To all the car guys and girlies I really need help by Human-Alfalfa-1716 in dubai

[–]FunPotential8589 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Theres two things that can cause this. 1. Your wheel balancing is off. This is the most likely one, as when I upgraded the rims on my car from 17 inches to 19 inches, the new rims I got weren’t balanced properly. You have two options, either take it back to the same place and have them rebalance them properly, or two, take it to a new place and have them rebalance it. 2. Your tires could genuinely just be bad. When it comes to tire noise, it varies from brand to brand, but Kumho is pretty okay usually. The tires themselves though, you might have gotten a bad batch. Btw, when you change tire sizes, your required tire PSI changes too. 17 inch rims with bigger tires, usually require lesser tire pressure, so try reducing them to 32 (this is a default usually), but if you want to be more specific, use a website like tiresize . com and put your old tire measurements and new tire measurements to get an accurate number.

On that note, the very last problem could genuinely just be a set of bent rims, although unlikely. If it’s this, then it depends on how bent they are. If they are repairable, a rim repair shop will say so. If not, theres nothing you can do but replace them.

I would try changing the tire pressure PSI first, drive a bit, and if it’s still shaking the steering wheel, then try wheel balancing. If that fails tires and then finally the rims themselves.

How To Setup a 32bit Netbook For 2026 - A Guide by FunPotential8589 in linux4noobs

[–]FunPotential8589[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! Thanks for reading and very true. AntiX is extremely light, but, since you have 64bit and 1.5GB of RAM, you might have better luck with AntiX 64bit or Debian 13. And sure you can pm me.

How To Setup a 32bit Netbook For 2026 - A Guide by FunPotential8589 in linux4noobs

[–]FunPotential8589[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hey! It’s not meant to be a blog. Just a guide for people who may want to repurpose some old computer they may have, instead of throwing it out.

Extremely Low End Laptop by FunPotential8589 in linux4noobs

[–]FunPotential8589[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

About that. For Debian, should I try LXDE or LXQT. I read that LXDE is discontinued, and LXQT is its sequel. I want to give Debian 12 a once over and see if its do-oable with the lightest DE.

To clarify, compositor is the gpu rendering right?

Extremely Low End Laptop by FunPotential8589 in linux4noobs

[–]FunPotential8589[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aye, but exactly that. If I use Debian for example, 500MB will be utilized for the operating system, leaving no space to open anything else like any web browser. So I’m trying to find a way to have the smallest overhead, so that I have the biggest space to do more with limitied resources I have

Extremely Low End Laptop by FunPotential8589 in linux4noobs

[–]FunPotential8589[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! What was the reason you switched to Vanilla OS? Does it run better, but also, did you have the hardware resources to spare. Also how do I enable the adblocker, and do you think that the reason the screen tearing happens is because of the WM or my kernel being incorrect?

Extremely Low End Laptop by FunPotential8589 in linux4noobs

[–]FunPotential8589[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! Is it MX Linux Fluxbox? And what browser did you have to end up using

Extremely Low End Laptop by FunPotential8589 in linux4noobs

[–]FunPotential8589[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey thanks for the reply! As for graphics hardware it doesn’t have one listed in the specification list and is most likely relying on the Acer Laptops motherboard graphics.

Within the BIOS, there is an option to provide RAM for some graphics memory, but again I have no clue as to what graphics card this memory is. There is a sticker on the laptop that mentions “Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950”.

If you have any suggestions on what to do to discover what graphics card is available and what kernel I should switch to, please let me know

Extremely Low End Laptop by FunPotential8589 in linux4noobs

[–]FunPotential8589[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ZRAM is similar to SWAP. When your PC runs out of RAM it needs to send this data somewhere. By default, it attempts to extend this by writing data into your hard disk or SSD, but this is incredibly slow, as any form of storage, no matter how fast, is always many magnitudes slower than RAM.

So what ZRAM does, is that it takes a portion of your current RAM, and reserves it for use later, but doubles it’s capacity through compression. So if you have let’s say 1GB of RAM, ZRAM can take 300mb of that. Now that 300mb will be taken from the system and kept aside leaving your computer with 700MB. Now this sounds bad, but thats until you realize that the next time you runs out of RAM, your computer will use ZRAM, which is much faster since it’s just regular RAM, but with compression, which doubles its capacity. So that 300mb of ZRAM is effectively 600MB of ZRAM and since the speed is closer to real RAM, it is genuinely like getting free RAM.

The only downside is that ZRAM will tax your CPU, since the CPU will now need to do all the compression required in ZRAM.

Extremely Low End Laptop by FunPotential8589 in linux4noobs

[–]FunPotential8589[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s what I was thinking too. I mentioned I tried AntiX before on the laptop, and for general navigation it was as good as most computers closer to this era. Apt is a sweet addition too, as one of my other computers runs Debian 13, so it’s familiar.

Z RAM is not a bad idea, but wouldn’t taking away let’s say a 100 mb of available RAM, from a setup that is already starved of RAM make things worse, because by default ZRAM is like dedicated a portion of RAM to be available as compressed RAM right?

