Or maybe you are Gen Alpha and lack basic academic and life skills?
Why all computer casing & cables are black?
Jul 09, 2026
Last reply: 2 weeks ago
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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"
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"Video card with ridiculous power-connector-hiding feature"
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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
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.
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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There's white.
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And there's pink.
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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
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! :)
F*CK OFF IDIOT
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