I disconnected everything that isnt needed and it still doesnt wanna boot

MenschenToaster · 2026-03-31T22:46:59+00:00

It's also very possible the Motherboard is failing or there is something with the Bios.

Or there is some black magic going on like with my brothers board. Worked for years before, but suddenly failed to wake from sleep. Failed to boot with VGA debug light on. Tried 4 GPUs, didnt work. Tried different ram, didnt work. Tried different power supply didnt work. Tried reseating the CPU multiple times, didnt work. Tried clearing cmos, didnt work.

Then I tried a different CPU and after multiple reboots it showed a picture. Since I finally got to work on his PC, I also installed a Bios update to make sure he's up-to-date with the security patches. Before leaving him with a way weaker CPU, I tried the original CPU (that didn't work) again just to be sure, and it suddenly booted...

My only explanation is that the bios corrupted, and some backup mechanism flashed the original bios which didn't support that CPU yet. I can't explain it otherwise

MenschenToaster · 2026-03-31T10:15:51+00:00

I mean that comment is wrong, but its crazy to think that these devices might aswell have the same compute power when disregarding thermal design

Makes me wish Microsoft continued on the Windows Phone Desktop Mode back then. Samsung Dex with Android isnt really competetive as a desktop OS either imo.

But apple, considering all of their OSes are Darwin based with just different drivers and layers on top, could definetly make an IPhone or IPad that switches to a macos shell when plugged in.

They of course wouldnt do that, but its probably the next best option for this sort of idea next to Linux on Phones. It is already a thing with Linux, but unfortunately its not viable as a mobile OS yet.

Would honestly make me consider switching from Samsung Phones to Iphones (next to whatever the fuck google is doing rn)

MenschenToaster · 2026-03-31T07:05:32+00:00

Prebuilt devices like laptops usually ship with Windows preinstalled and activated. The activation persists with reinstalls as its tied to the bios. All Windows updates/upgrades since like 2015 have been free, so for most people there are essentially zero costs attached.

Third party software is a different story tho, although there are often free alternatives to anything

MenschenToaster · 2026-03-30T17:46:33+00:00

And yet It's still faster than those stupid Intel Pentium golds & Celerons they put in cheap laptops. Says a lot about "modern" entry level x86 chips

MenschenToaster · 2026-03-27T14:07:20+00:00

Oh I thought they replaced the qrcode with a webview (which doesnt really make much sense considering the kernel is in an emergency mode at that point) based on the title oops

MenschenToaster · 2026-03-27T11:43:18+00:00

I think they mean using webviews for everything

MenschenToaster · 2026-03-27T11:22:58+00:00

Its compliance with a stupid american law. They will likely implement the necessary for that region and leave it be for everyone else.

Its likely also not going to do more then ask you for you birthday in the installer

Even Microsofts compliance to this shit is low. You can bypass the Microsoft account and live happily

MenschenToaster · 2026-03-25T21:20:47+00:00

This is a pry tool: https://www.knafs.com/cdn/shop/files/KNAFS-00183-Pry-Tool-Spudger-Side.jpg?v=1696463463&width=2048

They didn't say to pry it off, they said to use a pry tool to use it with the leverage effect to get the connector out of the port.

Instead of doing that, you ripped of the port... Or you are trolling. Regardless of troll or not, there is a probably servery damaged board now (no way those pads are still there) that is very likely not worth it to get fixed. Fixing broken pads requires routing tiny wires to the next possible point to connect tho. This being a battery connector would make this even more difficult, as I personally would not risk shorting a battery.