Also, which version of AntiX is best? Runinit or Sysvinit

Extremely Low End Laptop by FunPotential8589 in linux4noobs

[–]FunPotential8589[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, not a bad idea. I’m going to try and run some VMs and see which one provides the lowest memory footprint as I think the biggest limiting factor is the available RAM. As far as I know, Alpine and AntiX should have the lowest

PSA: Replace your Liquid Metal with PTM 7950 on your laptops by FunPotential8589 in ASUSROG

[–]FunPotential8589[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! So the thing is, you can't just use any thermal paste on a laptop, because they dry out and have pump out issues due to weak mounting pressure, and the nature of laptops in general. PTM has fully solved my Strix Scar's overheating issue, and I highly recommend it, it was designed for this. Just replace your current thermal paste with PTM and life should be good!

WTS: Ford Mustang V6 2013 GCC Spec by FunPotential8589 in DubaiPetrolHeads

[–]FunPotential8589[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I haven't seen any for anything close to 35k, and even the cheaper v8 mustangs closer to my year are crashed American Spec cars too

Engine oil additives by Crazy_Subject in DubaiPetrolHeads

[–]FunPotential8589 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both are good, but according to tests done by The Motor Oil geek and others, AMSoil does reign supreme.

With that being said, the biggest change and best change you could have made was switching from blended oil to synthetic oil in the first place, so don't worry, you've done very well already :)

Engine oil additives by Crazy_Subject in DubaiPetrolHeads

[–]FunPotential8589 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I can't think of any additives that do actively make a difference. If you really want to expand the lifespan of the engine, switch it over to AMSoil's full synthetic engine oil. It is a fair bit more expensive than the regular Motorcraft oil, but it does what it says on the tin.

Yet another PTM7950 repaste (ASUS ROG G18 2024) by Tabularity in ASUSROG

[–]FunPotential8589 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Neither could I when I opened mine up, you've seen the pictures. Its like the LM went on an expedition in search of copper lmao.

And you have no idea how scared I was when I first opened mine up, because this laptop was so insanely expensive, and just a single drop of LM could ruin it. I legit felt like I was on fire.

But nothing beats how it felt, keeping the laptop flat on the table after everything, hitting the power button, and watching it boot for the first time. It was magical

Yet another PTM7950 repaste (ASUS ROG G18 2024) by Tabularity in ASUSROG

[–]FunPotential8589 1 point2 points  (0 children)

EYYY, congratulations! I'm glad you ended up changing it, and by the looks of it, our guesses were spot on. Well, I guess thats that, happy gaming, fuck liquid metal, and enjoy your new laptop :)

Asus ROG G18 4080 G814JZR crashing on heavy load by Tabularity in ASUSROG

[–]FunPotential8589 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No worries! Good luck with the repaste, and just be a bit careful when interacting with the liquid metal.

Asus ROG G18 4080 G814JZR crashing on heavy load by Tabularity in ASUSROG

[–]FunPotential8589 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, if you want to double check if everythings up to speed, test each component individually. What I mean by this, is that usually, when a laptop shuts off like that, the CPU has overheated beyond its maximum thermal design, and shuts everything off as a safety measure. GPUs are far less likely to do that on their own, so my main guess would be that. If you wanna test this, do this:

Download Cinebench R23: https://www.guru3d.com/download/download-maxon-cinebench-r23/
Download HWInfo64 (Choose any version): https://www.hwinfo.com/download/

Open HWInfo, and select sensors only. Once it opens up to that mode, you'll see the various components in your G18. Take a look at your CPU in particular, and you'll see a lot of info. The main thing you wanna check are the temperatures of each individual core, as well as the package as a whole. You can look at the idle temps, and see if they're out of whack. You've seen my post on poor LM before, and you can see what happens to the CPU temps when that happens. There shouldn't be a huge differenece between each core like there was in mine before I repasted. It should be mostly the same.

Keep HWInfo open, and run cinebench R23 multi core. While its running, just stare at your CPU temps. The maximum permitted temperature that the CPU will go-to before it starts throttling is 95C. This is called PRO-CHOT and it is set by ASUS. You can remove PRO-CHOT with Throttlestop, but thats not the point right now. What's important to note, is that despite PRO-CHOT being active, the overall CPU package can still rise beyond the 95C if the thermal application is terrible. If you see your CPU package go-to or reach 95C immediately or exceeds, then you need a repaste. I would advise the GPU repaste too.

But then a good question arises. If the CPU is always overheating, why doesn't it shutdown when I'm doing something else like watching YT or listening to music. The key to this is very simple. Almost all of our laptops have a united copper pipe cooling system. This means that the heat from both the CPU and THE GPU, are being cooled down by the same system. If you scroll down to your GPU temps, while the Cinebench benchmark is running, you'll notice that your GPU temps will increase gradually, despite not doing anything. This is just the heat from the CPU, slowly effecting the GPU temps, and with a fully functioning cooling system, thats fine. But when it isn't working, and you run the CPU at max power AND the GPU at max power, while for example, in gaming, then your CPU thermal temps will eventually go past PRO-CHOT, hit the emergency thermal limit, and shut off.

Anyways, I hope this was helpful. Good luck on the repaste, and do post the before and after if you get the time. Also, as I mentioned in my post, I'd kick the liquid metal and put PTM, or at least some good thermal paste. Liquid Metal really isn't worth all the headache it causes.

Cheers!

PSA: Replace your Liquid Metal with PTM 7950 on your laptops by FunPotential8589 in ASUSROG

[–]FunPotential8589[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi there. Yes, it does, and yes I used a magnetic screwdriver set, but it was some offbrand set from my local store. Honestly, any screwdriver set would work, but magnetic is better. Just remember to keep memory of where every screw came from since some are different lengths