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Jesper Busy, busy, busy. Level: 69  Posts: 1339/2390 EXP: 2856000 For next: 13743 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden. Since last post: 176 days Last activity: 79 days |
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| Okay, so I've just spent the weekend clearing out basically the entire top floor. Sunday was mostly spent rewiring the desktop which proved to be interesting. I basically got a few cable troughs and a CPU holder. The CPU holder is lovely. You can rotate it 360 degrees meaning that I can have access to the back panel without needing to creep on the floor. All in all, the place is a lot cleaner and neater. Do the rest of you have any tips on how to keep it tidy or manage cables? What do you use yourself? |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get.  Level: 73  Posts: 862/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| I don't know really what to call it, but it's a twisted plastic thing. The plastic kinda curls around the cables and keeps them all neat. Pretty good, but sucks when you need to change a cable. |
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Kitten Yiffer Purple wand Furry moderator Vivent l'exp����¯�¿�½������©rience de signalisation d'amusement, ou bien ! Level: 135 Posts: 6447/11162 EXP: 28824106 For next: 510899 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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Cpu holder eh? I didn't know that processors came in that size.  (honestly, I thought that product would have been renamed by now. I seen it being called a CPU holder somewhere else too.  |
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Jesper Busy, busy, busy. Level: 69 Posts: 1341/2390 EXP: 2856000 For next: 13743 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden. Since last post: 176 days Last activity: 79 days |
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Originally posted by Kitten YifferIt's a bitch if you buy a good workstation. You'd need to buy two or even four CPU holders. My guess is that due to the increasing number of accessories of various external boxes they use the term CPU to mean "The box which holds the main part of the computer, including the CPU". Or they're retards and use the term CPU for the same reason. Atleast they're not referring to them as "the hard drive". Tarale, it's called a cable collector. I run a network with two peripheral printers attached to them, I have a 5.1 speaker system with an external amplifier, a sound card with an external box just to hold the interface connectors, a wireless keyboard and mouse suite which needs not only a bluetooth USB hub/mouse dock/recharger but also extraneous AC, and then there's a few cables for the minimal Shuttle file server and external USB2 backup HD as well. The cables ARE going to pile up on me, and I don't need a cable collector to collect them, I just need to hide them somewhat. The trough is a pretty neat solution.  |
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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 2322/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| My cable TV line runs through a hole in the floor into the basement, that's about it. |
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neotransotaku Baby Mario 戻れたら、 誰も気が付く Level: 87 Posts: 1825/4016 EXP: 6220548 For next: 172226 Since: 03-15-04 From: Outside of Time/Space Since last post: 11 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Originally posted by JesperI've always called them zip ties...since they don't always go around cables  but that works...anyways, nice setup, that cable trough would be nice to have but then again, I don't run long cables except for keyboard and mouse and those fall to the back of the desk not underneath... |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 863/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| The desks at work have the trough at the back, and there's a powerboard stashed in there. It's not bad, but it's a real bitch to get something plugged in and unplugged -- I have to climb under my desk, then turn and lie with my back propped up against the wall and then twist my wrists in really weird positions to get anything in and out of it. But that's just the way my office is set up, I think also. |
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BMF98567 BLACK HAS BUILT A SILLY DICE-MAZE! GO! Current list of BURNING FURY >8( recipients: - Yiffy Kitten (x2) - Xkeeper Level: 53  Posts: 513/1261 EXP: 1094149 For next: 62970 Since: 03-15-04 From: Blobaria Special Move: Rising Meatloaf Backhand Combo Since last post: 21 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| Cable management? What's that? (I have 8 video game systems and some external speakers hooked up to my TV...it's a veritable sea of wires) |
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Xkeeper The required libraries have not been defined. Level: NAN  Posts: -3010/-863 EXP: NAN For next: 0 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: -753366 sec. |
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BMF: Try having to detangle a 6-inch-knot (no, I'm not kidding) of NES cables and adapters.  Jesper: Consider looking into a wire holder for the back (tagging the wires may help) and keep them somewhat seperate in the back (most desks have a hole you can feed wires through and a slot for them where the computer goes; use that) For other things, mabye a USB hub that sits on your desktop? It'd save having to shove a wire down the back every time you use one. (note: I myself have no cable management (my leg's resting against about 7 wires right now) ... hell, the TC300's old system was disasterous, everything was tangled... ewgh...) |
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Jesper Busy, busy, busy. Level: 69 Posts: 1342/2390 EXP: 2856000 For next: 13743 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden. Since last post: 176 days Last activity: 79 days |
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Originally posted by XkeeperI actually have three of those 'holes' (the actual slots and caps you put in the holes). Originally posted by XkeeperAt the moment I have exactly one USB device connected (the bluetooth hub/mouse charger dock) and I'd still want to make use of my three seperate USB channels (higher-bandwidth traffic). Thanks for the tip though; I didn't even think about hubs. BMF, I'm eagerly awaiting a combined SCART/AC switch that will cater to us with multiple consoles in at once but few power outlets near the TV. |
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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 2330/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| I think using a hub would be the same as using separate ports. They're generally all connected to one central controller, which just sends some data and says "this is for #26, this one's for 41, etc" (same idea as TCP). Up to 127 devices can run off one. | |||
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Jesper Busy, busy, busy. Level: 69 Posts: 1349/2390 EXP: 2856000 For next: 13743 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden. Since last post: 176 days Last activity: 79 days |
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Originally posted by HyperHackerI know, but I actually have three different controllers. |
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