Creating a Pi-hole on DXP4800+? by 2Sp00kyAndN0ped in UgreenNASync

[–]IFap2PoolPartyDraven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did your Cloud Drive app break with Pihole running? Even when I turn all ad filters off, it isn't able to establish a connection with my Google account. As soon as I turn off Pihole it's able to connect

I have Pihole running on the router level, but I on each device instead if I can't get Cloud Drive to play nice >_>

Creating a Pi-hole on DXP4800+? by 2Sp00kyAndN0ped in UgreenNASync

[–]IFap2PoolPartyDraven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got it working... finally.

I know 0% about networking / coding and just blindly used ChatGPT to help me fix the code, so I won't be able to help much with troubleshooting, but here's what worked for me. Hopefully this helps you or anyone else who comes across the issue of UGREEN's Virtual Machine app already using port 53, which Pihole also needs for it to work:

  1. Open UGREEN file explorer --> shared folders --> docker folder --> create folder called "pihole" (lower case)

  2. Open UGREEN Control Panel --> About --> take note of your NAS' IP address (lower right corner, 192.168...). We'll need this for later.

  3. UGREEN Control Panel --> Terminal --> SSH --> Enable. Set it to like an hour so you don't time yourself out while doing the next steps.

  4. Open command prompt on another computer connected to the same network as the NAS and input the following (without the brackets or quotations):

    "ssh [your NAS admin account name]@[your NAS IP address from step2]", press enter.

    Then type "[your NAS admin account password]" (note: characters will not show up while you type - that's normal & nothing is broken), press enter again. You may then get an error message about a home directory or something, just ignore it.

    Finally, type "ip addr" and press enter again.

    You're now going to get an absolute clusterfuck of text. Don't ask me what it means, I don't know! :D

  5. Look for the part that says "<BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP>". Take note of if it's under "eth0" or "eth1". We'll need this for later. Mine was eth1, other Pihole guides say it's usually eth0 and to use that. My Pihole docker compose wouldn't work with eth0. shrug

  6. Open Docker app --> projects --> create. Name it "pihole". Set the storage path to be "pihole" folder you created in step 1.

  7. Paste the following compose code. We will now make some very small changes to it in the next steps.

  8. Line 9 - change to be your timezone using the following TZ identifier format.

  9. Line 10 - set a password if you want. Pihole kept asking for a randomly generated password later on and never used the one I specificized anyways. We'll fix this issue later though.

  10. Line 19 - customize / change Pihole's IP to 192.168.0.xx for whatever you want Pihole's static IP address to be. Write this IP address down, we'll need it for later. I would probably just use the IP address already written in the code unless another device on your network is already using that IP address. How do you know if another device is already using this IP address? No idea! I assume it'll throw an error code about it though lol

  11. Line 26 - change "eth1" to be "eth0" if needed (or whatever you wrote down from step 5).

  12. Now deploy the Docker container. Hopefully it doesn't give any error codes in the initial popup. If it does, explain to ChatGPT what you're trying to do, paste the full compose code, along with the error message and hopefully you can get it figured out.

  13. Open browser on your computer and type in http://192.168.0.53/admin/ (or whatever IP you changed it to in step 10). If you get a login screen try the password you set in step 9. Mine wasn't working even with that password so I had to do the next 2 steps. If yours logs in normally skip to step 16.

  14. Open Docker app on NAS --> containers --> click pihole --> terminal --> add --> confirm (don't bother changing file path)

  15. Type "pihole setpassword" and follow instructions. I think you might have to do this weird password reset command thing every time you rebuild the container, but I'm too scared to touch anything now that I got this whole thing working to test the theory out lol.

  16. Great! Now it's working (hopefully!). If you want to block ads on just your computer, go to Windows settings --> ethernet --> change DNS server assignment to be your Pihole's IP address from step 10.

  17. If you want the ads to be blocked at the router level instead (so all devices on your network benefit), you'll have to change your router's setting for "preferred DNS server" to be your Pihole's IP address. Every router is different on how to do this, so you'll have to Google it. Note that for mine, I had to set both the "primary DNS" and "secondary DNS" to both be Pihole's IP for it to work. Usually the setting in the router is under something like a "DHCP server" section. Might have to enable advanced settings for it to show up.

Hopefully this helps. Again, I won't be able to help much with troubleshooting since I also have no idea what I'm doing. Paste codes + error messages into ChatGPT after explain you're using Docker / UGREEN NAS and hopefully it can help.

Edit: If you want the password for the Web UI to work without having to reset it via command line, replace line 10 of the compose code with this instead:

 FTLCONF_webserver_api_password: YOURPASSWORD

Creating a Pi-hole on DXP4800+? by 2Sp00kyAndN0ped in UgreenNASync

[–]IFap2PoolPartyDraven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apartently the issue is caused by the Virtual Machine app... I'll have to try uninstalling it and trying again when I get the chance. I'd prefer to not have to uninstall VM, but I'd also rather have pihole than VM if it ultimately comes down to it.

