunch of cheese and tobasco.
Did we ever figure of what the fuck OP found in his computer?
>>43782620
>>43784975
Uh, on Win 7 i use briefcases like twice a day.
Not sure what you guys are talking about.
>>43786380
>>43783708
I hope she gets better
>>43784207
>file write progress
>floppy/cd-rom buffer used
>hard drive buffer used
Back when all that crap was important.