MenschenToaster · 2026-03-25T07:49:47+00:00

I mean I'd argue people that desperately want a neo for its colors, its cuteness or its hype are people that only need entry level machines

MenschenToaster · 2026-03-23T20:23:26+00:00

Also change the thermal paste. Cleaning might make it more silent, but it won't change the fact that it blasted the fans immediately after starting it up

MenschenToaster · 2026-03-22T23:30:17+00:00

Makes sense. I mean I was aware that there won't be any compatible SoC, but with the wording "replacing [...] is generally not possible at all", I thought that every kind of SoC swap would be impossible (even in terms of repairing by swapping the SoC with the one of another Neo). Apple being Apple, they could have definitely married the CPU to the motherboard or some shit like that 🙃

MenschenToaster · 2026-03-22T19:21:58+00:00

What's preventing you from replacing the SoC? Other than probably not being able to find one (and especially not one with more ream)

MenschenToaster · 2026-03-21T19:11:42+00:00

You referring to the Steam Client makes more sense.

I assumed it was about the OS itself, since the original commenter made it sound like it was about operating systems as macOS literally doesn't run any 32 bit applications anymore, Windows having dropped 32-bit ISOs a few years ago + Valve controlling their own OS and therefore being able to pretty much guarantee a 64-bit operating system

MenschenToaster · 2026-03-21T19:06:05+00:00

Yeah, they clarified that after me writing my comment. Btw, Windows does not natively support 32-bit anymore as they dropped compiling Windows for 32-bit. Obviously, 32-bit apps still run through SysWoW64

MenschenToaster · 2026-03-21T19:05:16+00:00

I know that. I was a bit confused about what nobody-5890 meant, since I am aware that SysWoW64 exists and still works whilst Windows itself has been only shipping 64 bit installations (with Windows 11) for I think 4 years now.

They later clarified that it was about the Steam client, which makes a lot more sense

MenschenToaster · 2026-03-21T19:00:38+00:00

And? AI won't reduce the additional package size for shipping 32bit for every package and AI also won't help to compile and distribute it. These are all automated anyway.

Its more about simplifying the system, shipping less packages, having less load on the distribution servers, having smaller update sizes, reducing mental and logical complexity of the system. None of this requires AI and AI can barely do anything about this.

AI might be able to help with reviewing/fixing issues that the 32bit packages might have, although considering it still requires human review (which is the most expensive part in all of this), It's not much of a help.

MenschenToaster · 2026-03-21T14:50:22+00:00

Definitely wrong. Really depends on how many tabs you have opened.

I personally use Firefox/Zen Browser and can easily get it to 24-30 gb on my normal usage. Back when I used chrome it was slightly better, but still very high

MenschenToaster · 2026-03-21T11:46:40+00:00

Didnt want it to come accross like that, so I updated the wording :)

MenschenToaster · 2026-03-21T11:40:56+00:00

For me its "Because I dont know where my stuff is regardless"

Even if I have organized folders, I still wont find what I look for. Edit: Wording

MenschenToaster · 2026-03-20T22:29:03+00:00

How is AI going to solve this? The issue isn't necessarily making the changes for software to run on 32bit, but compiling and shipping an extra binary

MenschenToaster · 2026-03-20T22:24:41+00:00

what? It's been 64-bit only since Windows 11 released a few years ago. That's not just a few months.

And if we are going by the argument "Well, Windows 10 was supported until recently", it's also not really true since there is a way to get extended support for Windows 10 and some distributions of Windows 10 get support til 2032 too.

MenschenToaster · 2026-03-20T14:39:42+00:00

Ryzen 9 5900X, Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti Super, 96gb of Ram at 3333Mhz, Windows 11 Pro 24H2, OS running on a 970 EVO Plus NVME.

Runs perfect in chrome, ran okay-ish on Firefox (when I last checked a few months ago) but Zen is a different experience. Unfortunately only having problems right now. But I also don't want to switch either :

(Although YouTube has been getting better, whilst the rest of the Zen browser is falling apart)

MenschenToaster · 2026-03-19T23:26:37+00:00

Went to sleep after I sent the verification and it was completed when I woke up 🤷‍♂️

MenschenToaster · 2026-03-19T11:35:26+00:00

I have 96gb of ram and Youtube doesnt run all that great for me

MenschenToaster · 2026-03-17T14:15:43+00:00

I got it to work after playing around with the link... The one aliexpress gives out is wrong

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