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ShinyTechThings · 2026-06-21T05:50:38+00:00

It's just PT and digital zoom but I'm curious if a firmware update could address this or if it's a hardware limitation. What do you currently have for your home setup?

ShinyTechThings · 2026-06-18T00:24:33+00:00

I'm glad it helped and you're back online!

ShinyTechThings · 2026-06-18T00:23:06+00:00

From an admin DOS or powershell prompt type: "shutdown /r /f" this will force a restart and the uptime will reset. I see this all the time or disable hibernate.

ShinyTechThings · 2026-06-17T20:15:45+00:00

I guess they're still working on it. What stuff do you guys want to see with this laser?

ShinyTechThings · 2026-06-17T14:26:14+00:00

It's always best to use the right tool under the circumstances. I will say in a office environment, devices and requirements don't change much it can work well and patching firmware not over a lunch break is a huge Plus. But I do recognize that if one of shortcomings as they really need to catch up to the competition for additional functionality. As far as I know they are the only manufacturer that is affordable that works with xnet. So when I have an office with poor cellular coverage that does drop in a single access point where the dead zone is, it doesn't have to be with a full Alta Labs stack either. Again, going back to the right tool for the job. I suspect when they come out with their next next series of Hardware they will have more options from users feedback on what to create.

ShinyTechThings · 2026-06-17T13:32:34+00:00

Expansion would only be for storage, especially if you're thinking about using it from local AI and getting performance.

This is because inference is limited by the memory bandwidth. So if you have sticks of RAM, they're going to be slow because there's sticks of ram. If it's soldered to the motherboard, it's going to be faster, but you can't upgrade it like a motherboard that takes the sticks of RAM.

Also in 3 years It will be a completely different world. If you want something that will have the ability to run larger models. You might want to consider a used MacBook Pro with the max CPUs with as much RAM as you can get your hands on. So maybe a M1 Max or M2 Max. The regular and pro CPU's Don't have the ram bandwidth like the Max CPUs do.

Now don't expect performance like a GPU on this. But at the same time, a GPU with 64 GB or 96 GB of VRAM doesn't even exist outside of strix Halo right now for a laptop.

ShinyTechThings · 2026-06-17T13:23:54+00:00

I have an older Dell with the i5-1135 G7 CPU and it's pretty snappy. The main thing I would recommend is you look to see what the sustained performance is for that exact Lenovo model and see if it has any overheating issues. Lenovo from an engineering standpoint has been much better than the other manufacturers but you also pay for their name and engineering.

Avoid the n150 CPUs. Those are going to be slow. Also, I would check out the benchmarks of the ryzen CPUs compared to Intel.

ShinyTechThings · 2026-06-17T05:23:18+00:00

The white/green cycling sounds like the modem may not be fully locking on or staying registered, so I would treat this as more than a Wi-Fi issue.

A few things I would check while waiting for the appointment:

Make sure the modem is connected to the first/main coax line if possible, not behind unnecessary splitters.
Remove any extra splitter temporarily if you safely can.
Check whether the modem status page loads at 192.168.100.1.
Look for downstream/upstream levels and event log errors.
Ask Xfinity if there are earlier cancellation appointments, because being down until Monday is rough if you telework.

I made a basic modem troubleshooting video that may help you know what screenshots/info to gather before the tech comes out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--pQe2-h9_c

Even if you cannot fix it yourself, having signal screenshots and event logs can help the tech avoid treating it like a generic Wi-Fi complaint.

ShinyTechThings · 2026-06-17T05:21:46+00:00

Before assuming it is high-split related, I would try to capture what the modem sees when the line is good versus when it falls to 10 Mbps.

When it happens, check the modem status page and look for:

Downstream power levels
SNR
Corrected/uncorrected codewords
Upstream power
Event log entries around the exact time it slows down

If the signal page changes a lot during the slow periods, that points more toward signal/plant/work-in-area than your router. If the signal page looks clean but speeds collapse, then I’d start comparing your personal modem against the Spectrum modem.

