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Why all computer casing & cables are black?

Started by"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com>
First post2026-07-09 17:28 +0800
Last post2026-07-12 13:22 +0000
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  Why all computer casing & cables are black? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-07-09 17:28 +0800
    Re: Why all computer casing & cables are black? Woozy Song <suzyw0ng@outlook.com> - 2026-07-11 10:55 +0800
    Re: Why all computer casing & cables are black? Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2026-07-10 20:32 -0700
      Re: Why all computer casing & cables are black? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-07-11 19:18 +0800
        Re: Why all computer casing & cables are black? Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2026-07-11 08:02 -0700
        Re: Why all computer casing & cables are black? Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2026-07-11 18:38 +0100
          Re: Why all computer casing & cables are black? Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2026-07-11 13:48 -0700
            Re: Why all computer casing & cables are black? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-07-12 21:19 +0800
              Re: Why all computer casing & cables are black? Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2026-07-12 07:24 -0700
              Re: Why all computer casing & cables are black? noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2026-07-13 08:26 +1000
                Re: Why all computer casing & cables are black? Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-07-12 16:58 -0600
                  Re: Why all computer casing & cables are black? noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2026-07-13 12:02 +1000
            Re: Why all computer casing & cables are black? legg <legg@nospam.magma.ca> - 2026-07-12 10:11 -0400
            Re: Why all computer casing & cables are black? Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2026-07-27 01:04 +0100
              Re: Why all computer casing & cables are black? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-07-27 19:52 +0800
                Re: Why all computer casing & cables are black? Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2026-07-27 13:48 +0100
                  Re: Why all computer casing & cables are black? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-07-27 23:35 +0800
                    Re: Why all computer casing & cables are black? Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2026-07-27 18:24 +0100
                      Re: Why all computer casing & cables are black? Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-07-27 13:02 -0600
                        Re: Why all computer casing & cables are black? Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-07-27 13:04 -0600
                          Re: Why all computer casing & cables are black? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-07-27 17:27 -0400
                        Re: Why all computer casing & cables are black? Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2026-07-28 00:31 +0100
                      Re: Why all computer casing & cables are black? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-07-28 19:50 +0800
                        Re: Why all computer casing & cables are black? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-07-28 12:15 -0400
                          Re: Why all computer casing & cables are black? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-07-29 16:02 +0800
                            Re: Why all computer casing & cables are black? Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> - 2026-07-29 07:03 -0600
                              Re: Why all computer casing & cables are black? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-07-29 21:06 +0800
                              Re: Why all computer casing & cables are black? Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2026-08-09 20:32 +0100
      Re: Why all computer casing & cables are black? Allodoxaphobia <trepidation@example.net> - 2026-07-12 13:22 +0000

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#18282

FromPaul <nospam@needed.invalid>
Date2026-07-27 17:27 -0400
Message-ID<1148ifi$3i6k2$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#18281
On Mon, 7/27/2026 3:04 PM, Lane W wrote:
> Lane W wrote:
>> Brian Gregory wrote:
>>> On 27/07/2026 16:35, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
>>>> On 7/27/2026 8:48 PM, Brian Gregory wrote:
>>>>> On 27/07/2026 12:52, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
>>>>>> On 7/27/2026 8:04 AM, Brian Gregory wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And what has any of that got to do with the colour of computers?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So everything including "the colour of computers"
>>>>>> had to be as black as the ISIS flag or Africans?
>>>>>
>>>>> Exactly.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Your choice, your responsibilities!
>>>>
>>>> NOT ME!! :)
>>>>
>>>
>>> WTF?
>>>
>>  From what was written here, you claim the car bonbon, 12th element, 
>> is no longer needed for these cables. So why you still the same? 
>> You guys stuck or something?
> 
> Or maybe you are Gen Alpha and lack basic academic and life skills?

A couple projects for computers, sought to hide the cables
so you could not see them. That places the cables in
the 4th dimension.

   "MSI places connectors on secondary side of board, so you cannot see the cabling"

     https://media.overclock3d.net/2024/01/IMG_7914-scaled.jpg

   "Video card with ridiculous power-connector-hiding feature"

     https://i.pcmag.com/imagery/articles/07FjIvZr0FMmD2VhINXAmtJ-8.fit_lim.size_1844x.jpg

If Skybuck were here, he would use his patented "zillion pieces of tape"
to build a computer. And that was part of hiding cabling in another time.
But the technology of cable hiding has progressed since then.

   Paul

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#18283

FromBrian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid>
Date2026-07-28 00:31 +0100
Message-ID<ncq838F4vpcU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#18280
On 27/07/2026 20:02, Lane W wrote:
> Brian Gregory wrote:
>> On 27/07/2026 16:35, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
>>> On 7/27/2026 8:48 PM, Brian Gregory wrote:
>>>> On 27/07/2026 12:52, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
>>>>> On 7/27/2026 8:04 AM, Brian Gregory wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And what has any of that got to do with the colour of computers?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> So everything including "the colour of computers"
>>>>> had to be as black as the ISIS flag or Africans?
>>>>
>>>> Exactly.
>>>
>>>
>>> Your choice, your responsibilities!
>>>
>>> NOT ME!! :)
>>>
>>
>> WTF?
>>
>  From what was written here, you claim the car bon, 12th element, is no 
> longer needed for these cables. So why you still the same? You guys 
> stuck or something?

IDIOT.

READ THE THREAD.

I was talking about computer cables. The ones that used to nearly all be 
beige but now they are nearly all black. I never said anything about 
outdoor rated cables. We are talking about computer cables. The ones 
that connect your printer to your computer or your mouse to your computer.

