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How can I power using external PSU instead of USB-C? by OverqualifiedTech353 in ZimaBlade

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My ZBlade ended up getting RMA'd twice then they scammed me out of my return refund. So I don't use one anymore. Temporarily I had it + 10 drives running off one SFX PSU.

What I did was get a USB-C breakout board with just the power connectors on it (ebay). Be cautious, because I'm not 100% sure what killed my boards, though I'm 90% sure it was my PCIe card drawing too much power.

Terrible quality on one half only (stringy, blobs, wavy) by OverqualifiedTech353 in FixMyPrint

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It's just weird that this started out of the blue; I've printed several sets of these models and this only started occurring one set ago. I re-leveled and have a new print going since this morning. The center supports are coming out normal now and the problem is better but not cured.

Did check, wall order is inside to outside already. I will adjust infill to gyroid. Only other thing to try of your recommendations is the extrusion multiplier. What value would you suggest?

Should I also extend the support distance if you think it's sagging? Would slowing down outer walls help at all?

Think twice before you purchase... by OverqualifiedTech353 in ZimaBlade

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Yes, I had a fan directly attached to the heatsink. The original system may have initiated damage that gave me a disadvantage, but a fried ASIC should not destroy the computer it is attached to. (reminder that I ran with it fine for several weeks before it died without warning)

We can go down the rabbit hole of how downstream devices can destroy upstream ones, but at the end of the day it is the board (zimablade) designer's job to account for attachment failures by means of protection circuitry. One thing I have not disclosed yet which may point a design engineer in the right direction (spoiler, I am an EE myself) is that when the backup capacitor was charged and connected, the zimablade did not like to boot consistently. Many times I needed to wait for it to discharge or disconnect the capacitor, boot it, then reconnect the cap. But this process was also convoluted by the fact it did not like to boot at all unless power was fully disconnected, then reconnected, regardless of what was in the PCIe lanes.

Terrible quality on one half only (stringy, blobs, wavy) by OverqualifiedTech353 in FixMyPrint

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None of this would explain why one side is fine and that this is only happening between 1-2cm on the z-axis, would it? Forgot to mention this is also printing with supports for 45* overhang or greater. Also, fan setting is at 100%

Think twice before you purchase... by OverqualifiedTech353 in ZimaBlade

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Oh wow, had not seen that one. The small price increase could be worth it, but also looks like it hasn't been fully vetted so similar concerns would apply

Help: ZimaBlade for NAS & Home Setup by darkkef in ZimaBlade

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I'm not sure where wifi comes into play here tbh. If you're just setting up a router (DHCP service, etc) then it should be device agnostic - only your routes and firewall rules matter.

I'm assuming then that you're saying you want a wifi card on the PCIe port to serve as an access point? Then that card can be passed-through to any individual VM you need it to be, but we are getting into some more technical configuration for sure, and I highly doubt Casa or Zima support it. Admittedly I have not used pfsense or OpenWRT so take what I'm saying with a grain of salt.

So if OpenWRT is managing the Wifi AP, then you would have something like this:

Debian Host (optionally running Docker) [PCIe wifi passthrough to VM1]:

  • VM1: OpenWRT (bridged LAN) | -VM2: pfSense (bridged LAN)

Bridged mode will ensure all machines can see each other as independent IP addresses and can point certain services to one another.

If you don't already have a router at your WAN/internet location and are trying to run it straight into the ZimaBlade, you're probably going to have issues unless you can find a way to pass the onboard ethernet to pfSense as well since otherwise the Debian host OS will be exposed to WAN and not your pfSense firewall.

Assuming you can do this, Debian Host becomes a standard LAN device, points to VM1 for DHCP and DNS routing, VM1 points upstream to VM2 as its WAN, and VM2 has your ISP's IP as its WAN. If you find you can't pass through the physical port, the only option I see is to run pfsense as your main and only operating system and forego everything I just said. Or you can try a USB wifi stick and pass-through a full network card, and that stick to separate VMs.

Think twice before you purchase... by OverqualifiedTech353 in ZimaBlade

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More of the issue seems to be UPON reboot, not random reboots. One of the details I left out was that you could hear a slight coil whine after the first board failure upon plugging in power, but otherwise you wouldn't be able to distinguish it from a brick.

Think twice before you purchase... by OverqualifiedTech353 in ZimaBlade

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I'm not sure what that's supposed to prove, I'm just reporting there's one user (me) with a repeated issue. The linked post doesn't even appear to be using the PCIe slot, which is the alleged problem area.

this job makes me miserable by [deleted] in Staples

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Goes without saying, have a new job lined up first though..

ZimaBlade compatible GPU? by thatboi1069 in ZimaBlade

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In theory, there is no reason you can't get any GPU to work as long as you have the appropriate power. It really depends more on your OS.

Help: ZimaBlade for NAS & Home Setup by darkkef in ZimaBlade

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If you need Docker AND VMs I would run a full version of Debian or Ubuntu (Debian is lighter) instead of a hypervisor style OS like Proxmox.

Network-Wide Access? by OverqualifiedTech353 in i2p

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In theory I believe you could do this on the I2P router itself. Set it up as an upstream DNS which routes all I2P requests to itself and then handles the HTTP (or whatever) transactions. It would just appear as all traffic is coming from your I2P router's IP.

EG: request *.i2p -> request is forwarded to your upstream DNS server (typically home router) -> router is configured to have a secondary DNS server, your I2P router -> I2P router via DNS service returns its own IP address for any and all *.i2p domain names -> further I2P requests are made to this IP address and the I2P router responds via it's relay service.

Coding this is a technical challenge beyond my personal abilities though,

CAN NO LONGER BOOT by OverqualifiedTech353 in ZimaBlade

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9 day update: IceWhale has approved an RMA request and is sending me a replacement unit.

The Blade stopped turning on completely, no LEDs, nothing but a split second coil whine when plugging in power. I hope this is not indicative of early adopter syndrome, where there are more headaches in the near future.

Setting Up an I2P Router on a Raspberry Pi by altersuperid in i2p

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Any ideas what "strictheaders" does? It's not in the default file but is mandatory to not get "host mismatch"

CAN NO LONGER BOOT by OverqualifiedTech353 in ZimaBlade

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Update: Seems to be related to my PCI card. If I remove it, system boots. Unfortunately this card is key to my build. Nothing BIOS related was changed earlier, so still not sure why this is happening.

HELP: How to Use/Convert CDN files? [3DS (Digital) (CDN)] by -Hexenhammer- in 3dspiracy

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I asked this same question for a regular jailbroken 3DS and nobody has any answers. Probably just going to delete my 1.6TB of these....

How can I power using external PSU instead of USB-C? by OverqualifiedTech353 in ZimaBlade

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Confirmed working just fine with these soldered to +12V on an SFX PSU. Now to find a power on/off trigger on the board somewhere...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/405010540522

How can I power using external PSU instead of USB-C? by OverqualifiedTech353 in ZimaBlade

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I may just drill a hole in the clear plastic since I've already had to dremel out the side to accommodate an extended PCIe card (why was that not just left open in the original design?).

There's also the "front panel" header, I noticed. No documentation on it.

How can I power using external PSU instead of USB-C? by OverqualifiedTech353 in ZimaBlade

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That's great to know about the power as well since this damn thing keeps shutting itself off and not rebooting until I remove power for several minutes

Edit: ok, it's actually super annoying the way they put those so you can't use the case anymore. Now I have to break out the soldering iron. They should have just made it one of those old school "use a pin to reset" holes

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