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So, I was going to upgrade one of my older computers with a salvaged graphic card. However, the PCIe power connector is 6 pin, and the card needs and 8 pin.
No problem, I'll order an adapter from Amazon.
While I'm waiting, I decide to upgrade my main system with a better card. It arrives, I install it and things are great! The card I originally had uses... TAH-DAH uses a 6 pin adapter! So in it goes into the spare machine. The 6 to 8 pin adapter arrives and I don't really need it so I stash it away.
On to my next project where I can use that salvaged graphics card and hey! It needs a 6 pin to 8 pin adapter! I go looking for my just bought adapter and...it's gone. I can't find it.
So I'm doing a long put off search, clean and toss. 56k external modem? 25 feet of 25 pin printer cable? Mice with balls in them and PS/2 connectors? Half a dozen case fans? How many keyboards do I really need?
(ALL OF THEM!) A voice in my head screams.
Ah... no. A few have keys that have the letters worn off. They gotta go.
I haven't found the adapter I was looking for but I did find a mounting bracket I was searching for a few weeks ago.
I'll probably end up re-ordering the part from Amazon. Of course, after it arrives I'll find the original. In the meantime... I got boxes of stuff to sort and toss.
No problem, I'll order an adapter from Amazon.
While I'm waiting, I decide to upgrade my main system with a better card. It arrives, I install it and things are great! The card I originally had uses... TAH-DAH uses a 6 pin adapter! So in it goes into the spare machine. The 6 to 8 pin adapter arrives and I don't really need it so I stash it away.
On to my next project where I can use that salvaged graphics card and hey! It needs a 6 pin to 8 pin adapter! I go looking for my just bought adapter and...it's gone. I can't find it.
So I'm doing a long put off search, clean and toss. 56k external modem? 25 feet of 25 pin printer cable? Mice with balls in them and PS/2 connectors? Half a dozen case fans? How many keyboards do I really need?
(ALL OF THEM!) A voice in my head screams.
Ah... no. A few have keys that have the letters worn off. They gotta go.
I haven't found the adapter I was looking for but I did find a mounting bracket I was searching for a few weeks ago.
I'll probably end up re-ordering the part from Amazon. Of course, after it arrives I'll find the original. In the meantime... I got boxes of stuff to sort and toss.
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The number of times I've done that...
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I knew you'd be the first to respond. We have... similar habits.
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Yup. Ever put a tool down, turned around to do something else, turned back and forgotten where you put it? Like your short term memory failed a check point save?
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