-- 
Brian Gregory (in England).

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#18284

From"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com>
Date2026-07-28 19:50 +0800
Message-ID<114a52f$10a2$1@toylet.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#18279
On 7/28/2026 1:24 AM, Brian Gregory wrote:
> 
> WTF?

I just didn't and don't understand why
everything has to be black in color as
the main color. In the end, no other
colors could be chosen or offered,
notably white.

-- 

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#18285

FromPaul <nospam@needed.invalid>
Date2026-07-28 12:15 -0400
Message-ID<114aki9$6pvo$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#18284
On Tue, 7/28/2026 7:50 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
> On 7/28/2026 1:24 AM, Brian Gregory wrote:
>>
>> WTF?
> 
> I just didn't and don't understand why
> everything has to be black in color as
> the main color. In the end, no other
> colors could be chosen or offered,
> notably white.
> 

There's white.

   https://www.gigabyte.com/FileUpload/Global/KeyFeature/2478/innergigabyteimages/pcie50img.jpg

And there's pink.

   https://www.avadirect.com/blog/the-rise-in-popularity-of-pink-gaming-pc-builds/

But the best component selection (like you care that the CPU actually works),
black components give the most to choose from. And with the current setbacks
in PC component sales, don't expect the "obscure" ones to stay in stock.

   Paul

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#18286

From"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com>
Date2026-07-29 16:02 +0800
Message-ID<114cc31$mv85$1@toylet.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#18285
On 7/29/2026 12:15 AM, Paul wrote:
> On Tue, 7/28/2026 7:50 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
>>
>> I just didn't and don't understand why
>> everything has to be black in color as
>> the main color. In the end, no other
>> colors could be chosen or offered,
>> notably white.
> 
> 
> But the best component selection (like you care that the CPU actually works),
> black components give the most to choose from. And with the current setbacks
> in PC component sales, don't expect the "obscure" ones to stay in stock.


Would chips and ICs fail if their
casing were made white? Because of
light? Holy Light? :)

-- 

    @~@   Simplicity is Beauty! Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch!
   / v \  May the Force and farces be with you! Live long and prosper!!
  /( _ )\ https://sites.google.com/site/changmw/
    ^ ^   https://github.com/changmw/changmw
          The game is afoot... Meow...

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#18287

FromLane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com>
Date2026-07-29 07:03 -0600
Message-ID<114ctnr$sdun$3@dont-email.me>
In reply to#18286
Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
> On 7/29/2026 12:15 AM, Paul wrote:
>> On Tue, 7/28/2026 7:50 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
>>>
>>> I just didn't and don't understand why
>>> everything has to be black in color as
>>> the main color. In the end, no other
>>> colors could be chosen or offered,
>>> notably white.
>>
>>
>> But the best component selection (like you care that the CPU actually 
>> works),
>> black components give the most to choose from. And with the current 
>> setbacks
>> in PC component sales, don't expect the "obscure" ones to stay in stock.
> 
> 
> Would chips and ICs fail if their
> casing were made white? Because of
> light? Holy Light? :)
> 
They would work in most cases. However, Brian Gregory's head would 
explode if he saw them, and it is generally agreed that is why they are 
not presently used.

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#18288

From"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com>
Date2026-07-29 21:06 +0800
Message-ID<114ctsn$sjml$1@toylet.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#18287
On 7/29/2026 9:03 PM, Lane W wrote:
> Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
>>
>> Would chips and ICs fail if their
>> casing were made white? Because of
>> light? Holy Light? :)
>>
> They would work in most cases. However, Brian Gregory's head would
> explode if he saw them, and it is generally agreed that is why they are
> not presently used.


Let's experiement:

Make a computer chip or IC that's packaged
in clear plastic! :)


-- 

    @~@   Simplicity is Beauty! Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch!
   / v \  May the Force and farces be with you! Live long and prosper!!
  /( _ )\ https://sites.google.com/site/changmw/
    ^ ^   https://github.com/changmw/changmw
          The game is afoot... Meow...

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#18292

FromBrian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid>
Date2026-08-09 20:32 +0100
Message-ID<nds2u6FninrU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#18287
On 29/07/2026 14:03, Lane W wrote:
> Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
>> On 7/29/2026 12:15 AM, Paul wrote:
>>> On Tue, 7/28/2026 7:50 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I just didn't and don't understand why
>>>> everything has to be black in color as
>>>> the main color. In the end, no other
>>>> colors could be chosen or offered,
>>>> notably white.
>>>
>>>
>>> But the best component selection (like you care that the CPU actually 
>>> works),
>>> black components give the most to choose from. And with the current 
>>> setbacks
>>> in PC component sales, don't expect the "obscure" ones to stay in stock.
>>
>>
>> Would chips and ICs fail if their
>> casing were made white? Because of
>> light? Holy Light? :)
>>
> They would work in most cases. However, Brian Gregory's head would 
> explode if he saw them, and it is generally agreed that is why they are 
> not presently used.

FUCK OFF IDIOT

-- 
Brian Gregory (in England).

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#18240

FromAllodoxaphobia <trepidation@example.net>
Date2026-07-12 13:22 +0000
Message-ID<nbhionFboc5U1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#18232
On Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:32:02 -0700, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Jul 2026 17:28:33 +0800, "Mr. Man-wai Chang"
><toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Why all computer casing & cables are black?
>
> If you're wearing smart glasses 

Not the case.  Nothing 'smart' has ever emanated from that source.

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