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20 kV Diode Teardown [video]

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Re: 20 kV Diode Teardown [video]

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Post by brentcetinich »

dmitrygr wrote: post #3
Salgat wrote: post #2

This video seems a bit lacking in information. Very cool to see the actual innards of the diode, but it feels like a quick picture and 2 sentence description could cover the same amount of information.

But then how would you be served 3-10 ads?

YT premium FTW

Re: 20 kV Diode Teardown [video]

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Post by martyvis »

brentcetinich wrote: post #11
dmitrygr wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But then how would you be served 3-10 ads?

YT premium FTW

I'm amazed when people mention getting interstitial ads on YouTube (or I even get confused sometimes when following a link from a website that launched YouTube, but doesn't register my ID). Happy 4+ year YT premium (formerly Google Play Music ) subscriber here.

Re: 20 kV Diode Teardown [video]

#13

Post by tsimionescu »

brentcetinich wrote: post #11
dmitrygr wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But then how would you be served 3-10 ads?

YT premium FTW

A good ad blocker is even better. It would be awesome if it could also auto-skip in-video ads.

Best part is that ad blockers work all over the world, not just in the few corners where YT designs to let you pay to skip ads.

Re: 20 kV Diode Teardown [video]

#15

Post by sjruckle »

tsimionescu wrote: post #13
brentcetinich wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

YT premium FTW

A good ad blocker is even better. It would be awesome if it could also auto-skip in-video ads. Best part is that ad blockers work all over the world, not just in the few corners where YT designs to let you pay to skip ads.

Try the SponsorBlock addon. Nobody's added anything for this video, but there are a lot of other videos that have their ads in its database.

Re: 20 kV Diode Teardown [video]

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Post by marcan_42 »

superasn wrote: post #14

Another fun video I found today showing up in related videos for this: https://youtu.be/WtExoSMgvXI?t=260 These guys are sanding down the mobile CPUs and soldering jumpers to do a password reset. I didn't know this was even possible.

It's just accessing the onboard flash memory. Sometimes the easiest way in to a given pin is through the top of the CPU package (obviously they are not hitting any actual silicon), if all the traces are otherwise buried in the board.

Re: 20 kV Diode Teardown [video]

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Post by mmazing »

He would have great luck with a bench top belt sander with 250 grit, and sticking to the higher grits by hand for final polishing.

Much easier when you can let a power tool do most of the work.

Re: 20 kV Diode Teardown [video]

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Post by emj »

superasn wrote: post #14

Another fun video I found today showing up in related videos for this: https://youtu.be/WtExoSMgvXI?t=260 These guys are sanding down the mobile CPUs and soldering jumpers to do a password reset. I didn't know this was even possible.

Kamikaze hack on XBox, was sold as a template for drilling a bondwire on a SoC. This is without the tempalte: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gCYXb54oig
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