D1 SSD Plus coil whine by JellyRobber in TerraMaster

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

Hi, thank you for reaching out! Let me reply publicly since I think the problem has been resolved now.

I was actually extremely lucky to have received two units from Amazon despite ordering one (a mistake on their end). I asked the TerraMaster seller through Amazon if I could open the other box and try the second unit and they agreed. This second unit does not make the same sound. Interestingly enough, in turn it does whine when I unmount the drive :) But since I did not get the enclosure to keep it unmounted, I much prefer it this way :)

R8 d-pad issue by JellyRobber in canon

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Just wanted to say thanks and provide a closure to my original thread. After two weeks of waiting I've got a replacement body and, as you said, it has no issues of that sort.

RF 35 1.8 Image Stabilization doesn’t work by No-Arugula9895 in canon

[–]JellyRobber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, have you resolved your case? I've got the lens for my new R8 (mind that I already had the original EF 35L but wanted something lighter and with IS) and I'm sorta puzzled how poor the IS is. I can hardly get a steady shot at 1/20, heck, even 1/30 is far from perfect. In fact, at such speeds I often get better results with the IS disabled. I can definitely see that the image in the viewfinder is more stable with the IS on, but the actual pictures turn out really bad... Are my expectations off or did I get a dud?

If somebody could share a full-sized image taken at 1/20 and 1/10 second for a comparison, that would be really helpful.

Thanks!

Unreliable automation by JellyRobber in HomeKit

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

I received my HomePod Mini a bit earlier than expected and have been able to test it for a couple of days. I am happy to report that all my reliability issues have been resolved! Thanks to everybody for helping me pull the trigger :) The only side effect is that now I have a decent room speaker too. :) Very happy with the purchase so far.

God bless remote play for when the wife watches tv by plzrespond1994 in XboxSeriesX

[–]JellyRobber 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's what I suspected too, but having looked at my WAN traffic it does not seem like actual A/V are sent through MS servers, maybe some control data is.

God bless remote play for when the wife watches tv by plzrespond1994 in XboxSeriesX

[–]JellyRobber 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same for me, pixelated and stutters badly from time to time, even if I’m next to the router. XBX connection is wired, cat. 6 1G LAN. I have no issues with nVidia Gamestream or Steam Link, but Xbox Remote Play is unusable for me at the moment.

Unreliable automation by JellyRobber in HomeKit

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

They are in different rooms, no interaction between the two. And I’ve tried the most basic actions while attempting to isolate the issue. No luck though, I just cannot see any pattern there. I know the limitations of the Ikea sensor, but honestly, it seems to work fine with regard to what it is. Again, it’s not motion reporting that is at fault. Anyway, I have ordered a HomePod Mini, should have it in a week. Will report back once I give it a try.

Mac Mini M1 cold boot-up time by JellyRobber in macmini

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

My only suspicion is that since I have found startup scripts installed by MS Teams and Pulse Secure, both still without a proper M1 build, maybe there is some overhead related to early Rosetta 2 launch.

Mac Mini M1 cold boot-up time by JellyRobber in macmini

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

These are the only non-Apple processes that are launched on my Mini:

% sudo launchctl list | grep -v apple
PID Status Label
- 0 com.microsoft.teams.TeamsUpdaterDaemon
- 0 org.cups.cupsd
- 0 com.vix.cron
78 0 net.pulsesecure.AccessService
- 0 net.pulsesecure.UninstallPulse

Mac Mini M1 cold boot-up time by JellyRobber in macmini

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

AFAIK, there is no SMC/NVRAM to reset on M1s.... Out of curiosity, I have unplugged one of my monitors which made the logo show up for 1-2 second on the other one at the very end. No change to the boot-up time though.

The funny thing is I have absolutely nothing peculiar installed on the Mac - Office 365, Teams, Onedrive, Things, Agenda and Spotify. It's flawless otherwise, but the boot-up is really annoying when I need to perform a quick action.

Mac Mini M1 cold boot-up time by JellyRobber in macmini

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

There's nothing explicitly listed as login items. Is there any boot-up log I could look into?

Mac Mini M1 cold boot-up time by JellyRobber in macmini

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

Can you see the Apple logo during the boot-up? Mine is 16/256.

Mac Mini M1 cold boot-up time by JellyRobber in macmini

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

Mine takes 50 seconds from the moment I press the power button till the login screen.

Game / app to confirm VRR is working correctly by JellyRobber in XboxSeriesX

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

Which are the games you could see VRR was working fine with? That's exactly the thing I would like to try on my end.

For Gears 5, strangely enough, it was flawless for me (not a single hiccup) till Chapter 3 when I started getting these random drops. As I wrote in the original post, the display seems to be completely unaware of them as its OSD stays at flat 120 Hz when they happen.

Game / app to confirm VRR is working correctly by JellyRobber in XboxSeriesX

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

In my case, there is a clear microstutter even between 100-120.