r/pcmasterrace • u/S0medumbguy • May 03 '24

Does anyone know what the symbol under the red light means? Hardware

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u/Taikunman i7 8700k, 64GB DDR4, 3060 12GB May 03 '24

It's supposed to represent the platters of a hard drive.

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u/gurneyguy101 i7-14700KF | 4060-Ti 16GB | 32GB 6GHz CL30 DDR5 | Z790 Tomahawk May 04 '24

I never in my life knew hard drives ever had layers! Damn

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u/f8Negative Desktop May 04 '24

Oh....no...

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u/gurneyguy101 i7-14700KF | 4060-Ti 16GB | 32GB 6GHz CL30 DDR5 | Z790 Tomahawk May 04 '24

I’m 21 it’s not really my fault

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u/NECooley i7, RTX3080, 32GB, Endeavour OS May 04 '24

One day, in a decade or two, some kid is gonna say “I never knew cellphones used to have physical buttons, TIL” and you’ll know how he feels, lol.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '24

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u/NECooley i7, RTX3080, 32GB, Endeavour OS May 04 '24

I never implied any of this is a bad thing, and neither did he. He’s just lamenting the fact that he’s getting old, we all do it. But hey, getting old is better than the alternative, lol

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u/SemiKindaFunctional May 04 '24

As a grandp at 32, I l definitely took it as an 'oh god I'm so old' kind of joke lol.

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u/NECooley i7, RTX3080, 32GB, Endeavour OS May 04 '24

I actually upvoted you and him both, lol