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[Nev]

@teacher

Yeah, it is fixed now for me. Good picture too.

I am no expert… but it looks like you did not make complete crispy critters out of any of your LED’s. :+1:

I do see some dark areas on them all…. BUT, that may just be on the optic or dirty LED’s.

You can clean the LED’s & MCPCB with a Q-tip & alcohol if you wish.
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Have you got a pic of yours Nev? So we could compare.

There you go teach , a link is better than nowt.

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[WalkIntoTheLight]

@f0xx

Personally, I don’t go for all the flash some like to use in sigs/avatars/etc, but I’ve usually had positive interactions with raccoon city. I think he is a valuable member here, and it feels like we really shouldn’t care too much about what he puts in his signature. I heard this line in a play one time: ” ‘to each his own’… said the lady as she kissed the cow”. You can use an ad blocker to remove/block those items if you wanted to, and it wouldn’t cause any trouble or drama.

I think they’re just distracting, especially racoon’s creepy sig picture. If it was small, maybe not so much. And really, what do big unrelated sig pictures add? At best, it makes the forum look like it’s filled with advertising.

I’ll look into an ad-blocker. Do you recommend one for Chrome? Ad block plus, maybe? Can it remove just racoon’s sig, and not mess anything else up? Nobody else’s sig bothers me in the least, so I don’t want to block anything else.

[f0xx]

Ublock origin by Raymond Hill

Edit: I’ll respond to the other questions when I’m not driving… currently at a red light.

[oweban]

+1 ublock origin

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[teacher]

@Nev

@teacher

Yeah, it is fixed now for me. Good picture too.

I am no expert… but it looks like you did not make complete crispy critters out of any of your LED’s. :+1:

I do see some dark areas on them all…. BUT, that may just be on the optic or dirty LED’s.

You can clean the LED’s & MCPCB with a Q-tip & alcohol if you wish.
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Have you got a pic of yours Nev? So we could compare.

There you go teach , a link is better than nowt.
https://ibb.co/3dNc3Lj0

Thanks Nev… Those are XP-L HI aren’t they??

[teacher]

… The one on upper left the main problem??

Was this pic before the famous meltdown video??

[Nev]

They were took just before the video , for neal.

[teacher]

@Nev

They were took just before the video , for neal.

OK…. thanks mate.

[Nev]

@teacher

@Nev

They were took just before the video , for neal.

OK…. thanks mate.

Thanks teacher , I’ll delete the huge photo before someone gets the hump

[contactcr]

See the bottom one? That spec of whatever can cause it to look like the top left one after a few seconds of turbo. That is the worst solder job I have ever seen. The wires, the LEDs, the solder balls, the flux. It’s all bad.

[Nev]

@contactcr

See the bottom one? That spec of whatever can cause it to look like the top left one after a few seconds of turbo. That is the worst solder job I have ever seen. The wires, the LEDs, the solder balls, the flux. It’s all bad.

Yep , I thought so too.
I probly coulda done better with my 1980’s soldering iron.

[teacher]

OK… these pics were before the ’Magic Smoke’ Nev. Did the emitters look any different after the video episode??

[Nev]

No, they look the same , the only difference is ,the black wire is now desoldered, probly because it got even hotter because the bezel wasn’t pushing down & aiding heat transfer ,
I could smell the burning plastic before I opened it , that’s the reason I opened it.

[sp5it]

I wish there would be ignore option for some dumb muthafuckas….
Reading would be much more pleasant.
M

[Nev]

@sp5it

I wish there would be ignore option for some dumb muthafuckas….
Reading would be much more pleasant.
M

You’re allowed to spell mother properly ,maybe change the u for an o though on the other.

[m0nk33]

Are they doing anything different with the buttons on the newer FW3A/C/Ts?

I just got a new FW3C from Illumn and it seems the button on this version is easier to activate and feels softer. I prefer the original button.

[Nev]

@m0nk33

Are they doing anything different with the buttons on the newer FW3A/C/Ts?

I just got a new FW3C from Illumn and it seems the button on this version is easier to activate and feels softer. I prefer the original button.

Some people’s complained that it was to easy to accidentally activate,
Lumentop changed the button to make it activate easier ,
I think the two are related.

[m0nk33]

That’s unfortunate. Thankfully, everything is swappable, so I’ve switched the buttons between my FW3A and FW3C.

[WalkIntoTheLight]

@f0xx

Ublock origin by Raymond Hill

Edit: I’ll respond to the other questions when I’m not driving… currently at a red light.

@oweban

+1 ublock origin

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Excellent, it works! Thanks! No more of racoon’s annoying page-spanning sig graphics.

[BOO5TED]

Good God can’t we all just get along? If you see something you don’t like, just ignore it and move on. Some people need to learn to not be so damn sensitive and stop the constant complaining about others comments or postings. It’s just words and pictures, no way can they physically hurt you. You only let them hurt you feelings because you’re just too sensitive for the internet.

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That being said and back on topic, I just ordered my FW3Ti polished XPL!