Like A Duck@programming.dev to Memes@lemmy.ml · 3 years agoSimple trickprogramming.devimagemessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1744arrow-down117cross-posted to: programmer_humor@programming.dev
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minus-squareBrainIG@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·3 years agoHow it got fried? Was it running hot all the time?
minus-squareLunaCtld@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·3 years agoStupid guess: Maybe the changed mac is written to e.g. an EEPROM and it ran out of write cycles and bugged out then.
minus-squarerailsdev@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 years agoThat’s what I was guessing too because I imagine older cards actually kept that in its hardware.
minus-squareBigDaddySlim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 years agoYeah it was an older Win7 system and kinda shit hardware from Acer. Don’t think the wifi card was a brand I had ever heard of either.
How it got fried? Was it running hot all the time?
Stupid guess: Maybe the changed mac is written to e.g. an EEPROM and it ran out of write cycles and bugged out then.
That’s what I was guessing too because I imagine older cards actually kept that in its hardware.
Yeah it was an older Win7 system and kinda shit hardware from Acer. Don’t think the wifi card was a brand I had ever heard of either.