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Ciro Santilli 40 Updated 2025-07-16Likely came in a bundle: www.gak.co.uk/en/yamaha-p45-digital-piano-bundle/908294
Ciro Santilli's hardware Panasonic NN-SF464M microwave (2017) by Ciro Santilli 40 Updated 2025-07-16
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Ciro Santilli 40 Updated 2025-07-16Primarily bought to make borlotti beans!!!
Bought: 2017-09
Impossible to open to properly clean.
Bought around: 2017-09.
TEFAL Multicook 8in1 RK302E15 MultiCooker - 4 Portions / 5L.
Likely bought from: www.johnlewis.com/tefal-rk302e15-8-in-1-multi-cooker/p231378165
How to open videos: can't find any, but the hard part (remove top lid) was the same as the video for joyoung rice cooker (2014), can be done by inserting a thin metal and going around it.
Bottom opens by taking off a single screw on the bottom and pulling it out (not obvious, a little bit of force).
2021-01: while making congee it overflowed without us noticing it, and next time we were going to cook something, it started to burn bits of congee that stuck to the heat plate. Opened it up and tried to clean everything.
2020-03: E01 error, looked up on manual and it is a top wire broken, opened up and confirmed one of the three wires going up broken, exactly like the previous one joyoung rice cooker (2014). Managed to fix easily with heat gun and Solder Seal Heat Shrink, no soldering iron, that thing is amazing: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B085415G8N Let's see how long it lasts.
Similar to: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B013AV45IS
How to open: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Lf68mAB0Vk
Fridge: Lamona LAM6800 fridge freezer.
Washing machine: Lamona, someting along LAM8603: www.manualslib.com/manual/1049371/Lamona-Lam8603.html
- display lights meaning: www.coftonholidays.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Dishwasher-Instructions.pdf
- using: finish powerball quantum ultimate all in one tablests
- www.finish.co.uk/detergents-help but you also need salt and rinse, e.g. www.finish.co.uk/detergents-help
Specs:
Identifiers:
- Ethernet MAC address: 54:e1:ad:b5:5b:08
- Wi-Fi MAC address: 44:03:2c:a2:27:81
- www.orangepi.org/orangepibbsen/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=470
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtUn-dnJFdU says only one specific supply worked..
- www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/3jamn1/any_orange_pi_owners_here_help_with_power_imput/ Comment www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/3jamn1/any_orange_pi_owners_here_help_with_power_imput/cy79a7w says it only worked with the official supply...
General information: Micro Bit v1
The file:contains:
/media/$USER/MICROBIT/DETAILS.TXTDAPLink Firmware - see https://mbed.com/daplink
Version: 0234
Build: Oct 12 2015 14:53:222022-10-14: stopped being able to connect to Ubuntu 22.04. Was trying to do a UART video demo, connected USB, disconnected, connected, disconnected several times on different filming attempts. Was working some of the time, Ubuntu did recognize it, I even saw UART output for sure, but was a bit unstable. But then at one point it just stopped getting recognized by Ubuntu 100% of the time. The board is still being powered by USB, and the previously flashed program still runs, but nothing showed on
sudo dmesg -w at all, and I can't reprogram it!A day later, managed to get tit to connect once more with a different cable, but just once!
[15310.385055] usb 1-5: new full-speed USB device number 38 using xhci_hcd
[15310.534996] usb 1-5: New USB device found, idVendor=0d28, idProduct=0204, bcdDevice=10.00
[15310.535000] usb 1-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[15310.535001] usb 1-5: Product: MBED CMSIS-DAP
[15310.535002] usb 1-5: Manufacturer: MBED
[15310.535003] usb 1-5: SerialNumber: 9900023436424e45001d30150000005d00000000cb8928bd
[15310.541267] usb-storage 1-5:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[15310.541643] scsi host4: usb-storage 1-5:1.0
[15310.542658] hid-generic 0003:0D28:0204.000A: hiddev1,hidraw2: USB HID v1.00 Device [MBED MBED CMSIS-DAP] on usb-0000:00:14.0-5/input3
[15310.543121] cdc_acm 1-5:1.1: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
[15311.549969] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access MBED DAPLINK VFS 0.1 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[15311.550273] scsi 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
[15311.550825] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 16512 512-byte logical blocks: (8.45 MB/8.06 MiB)
[15311.551052] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[15311.551054] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[15311.551204] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
[15311.551207] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[15311.572160] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[15316.317438] usb 1-5: reset full-speed USB device number 38 using xhci_hcd
[15316.445093] usb 1-5: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[15316.681102] usb 1-5: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[15316.917102] usb 1-5: reset full-speed USB device number 38 using xhci_hcd
[15317.045028] usb 1-5: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[15317.281149] usb 1-5: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[15317.517154] usb 1-5: reset full-speed USB device number 38 using xhci_hcd
[15317.517466] usb 1-5: Device not responding to setup address.
