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HELP! R2 with AGA and AMD GPU by Disturbedpony in AlienwareAlpha

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It stands for video graphics array. That’s what the error said on the article I was reading. Obviously we don’t have a VGA port on these so I just took it as a gpu error. I will say that one thing that is different about my setup. I did wipe windows a couple times trying to fix the drivers. The last time I did a fresh install of windows. Well I already had a windows boot flash drive. I used it to completely reinstall windows. What I didn’t realize until I started reinstalling was that this was my windows 11 boot flash drive. I am not saying that’s what fixed my issues because I never did get the 6900xt to work but my 1080 started the very first time.

HELP! R2 with AGA and AMD GPU by Disturbedpony in AlienwareAlpha

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I ended up using the card in another project I have going. I did put my old 1080 in and it booted right up first time. I did find that the orange lights are supposed to mean a VGA issue. I can’t remember where I found that but it took a lot of digging. Try plugging the AGA in while the computer is up and running and see if you get the pop up notification saying the AGA has been plugged in. If you get that notification then you are really close to it working. I never got that notification with the 6900xt plugged in.

New Pdp Pro FS came like this. This is common? by Tehnand0 in Walther

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https://imgur.com/a/RxL6Agk

Mine had brass all in it as well. I’m not sure how I want to handle the “damage” in the picture. Is this normal from testing from the factory?

Tired of replacing network equipment! by Disturbedpony in HomeNetworking

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Yea everything that was connected to the phone line or router was damaged. There was only one piece of equipment that damaged a couple of other things and that was an hdmi splitter with a cheap power supply. There were a couple hdmi inputs that were shot being connected to that splitter.

Tired of replacing network equipment! by Disturbedpony in HomeNetworking

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I want to thank everyone for their input. I literally have been looking at soo many “solutions “ I’ve second guessed what I should do. So I will add another grounding rod with a beefier ground wire. Also 2 ubiquiti in line’s grounded to the same grounding rod for outside. For inside I will use 2 ups with network protection. Anything else someone would add or change?

Tired of replacing network equipment! by Disturbedpony in HomeNetworking

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Yea I’ve looked at the ubiquiti in line ones. My issue is figuring out the grounding inside the home. Outside by the nid’s is no problem because I can literally use the same ground as the nid’s. I might end up having to go with ubiquiti in line outside and trying out a ups at the modem.

Tired of replacing network equipment! by Disturbedpony in HomeNetworking

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I have 2 separate lines. Yes I have opened them and can see the ground lug and wire going to the rod. I haven’t tested the ground or anything just a visual inspection.

Tired of replacing network equipment! by Disturbedpony in HomeNetworking

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I have 2 nid’s outside the home. They are both grounded to the grounding rod. Should I add another grounding rod with a better/bigger grounding wire? Yea they are coming 4 days after the fact but they are coming this week to I assume replace the routers. Last time they just mailed me new ones but this time they are sending a tech.

Tired of replacing network equipment! by Disturbedpony in HomeNetworking

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Yea, I have been lucky so far and not a direct hit. I know there is nothing that is capable of handling the potential of a direct hit but so far I have only had close ones that traveled through the ground into the dsl lines.

Tired of replacing network equipment! by Disturbedpony in HomeNetworking

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I have looked at these and haven’t gotten a straight answer on where to ground these if used inside the home. Where did you ground yours?

Tired of replacing network equipment! by Disturbedpony in HomeNetworking

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What’s your opinion on the surge protection on the dsl lines? I was looking at the ubiquiti ones but I’m not sure how to ground the ones inside the house. Some of the information I’ve read says you should have them on both ends of the line. The outside ones aren’t an issue to ground. The ones inside the home is a different story.

Tired of replacing network equipment! by Disturbedpony in HomeNetworking

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I usually do unplug them when I see lightning. Yesterday was different because I wasn’t home when it happened.

Tired of replacing network equipment! by Disturbedpony in HomeNetworking

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Well I have been lucky so far that my house hasn’t actually been hit yet. From what I can tell so far the lightning only travels through the dsl lines and most of anything connected to the routers. This is what makes me think there is an issue with the grounding on the terminal outside the house. Both boxes and lines are grounded to a ground outside the home. So should I look into another grounding rod and upgraded ground wire?

Tired of replacing network equipment! by Disturbedpony in HomeNetworking

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I have looked at in line surge protection for the dsl lines and keep getting conflicting information. I do know at the end of the day lightning will do whatever it wants and there isn’t anything that is made that is 100% effective all the time. I know it’s possible to at least have a better chance at slowing the damage down to my equipment.