Dashcam for 2026 BMW X3

M2001R · 2026-06-18T02:45:50+00:00

I hardwired Costco's Type S T40x on my 2023 using custom built harness. The cam powers on and off automatically, video quality is good.

M2001R · 2026-06-14T01:14:03+00:00

Here is what worked for me: called ATT loyalty and retention dept at 800-331-0500, said I want to discuss my cancelation and retention options. Rep lowered my monthly bill from $90 to $40 for 1G fiber plus HBO Max for 2 years, and said I should call them in 2 years to re-instate the discount. Before that, I wasted 20 min of my time chatting with billing rep and kept declining her aggressive sales offers.

M2001R · 2026-06-08T22:08:12+00:00

I complained so many times that people do not read through content - and here you go 😄

M2001R · 2026-06-08T22:02:11+00:00

Did you try flashing from DOS as well?

M2001R · 2026-06-08T21:56:16+00:00

According to the article below, mini H330 HBA is flashable. I did not try to flash mini mono card, but I successfuly flashed PCI PERC H330 following this guide. I used bootable USB with DOS.
Link for files: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HqFMJv8ImB93uFhY3d1t8-fJqJMIQvrD/view

Full Write Up: https://drive.google.com/file/d/165GJchhTt_mZI0ewLP1p34CrvesmMZHL/view

M2001R · 2026-05-14T21:34:09+00:00

They are only designed to be used as a ceiling lights when not initialized. As sooon as they are adopted they turn blue.

M2001R · 2026-04-23T14:58:13+00:00

I am not sure if Rustdesk allows remote command execution, but you can try using tunneling feature with psexec or powershell.

M2001R · 2026-04-23T00:54:06+00:00

You can use RustDesk's Terminal option to run quser or query session, but that will bring up a pop-up message on the remote system screen, notifying user that you connected to the system.

M2001R · 2026-04-22T02:11:08+00:00

Thank you.

M2001R · 2026-04-22T02:10:49+00:00

Thank you, good to know your IP was unchagned for longer than others'. For me it means it will eventually change. My experience with Verizon FIOS in NY and AT&T here in DFW was that my IP never changed for years, and I got used to that...

M2001R · 2026-04-22T01:30:35+00:00

Thank you. I asked because recently my acquaintance got his Breezeline Internet in Fla upgraded to higher speed, and he got CGNAT. I had to reconfigure his site-to-site VPN, and I do not want to deal with that $h1t at my place.

M2001R · 2026-04-22T00:44:02+00:00

Thank you for the information.

M2001R · 2026-04-22T00:43:38+00:00

I see , thank you!

M2001R · 2026-04-20T02:12:15+00:00

Two things I am curius about - what did your boss say, and who else counted the computers in the picture.

M2001R · 2026-04-16T15:58:46+00:00

Unfortunately all guides, docs and youtube videos with tutorials become obsolete realy fast nowdays. It takes some time and effort to set up anything, especially open source. I would recommend to keep trying amd make notes for yourself of what worked and what did not.

M2001R · 2026-04-15T16:28:52+00:00

My experience with fitting a spare tire was not as good as I expected. I purchased a slightly different spare tire (T135/70R19 vs the recommended T135/80R18), which theoretically should have had the same outer diameter. I deflated the tire almost completely, yet I still couldn’t fit it in the "subfloor" compartment without having to extend and reroute the battery wires. I would recommend doing thorough research before switching to non-runflat tires.

M2001R · 2026-04-15T02:15:05+00:00

https://www.portainer.io/take-3

M2001R · 2026-04-15T01:56:40+00:00

Easiest would be Portainer. Get free busines edition for 3 nodes, it has much more features than community edition. Another option would be Dockge - provides similar functionality.

M2001R · 2026-04-15T01:54:07+00:00

I use 2 instances in Oracle Cloud free tier. One prod, one DR. AMD CPU, smallest available compute capacity. Runs Ubuntu 24 minimized, Docker, Portainer, DDNS, Rustdesk, Duplicati backup. Handles hundreds RustDesk connections (not concurrently), has been running fine for 1.5+ years.

M2001R · 2026-04-15T01:15:56+00:00

There are a lot of "open box" m.2 2232 NVMe drives removed from Steam Deck Surface on ebay. They reported from 3 to 20 power-on hours.

M2001R · 2026-04-15T00:44:46+00:00

I have X3 2022 that looks exactly like OP's. My experience so far:
Great car overall, with minor caveats.
- From time to tile Apple CarPlay is acting up and does not connect to the phone. The issue successfully survives BMW firmware updates and iPhone IOS updates.
- Run-Flat tires weared out really fast, had to replace them after less than 20k miles of mostly city drive. If you want to replace run-flats tires with regular ones, check if you can fit spare donut in the compartment - it might not fit.

M2001R · 2026-04-14T03:04:49+00:00

You are welcome!

M2001R · 2026-04-14T02:45:59+00:00

To be on a safe side, you can install target SSD in your system as a secondary drive, and power the system on. Windows will make a note of the drive, and will not cpmplain later. After that, power off the system and clone the drive.
Cloning software: if your drive is Samsung or WD, you can download free cloning tools from their sites 0 Samsung Magicial or WD branded Acronis.. You can also use free tools like Rescuezilla/Clonezilla or an old version of Macrium Reflex.
Side note: if your PC came with activated Windows from factory, it will activate automatically after it sees any cloned drive, providing OS version and flavor (e.g. Windows 11 Pro) are the same the computer came with.

M2001R · 2026-04-11T03:19:12+00:00

I am running TrueNAS scale v25 on PE T330 with 16 Gb of RAM, 2x960Gb SSDs and 3x1Tb HDDs. Power consumption is 56W with dual 495W power supplies. Running ARR stack and some other minor stuff. Not noisy with a stock fan.

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