u/Tehni

Two different things I found in my bag my golden harvest yellow natural from tobacco stock. Am I wrong in thinking this doesn't look like it is tobacco?

With latency killer/legacy mode off (core tuning level 2 used normally obviously) I get 62.3ns latency on Aida

Edit:

Things that are reported wrong in ZT:

VDDQ is 1.45V (it showing 1.47V isn't wrong per say, but I have the auto refresh option turned off so it just polls values once when the software is ran)

mem VPP is 1.8V

ProcDqDs is Hi-Z (not sure why it shows 25.3 ohms but that's a bug for a lot of people)

Lastly, not wrong, but I do have tPHYRDL manually set to be mismatched, so DIMM B has 35, but this screenshot shows DIMM A which is 33. I tested with multiple memory benchmarks and found that going mismatched 33/35 gives lower latency than 35/35 (I couldn't get it to train 33/33 no matter what I did)

It's harder to stabilize, but it's not "wrong" to be mismatched, in fact when really pushing the limits some kits can prefer one way or the other (at 6600 mt/s and 2200 mhz FCLK, I can't even boot matched 35/35, only mismatched 33/35). I've also read a quote (from an AMD engineer I think) that says something like it can even be expected to be mismatched because one DIMM is physically further away than the other

Hey, just recently picked up soldering for a 3D printed mouse and needing to swap out the rotary encoder of another mouse's PCB to fit the shell, the middle mouse switch to fit with the new encoder, and the left and right button switches just for better switches.

So I went through a couple practice mouse PCBs for desoldering these parts, and felt like I had the hang of it so did it on one of my two pcbs that I can actually use in the 3D printed mouse. I felt like it went pretty well, but now looking at the pads (?) some of them look like there could be an issue, but I'm not knowledgeable enough to know

So I'm mainly wondering about the following (but please point out any other issues you see):

Second circle from the top, left most pad - it has some solder that didn't get removed sticking up a little. I don't think it's an issue, but just wanted to double check

Second circle from the bottom, middle pad - there's that little.. thing? on the top of the pad. I'm really not sure what it is

Very bottom circle, middle pad - there's part of the shiny part of the pad missing, is that the actual pad and I tore it out? When I take a picture with flash, it actually reflects light back and you can't tell that it's missing, so I'm unsure if I actually did tear out the pad or if it just lost like a shiny coating on top or something. I can post a picture of what it looks like with flash if someone wants

Appreciate any help possible

All I have left to do on this profile is compare a couple different values for a couple tertiaries to see if any give higher performance, but figured I'd post this for others to reference since a lot of references helped me out with my first DDR5 tune

EDIT IMPORTANT: It was posted in a comment (on the other post I made in the main mechanical keyboards sub), but apparently you shouldn't be touching this with your skin because you can develop an allergy to it. I didn't have any issues with the small amount I used here, but everyone else (and myself if I do it again in the future) should use black nitrile gloves (according to Claude, someone please correct me if this is incorrect) when working with this

Thought someone else might find this helpful now or in the future, but I was looking for a way to mod homing indicators on my F and J keys because these keycaps had lackluster indicators but I love the profile (Melgeek MDA Label Y)

I wanted a non destructive mod, so after looking around Google the best options I found were like elmers glue or stickers, neither of which looked good enough to me. Looking into the types of stickers led me to nail art stickers, which led me to 3D nail gel and I thought it looked nice and decided to try it out since it's pretty cheap ($5 to $10 for the gel itself and $10 to $15 for a UV light lamp to cure it)

I ended up pretty satisfied with the result. It feels good, stays on well unless you're purposefully trying to take it off, and gets more height while being thinner than elmers glue. It's a little tedious to get in the right size and shape you want because it's so small, and the clear version picks up dust and lint really easily so you have to make sure the area you're working in and your hands are clean

From normal distance it looks almost completely straight, but up close you can tell it's a little uneven, but it's good enough for me and better than the other non-destructive options I found

Oh yeah and a tip for doing this:

Touching the gel with your fingers once it's on the key will leave fingerprint indents and make it a little cloudy looking, but if you just let it sit for 3-5 minutes before curing it will settle into a smooth shape and become clear again (Edit: don't touch the gel with your bare skin actually, use black nitrile gloves?)

You should generally let it settle before curing in general because shaping it (use the rubber eraser type tool it comes with or your nails) will cause the edges or a section of the gel to be higher than the rest so it won't feel right

EDIT IMPORTANT: It was posted in a comment, but apparently you shouldn't be touching this with your skin because you can develop an allergy to it. I didn't have any issues with the small amount I used here, but everyone else (and myself if I do it again in the future) should use black nitrile gloves (according to Claude, someone please correct me if this is incorrect) when working with this

Thought someone else might find this helpful now or in the future, but I was looking for a way to mod homing indicators on my F and J keys because these keycaps had lackluster indicators but I love the profile (Melgeek MDA Label Y)

I wanted a non destructive mod, so after looking around Google the best options I found were like elmers glue or stickers, neither of which looked good enough to me. Looking into the types of stickers led me to nail art stickers, which led me to 3D nail gel and I thought it looked nice and decided to try it out since it's pretty cheap ($5 to $10 for the gel itself and $10 to $15 for a UV light lamp to cure it)

I ended up pretty satisfied with the result. It feels good, stays on well unless you're purposefully trying to take it off, and gets more height while being thinner than elmers glue. It's a little tedious to get in the right size and shape you want because it's so small, and the clear version picks up dust and lint really easily so you have to make sure the area you're working in and your hands are clean

From normal distance it looks almost completely straight, but up close you can tell it's a little uneven, but it's good enough for me and better than the other non-destructive options I found