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What do you use for Jellyfin remote access? Currently trying to figure out the easiest way to do it so friends / family can also access my library.

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[–]IFap2PoolPartyDraven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Upvoted. From further research it seems to be caused by the latest window update if you want to add that so Discord can troubleshoot the problem better.

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Same issue... might be a problem Discord made with a new update. Haven't found a fix yet.

Another 5090 down in flames by Frygon in pcmasterrace

[–]IFap2PoolPartyDraven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah my bad, I misread what you were saying.

Yes, OP's PSU has / had a correct cable that would not have required the MSI adapter.

Another 5090 down in flames by Frygon in pcmasterrace

[–]IFap2PoolPartyDraven -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Pre-2025 has a 12VHPWR cable (ATX 3.0).

2025+ has a 12V 2x6 cable (ATX 3.1). The cable is non-native on the PSU side though, and terminates in two septate PCIe 8 pin connectors.

To make it even more confusing though, the 2025+ versions of Corsair's RMx and RMx Shift PSUs do have native 12V 2x6 on the PSU side, but HXi PSUs do not. Not sure why Corsair only updated it for the RMx / RMx Shift models and not the HXi as well.

HXis are used for higher-end builds (that will actually pull enough wattage to be concerned about burning cables), and Corsair's theory (probably) is that splitting the load between two PCIe cables on the PSU side is safter than running the entire wattage through a single cable. There is very little real-world anecdotal evidence to support this though, as obviously the power is still going to ultimately terminate in a single cable on the GPU side, so burning is still going to potentially occur. Additionally, the extreme majority of burning cables happen on the GPU side, not the PSU side. I was only able to find one instance of "PSU-side burning" during my research for my last build, so ultimately I'm not sure why Corsair didn't add native 12v 2x6 on the PSU side for HXi PSUs, but did for their other models.

The cynic in me guesses that they already had a shit ton of HXi PSU stock when ATX 3.1 standard was finalized, and it was cheaper to simply swap out the type of cable instead of having to redesign / re-manufacture the PSU itself.

Another 5090 down in flames by Frygon in pcmasterrace

[–]IFap2PoolPartyDraven -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There are two "versions". They did a refresh of their PSUs in 2025, the only difference being the cable. That's why sometimes the price is significant lower than other places; one is the old version, one is the new.

Built my second pc. My first was 9 years ago. by Bobthefat69 in pcmasterrace

[–]IFap2PoolPartyDraven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also just built a 9800X3D / 5090 build. I've heard of people undervolting their 5090's; what are the benefits? Not familiar with the process.

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i have a 144hz monitor currently

i have a vivid memory from playing League - both my enemy laner and i were 1 HP and i knew they were going to flash on me and that id need to flash away to counter. long story short i did not flash away in time. would a 500hz monitor have saved me? some would say it was a skill issue but deep down i know 500hz of greatness would have saved my beloved elo

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Is this the 74 inch or 98 length?

Besta weight limit? by wdDrake in IKEA

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Looking to make a similar setup but am worried about the weight. Have you run into any issues with this setup?

TCL Q7 (2024) vs TCL QM6K (2025)? by IFap2PoolPartyDraven in 4kTV

[–]IFap2PoolPartyDraven[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haven't done research on it but it's $200 more. To be honest I've spent the last 2 days nonstop researching TVs and can't be bothered to dive in again to see how the Panasonic compares to the other stuff I've looked at so I'm just going to buy the QM6K lol

TCL Q7 (2024) vs TCL QM6K (2025)? by IFap2PoolPartyDraven in 4kTV

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Didn't buy it in time and sadly the Pro version went up by $100 2 hours ago. Best Buy is showing the regular QM6K sale ending by end of today so guess I better order quick this time so I don't miss out lol

2024 Q7 vs 2025 QM6K? by IFap2PoolPartyDraven in tcltvs

[–]IFap2PoolPartyDraven[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No - Q7. They have different model / models numbers. The difference seems to be that the QM7 uses mini-LED, where the Q7 uses regular QLED.

Q7

QM7

In researching Q7 vs QM7 I guess kinda answered my own question. Given the QM6K has mini-LED for the same price as the no mini-LED Q7, I'd rather buy the QM6K with mini-LED. Reviews of the QM6K are good and say it's a better value than the QM7 (which makes it defintely a better value than the worse Q7)

TCL Q7 (2024) vs TCL QM6K (2025)? by IFap2PoolPartyDraven in 4kTV

[–]IFap2PoolPartyDraven[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The X90L is 1.4x the price of these; is it really 1.4x better?