Talk:Brick (electronics)

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People failing to upgrade their wireless routers with custom/opensource firmware are often referring to them as bricked as well. I think there should be a mention here.

ok, there already is. Masterhand10(Talk)(Contributions) 04:57, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Someone should add BRICK refrences about iPods, Cellphones, PCs & Macs, and other various electronic devices, not juts game consoles and 1 wifi router. Masterhand10(Talk)(Contributions) 04:57, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

I guess the reason why the term "bricked" came about in reference to simple consumer devices like this instead of PCs (including Macs, PC and wintel are NOT the same thing. Well... maybe they are now, *sob*), laser printers and stuff is probably because the newer consumer thingies are small and rectilinear enough where one can imagine them as actual bricks (and imagine lobbing one through an actual window;-). 207.177.231.9 17:33, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Does using wireless really increase the chance of bricking a router? I'd hope that any firmware update the upload would take place first and be verified before the update process actually started; During the update the network would go down anyway so I don't understand how a botched upload would cause it to brick. Richard cocks 09:46, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Incorrect Title / article

  • This article is about the word bricked, a verb- derived from UK slang. The noun 'brick does not refer to an object that has been bricked in common usage.
  • Brick (electronics) would more commonly be known as a shortening of the US technical slang, Power Brick which refers to the cheap Mains AC to LV DV power converters common with many consumer electronics devices. It is called a Brick, because generally even with a unit with an appealing design, a cheap OEM power 'brick' (transformer) is generally supplied, and has a much less pleasing design - it generally is a black 'brick'. Inertia Tensor 23:49, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image

I think that this article needs an image of a brick, in order to make the comparison with a real brick extra clear. Oh, yeah, it would be a good laugh too, but still encyclopedian.--Henke37 23:05, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of dubious content

I removed the completely unsourced text about the PSP being bricked by "pressing the wrong button" because i follow the PSP scene(Homebrew and official) almost religiously and have never heard anything about this or anything similar, I looked but couldn't find anything about it so i presume it's someone thinking it's funny or just a DS fanboy. Feel free to revert my edit if you add sources.78.86.137.237 (talk) 23:26, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] PSP

You dont need to brick a psp. A psp IS a useless brick. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.28.221.57 (talk) 00:46, 29 February 2008 (UTC)