[15317.725358] usb 1-5: Device not responding to setup address.
[15317.933042] usb 1-5: device not accepting address 38, error -71
[15318.061027] usb 1-5: reset full-speed USB device number 38 using xhci_hcd
[15318.061347] usb 1-5: Device not responding to setup address.
[15318.269270] usb 1-5: Device not responding to setup address.
[15318.477018] usb 1-5: device not accepting address 38, error -71
[15318.477153] usb 1-5: USB disconnect, device number 38
[15318.652912] usb 1-5: new full-speed USB device number 39 using xhci_hcd
[15318.785044] usb 1-5: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[15319.021068] usb 1-5: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[15319.257030] usb 1-5: new full-speed USB device number 40 using xhci_hcd
[15319.385075] usb 1-5: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[15319.621147] usb 1-5: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[15319.729170] usb usb1-port5: attempt power cycle
[15320.384941] usb 1-5: new full-speed USB device number 41 using xhci_hcd
[15320.385176] usb 1-5: Device not responding to setup address.
[15320.593188] usb 1-5: Device not responding to setup address.
[15320.801023] usb 1-5: device not accepting address 41, error -71
[15320.928909] usb 1-5: new full-speed USB device number 42 using xhci_hcd
[15320.929073] usb 1-5: Device not responding to setup address.
[15321.137244] usb 1-5: Device not responding to setup address.
[15321.344947] usb 1-5: device not accepting address 42, error -71
[15321.345173] usb usb1-port5: unable to enumerate USB device
[15321.384929] FAT-fs (sdb): unable to read boot sector to mark fs as dirtySome threads:
- askubuntu.com/questions/1317548/webusb-doesnt-work-connecting-to-microbit after system upgrade, Ubuntu sees it but fails
- askubuntu.com/questions/1288738/cannot-pair-microbit-through-usb-on-xubuntu-16
Exact same USB and port could still mount the Raspberry Pi Pico.
About the brand: Raspberry Pi
Bought: 2018, 2021.
Seems to work OK. But you're fighting the symptom, and it will eventually come back.
Bought: January 2020 from store.google.com/ for 350 pounds.
GMS Arena: www.gsmarena.com/google_pixel_3a-9408.php
Front camera video on Android 11: about 100MiB / minute. The encoding is however super inefficient, a FFmpeg re-encode without any options reduces it by 1/3.
For Fastboot mode: Power and Volume down simultaneously for 10-15s. It is OK if screen sleeps. On "no command", power then volume up to see options.
2026-08: same status as 2023-10, managed to get mouse to work, but I forgot the bloody PIN. Doing a factory reset. Gemini instructions worked out perfectly:
- Press and hold the Power and Volume Down buttons until you see the Fastboot mode screen (triangle with an exclamation point).
- Use the volume buttons to highlight Recovery Mode and press the Power button to select it.
- If you see an Android robot with "No command," press and hold the Power button, press Volume Up once, then release Power.
- Scroll to Wipe data/factory reset using the volume buttons and press Power.
- Confirm the reset, then select Reboot system now when finished
After factory reset, boot requires motherfucking pin or Google account to unlock the phone. But managed with Google account.
Noticed that the battery on that phone seems also very unreliable, is getting very warm very fast and sometimes shuts down because of it, and discharges very fast. So I have to switch between power and usb cable for mouse/keyboard fast like crazy to keep it going through operations.
2023-10: touchscreen not registering touches anymore. Still displays images. Manage to regain access with wired USB mouse + a simple USB-C adapter. RIP. Will attempt replacement: store.ifixit.co.uk/products/google-pixel-3a-screen-genuine?variant=42388954448071, partly to get Authy access which I had never properly tested... Replaced screen, but at exact same status as before: shows image but no touch. thus I wasted my money and time (minus the learning) something else is broken.
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- a Wikipedia where each user can have their own version of each article
- a Q&A website like Stack Overflow, where multiple people can give their views on a given topic, and the best ones are sorted by upvote. Except you don't need to wait for someone to ask first, and any topic goes, no matter how narrow or broad
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