I needed a 120mm fan for my 3D Printer that I was messing around with and found some Thermaltake Riing Plus fans I had lying around, but I needed to control them via a standard fan header rather than using the special 9 pin plug they have. Here’s a quick run down to change the pins around to use it as a standard PC fan, as well as how to wire up the LEDs to work with WLED (on an ESP8266/ESP32), Marlin on an Ender 3 (SKR Mini E3 V1.2) or to a 5V Motherboard RGB header.
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HP Chromebook 14 G5 Trackpad Failure
I have a fleet of about 200 HP Chromebook 14 G5’s that I manage at my job (among other models of machines) and I’ve been having this common fault with the trackpads where they will stop working or stutter around. I thought it was an interesting problem so I’ve decided to document it a bit more in detail here.
Rubber Band Cars STEM Project
About the project
Where to get games for PC
There’s a boatload of different ways you can buy/rent PC games these days. This guide is a quick rundown of the different places you can get games from and how to score yourself a good deal too!
I cover Games Launchers, Stores and subscription services. Please feel free to leave a comment if you think I’ve missed something!
Also: Everything should be up to date as of December 1st 2019 and any pricing listed is in Australian Dollars.
Firefly – Starry Night Stop Motion
Firefly 2019
Dymo LabelWriter Region Locked Labels
I recently bought a Dymo LabelWriter 450 Twin Turbo and was having trouble using non-genuine labels with it.
Turns out: There’s a US and an international version of the Dymo LabelWriters, and the labels aren’t compatible across the two!
Read on to see about my adventure….
Corsair Void Surround Review
Super fast review here, I got myself a pair of Corsair Void Surround headphones from work to try out and figured I’d post my findings here.