Recent content by connorman01

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    I went from EE to SE and now i fear for my job

    Thank you for taking the time to give such a detailed reply. Honestly I like testing in software and doing bugfixes far more than doing testing in electrical. I'm really hoping I can stay on the sw path
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    I went from EE to SE and now i fear for my job

    Honestly, I would be fine working in any field if I can do coding. I really do enjoy the feeling of writing some lines and seeing some functionality come to life. I want to say I really don't want to go back to EE since it is typically less pay, much more specialized, and from what I can...
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    I went from EE to SE and now i fear for my job

    I went from EE to SE and now I fear for my job Hi Everyone, skip to 5th paragraph for the crux of the post. I graduated as an Electrical Engineer in 2021. In the early years of my education, I was in a transfer program at a community college. The program was called Computer/Electrical...
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    Question Galaxy S9 screen repair gone wrong due to battery spark and smoke

    I am an idiot and had a fundamental misunderstanding of how this battery is built. I thought it was a battery inside of some sort of insulated case, but no that was the whole battery and i shorted it.
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    Question Galaxy S9 screen repair gone wrong due to battery spark and smoke

    I was replacing the front screen and back plate of my girflriend's galaxy s9, and everything was going well until i tried taking the battery out. i disconnected the battery, and i used a blow dryer on it for 30 seconds to melt the glue, but even then i couldn't get it to budge, and at this point...
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    [SOLVED] What is this Custom Gaming PC worth?

    Thanks a lot everybody. I just may try and sell individual parts if I can't sell the whole rig for around 600
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    [SOLVED] What is this Custom Gaming PC worth?

    Hi guys I really need some help. I am trying to sell my gaming PC that I have had for a few years on Facebook and craigs list so that I can build a new one. I feel like I am asking a fair price of $800 for this (Specs below) but I keep getting people on facebook who "build PC's every day"...
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    How to get 5.1 surround working with PC -> Reciever -> TV using HDMI cords?

    So this is a very specific issue, please bear with me. My old PC had a MSI Z97-G45 Mobo and a MSI GTX 980. I only gave these two specs because these are the only things that could be related to sound and display. My old PC worked perfectly fine when I connected my PC with an HDMI cord to one of...
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    PC Broken. Please Help!

    Thanks for your input. It seem be that due to the nature of the problem, and after testing most of my components, that it is a motherboard issue. I'm 90% sure about this. The issue is that no one sells Z97 motherboards anymore, at least for a reasonable price
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    PC Broken. Please Help!

    Specs: -MSI GeForce GTX 980 GPU -MSI Z97 G45 Mobo -Corsair Vengeance 16 GB RAM (2x8) -Crucial 500 GB SSD -intel I7 4790k CPU -EVGA Supernova 850W G2 PSU Gold Rank So today my PC BSOD'd and I went to turn it back on and all worked fine. then a bit later it shut off again by itself and then when...
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    Electrical engineering degree (4 years) or Electrical technician degree (2 years)?

    I am currently in school for an electrical engineering degree at a 2 year school, which i will then transfer to a university for the last two years. It has just come to my attention that I will have to pay $52,000 just for two years at the university ASSUMING that i pass all the classes the...