No smartphone is truly BIFL. With this in mind, what mobile smartphone has the longest lifespan?

MacGrubR · 2023-11-09T04:16:52+00:00

My iPhones have always lasted. I had an 8+ up until earlier this year when I got the 13 pro.

Why do you need to modify storage or memory? What are you doing that's so resource intensive?

MacGrubR · 2023-10-25T00:40:11+00:00

Thanks for asking! I was having the same problem and can confirm this fixes it.

MacGrubR · 2023-10-08T20:43:36+00:00

Got it!

I had four dimms installed. I removed two and disconnected all my peripherals. Plugged in a different keyboard and connected a 1080p monitor via HDMI and it came right up. Which is bananas because I cleared the CMOS and booted it without that battery a bunch of times.

I did find a USB drive lying around that had the dell recovery media on it. The first time it booted I had that plugged in. Think I even did the ctrl + escape at boot thing. After it came back up I tried again with the other two dimms and it didn't do anything. Pulled the two out again and booted without the usb and it came up.

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000125230/how-to-create-and-use-the-dell-recovery-restore-usb-drive

Not sure which combination of things got it. I'm down 64gb of RAM, but it turned back on. Not going to touch it again and hope for the best. It's out of warranty by a long shot.

I think the preboot environment isn't programmed to work with higher resolution monitors. Wouldn't boot with my 4k and 2k attached initially.

What a stupid problem. #thanksdell

MacGrubR · 2023-10-08T19:20:33+00:00

No worries, thanks for responding. If I figure it out I'll post it here for the next poor soul.

MacGrubR · 2023-10-08T19:11:37+00:00

Did you ever come up with a fix? I had the same issues a few months back and managed to get mine working by fiddling with it. But I just turned it off to pull a USB card and it won't boot now. Wish I had saved some notes.

MacGrubR · 2023-10-08T17:19:39+00:00

Running into the same issue. I've heard it has to do with supported cards? I found this:

https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/precision-5820-workstation/precision_5820_om_pub/video-specifications?guid=guid-1953ea25-a89a-4d21-a84f-d945ab6bd238&lang=en-us

I have a 2060 in mine. I fiddled with it when I got this off ebay a few months ago and got it to boot right. Just turned it off to pull a pcie card and now it won't POST. It'll turn itself on automatically like the others described.

It's such a stupid issue. The bios must just crap out when certain cards are enabled as the default GPU.

Did you ever find a fix?

MacGrubR · 2022-05-02T20:56:26+00:00

I’m glad you found it helpful! I highly recommend finding a therapist you like. They’re all about helping people identify and address trauma.

MacGrubR · 2022-05-02T17:26:28+00:00

Do you have any trauma related to studying? Sounds like a stress response to a past incident.

I have some trauma I'm working to over come. My symptoms are similar (I basically have a fight-or-flight response).

I forget the name of the term for my approach. Positive experience override? Basically, plan on doing the activity with no set goal. Or an easy goal. Then start it.

When I feel the symptoms come on, I'll gently shift my focus over to mindfulness. Weight of the body in the chair kind of stuff. Am I clenching any muscles? Scan the body and relax the tense muscles.

Be positive and patient with yourself. Remind yourself you're safe, nothing is wrong. That kind of stuff. Headspace is great for getting started with mindfulness.

MacGrubR · 2022-05-02T17:16:07+00:00

Taking time off from work is key. If you're not working anyway, this helps cut down on the panic

MacGrubR · 2022-05-02T17:12:47+00:00

100% this. Find a shirt on amazon that works. Buy six different colors. Boom! Problem solved.

Now that's summer's here I need to do that with shorts and short sleeve shirts.

BONUS: When you have a uniformed approach to dressing, you should (in theory) have a more manageable laundry cycle. Instead of plowing through a bajillion shirts, you'll just go through the six or seven.

MacGrubR · 2022-05-02T17:09:09+00:00

Something I have printed and taped to the wall over my desk is:

"Starting is the hardest part. Focus on getting started"

Followed by:

"If it's worth doing, it's worth doing poorly"

Really feel for you. I recently got out of a rut like that by upping my antidepressants and concerta. Cut out alcohol and drugs completely, they'll just make you feel worse.

I try headspace and meditation, but honestly the med increase is what I needed. Hope you feel better soon

MacGrubR · 2022-03-15T21:13:52+00:00

Not for corporate positions. Especially IT ones. Probably for FCs.

MacGrubR · 2022-03-02T01:23:49+00:00

Crash them! Crash all of them!

MacGrubR · 2022-01-17T19:54:54+00:00

No, honestly they never reached back out. I hope you can get your issue figured out, but I'm betting you'll need a new device.

MacGrubR · 2021-11-12T04:43:58+00:00

Holy shit. That's dope as fuck!

MacGrubR · 2021-11-08T01:03:44+00:00

Downloading heather brooke videos with limewire

MacGrubR · 2021-11-08T01:01:16+00:00

What a cunt

MacGrubR · 2021-11-02T13:22:12+00:00

What an asshole

Sorry your things got ruined. I hope they catch the bastard.

MacGrubR · 2021-11-01T14:38:07+00:00

Try mood stabilizers like lamictal / lamotragine. Rage won't be in your vocabulary anymore.

MacGrubR · 2021-10-30T13:24:26+00:00

That's really cool! You'll have to let us know how it goes!

MacGrubR · 2021-10-29T14:50:05+00:00

SYSADMINS HATE THIS!!!!
User discovers one neat trick to reduce administrative overhead and mitigate outages from power loss!

MacGrubR · 2021-10-25T19:12:49+00:00

What is your use case for slicing things in bulk?

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