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Foone🏳️‍⚧️

I just noticed this is how they heatsinked that raspberry pi I yanked the SD card out of.

A raspberry pi. The major ICs have heatsinks on them, but the main CPU's heatsink is wedged up at an angle, barely making contact with the die
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Ian Littman replied to Viss

@Viss @foone per earlier post, tracks trucks

Riley S. Faelan replied to Ian

@ian It's a cheap truck-tracking trick.

@Viss @foone

void *ada; replied to Foone🏳️‍⚧️

@foone@digipres.club i love that the left heatsink is also not the appropriate size at all

kate 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ replied to Foone🏳️‍⚧️

@foone was it vertically mounted? I wonder if the adhesive started to fail and it tipped over
Either way, it’s *disgusting* how they treated their product and customers.

Marcus Müller replied to Foone🏳️‍⚧️

@foone well, I don't want to say it, but, if I read your posts, I might come to the conclusion that this device was not carefully designed nor built at all!

Marcus Müller replied to Marcus

@foone You mean just it's a shoddy IoT product?
You really think someone would do that?
Go ahead and just built an IoT product with no forethought, diligence or afterthought at all?

PBS Arthur, looking surprised, and not in a positive way.
Solarbird :flag_cascadia: replied to Foone🏳️‍⚧️

@foone the fact that it's stayed on is by itself kind of impressive

jornuary replied to Foone🏳️‍⚧️

@foone Secretly terrified this is a former employer's handiwork

RyanSquared replied to jornuary

@jordan @foone this thread is also making me wonder if this was my former employer.

Hugo Mills replied to Foone🏳️‍⚧️

@foone The heatsink is tilted like that to ensure that the caloric fluid runs off properly.

lukas wirz replied to Foone🏳️‍⚧️

@foone I'd also be slightly surprised if the heat sink on the EMI shield was required ...

Glyph replied to Foone🏳️‍⚧️

@foone this level of both software & hardware gore is bordering on needing a CW

MenhirMike replied to Foone🏳️‍⚧️

@foone From that angle it almost looks like it's actually a Li-Ion Laptop battery bulging rather than a heatsinked chip.

sudo (but scary) replied to Foone🏳️‍⚧️

@foone the heatsink on the WiFi module shield is a nice touch

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