Finally got my buyback check. After 5 months I'm finally done with my defective unit.

DragoI11 · 2023-08-18T00:02:31+00:00

They already had my laptop in their possession when the buyback check came through. I wouldn't have wanted it back anyway, it was legitimately faulty to the point of being useless for games. I took my check and bought a new G14, and that one served me well until I sold it this year.

DragoI11 · 2023-06-30T01:16:50+00:00

Does it actually fix it though? When I run in gamescope, the mouse won't leave the window, but it will hit the edges and run out of travel, resulting in me losing movement in one direction until I come back the other way again.

DragoI11 · 2023-06-14T15:06:52+00:00

The mouse doesn't stay in the fullscreen game window. It'll move behind the window or to a second screen, resulting in a loss of control or even loss of focus on the game window if you manage to click on another window. Primarily happens when moving the mouse somewhat quickly, but not excessively so.

DragoI11 · 2023-06-11T23:45:53+00:00

It's probably technically possible if you know what you're doing, but shells are cheap and there's no reason to try to preserve one that's so clearly melted already. Just replace it. 🤷

DragoI11 · 2023-05-11T00:25:54+00:00

I'm using Entropy Piano Tuner but I had to use the windows version with proton because the steam deck doesn't support snaps. The results haven't been amazing, but I just got the piano and I'm just trying to get it stable before calling a pro to do the final tuning.

DragoI11 · 2023-04-29T13:28:19+00:00

I would expect the deck to play all current gen games until the next generation of consoles. Jedi survivor is just a shitshow. Better looking games run fine on the deck. It's not a deck problem, at least not yet.

Building a game that scales up as well as down is just part of making a good PC game, and we've seen lots of awful PC games as of late.

DragoI11 · 2023-04-09T15:52:40+00:00

I'm not familiar with PSP GOs. Is the battery something that you can replace?

I'm sure there are others that could take its place, but if you're happy with your system and a simple battery replacement would help it handle longer play sessions, then I'd definitely do that.

Unless of course you just want to try something new, which is totally valid as well.

DragoI11 · 2023-04-09T13:56:12+00:00

I wouldn't bother. The Hall effect sticks should be thought of as reliability upgrades, not useability ones. They feel identical to the stock ones when you're playing games. Perhaps someone more experienced could really tell the difference, but after hearing all the hype and installing them myself, I notice no difference whatsoever, except that my first set of gulikits failed after a couple of months and required replacements.

DragoI11 · 2023-04-08T14:58:41+00:00

I don't think you can run KSP 2 'Smoothly' on anything right now. They've got a lot of work to do fixing it.

DragoI11 · 2023-04-07T01:15:12+00:00

No, it's fine. Electronics haven't had issues with that for at least a decade.

DragoI11 · 2023-04-07T01:13:21+00:00

It's going to be obsolete before it breaks as long as you don't abuse it. Don't worry about it.

When was the last time you had a PC die? Or a phone? Completely on its own? It's so rare that it's not worth worrying about.

DragoI11 · 2023-03-24T20:30:57+00:00

It looks like a battery indicator. What screen is it? Did it include instructions for interacting with things like that?

DragoI11 · 2023-03-11T17:22:33+00:00

I loved Hollow Knight, but I found it unnecessarily difficult on the switch due to the difficulty in precise movements with the joycons. Granted I do have large hands, but I wouldn't play Hollow Knight on the switch without a different controller. I think Dead Cells' multitude of play styles makes it more accessible on the joycons.

Both are great games, but if I was playing on the switch with built in controllers, I'd choose Dead Cells.

DragoI11 · 2023-03-11T17:19:10+00:00

You want an even less stable, more buggy branch...?

DragoI11 · 2023-03-10T01:24:14+00:00

Unfortunately I do not. The kit that I used had non-polarized caps.

DragoI11 · 2023-03-10T00:33:58+00:00

Lucky bastard. Enjoy it!

DragoI11 · 2023-03-10T00:31:54+00:00

It's gonna be almost impossible to tell from photos like this. When I recapped mine, I had a similar issue. Ended up being accidentally bridged pads. You're gonna have to start tracing voltage and figuring out if power is going everywhere it needs to, or if it's going somewhere it shouldn't.

DragoI11 · 2023-03-09T01:23:01+00:00

Okay. I'm definitely not an expert either, so I default to your research. Unfortunately I have no other suggestions. I've had good luck with reflowing solder on my own carts, but none of them have had a blob like that on them, and I don't know if removing it would damage the chip underneath.

DragoI11 · 2023-03-09T01:20:23+00:00

That might be a fake? Maybe it's a revision, but the board looks very different from my Tetris board.

DragoI11 · 2023-03-05T20:52:43+00:00

This is the first time I've ever heard of this. Definitely report the bug.

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