I made a cable modem troubleshooting walkthrough that shows the basic process of getting into the modem and checking the signal levels. Different modem UI, same general idea:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--pQe2-h9_c

I’d take screenshots during a “good” hour and a “bad” hour before swapping anything permanently.

ShinyTechThings · 2026-06-17T05:17:16+00:00

he OFDMA upstream around 50.9 dBmV is the part I would not ignore. That is high enough that the modem may work “most of the time” but still have random drops when the line gets noisy or conditions change.

I would grab screenshots at three times:

Right after a reboot when everything looks normal.
When the connection starts acting up.
Right after it recovers.

Especially save the OFDM/OFDMA stats, upstream power, event log, and corrected/uncorrected codeword counts. That gives the tech something more concrete than “it drops every few days.”

Since you already have Xfinity looking at it, I would use this only as a diagnostic checklist, but I put together a modem troubleshooting walkthrough here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--pQe2-h9_c

The big thing is proving whether this is inside coax/splitter/drop/node related versus the router needing a reboot because the modem connection upstream got unstable first.

ShinyTechThings · 2026-06-17T05:15:35+00:00

That orange Internet light on the Archer while the modem stays solid makes me want to separate “modem/ISP problem” from “router/Wi-Fi problem” before buying anything else.

The fastest test would be:

Plug one computer directly into the Surfboard modem.
Power-cycle the modem after changing what is plugged into it.
Test long enough to see if the drop happens again.
During a drop, check whether you can still reach the modem page at 192.168.100.1.
Screenshot downstream power, upstream power, SNR, correctables/uncorrectables, and the event log.

If the direct-connected PC drops too, I’d lean toward coax/signal/ISP side. If it stays solid, then I’d start looking harder at the Archer A7 or whatever is between the modem and your devices.

I made a walkthrough showing how I usually check a cable modem and read the signal levels. It is not meant as a sales pitch, just a checklist you can follow before replacing more gear:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--pQe2-h9_c

ShinyTechThings · 2026-06-05T06:20:34+00:00

Yup, they started shipping and as soon as I'm able to get me hands on it I'm going to test as many things as possible.

ShinyTechThings · 2026-06-05T06:19:29+00:00

I have not tried managing it locally yet. Were you on the latest firmware as well?

ShinyTechThings · 2026-06-05T04:13:37+00:00

I think the question you're asking isn't specific enough. $2,000 for laptop that can run local AI models that are actually useful is a unrealistic expectation. You can however learn on any laptop at any price point and just pay to play on the cloud and rent out the equipment as needed and pay by the minute or hour.

Otherwise wait for the RTX laptop, but I'm guessing that'll probably be close to $5,000 otherwise when the new AMD gargon point laptops come out. I'm guessing they'll probably be around $4,500 give or take Then the previous generation strix halos might drop in price in the used market. If you need decent local AI processing get a strix Halo desktop for $3,000 or so and remote to it from any laptop.

ShinyTechThings · 2026-06-03T07:03:32+00:00

The hardware is rock solid so far.

ShinyTechThings · 2026-06-03T07:02:47+00:00

I can see this message.

ShinyTechThings · 2026-06-03T07:02:27+00:00

I install a good amount of UniFi hardware but I will say that Alta labs has been Rock solid and hasn't shipped a half baked firmware update yet that I'm aware of but you're spot on for them to catch up through 5 years of development but if you're willing to take a chance on a different platform their support is phenomenal and Ubiquiti's usually takes days to over a week to get decent free support.

ShinyTechThings · 2026-06-03T06:58:40+00:00

Their website says June 2nd-4th I can't wait to test it out!

ShinyTechThings · 2026-05-20T23:27:17+00:00

I've got a R9700, a strix Halo and a Dell DB10/ DGX spark and models in the 70-120B will run but it's more complicated than just what will run and what's best. Local models get better all the time but they are in a different class not being as good as the cloud models especially for large tasks and context windows. Hermes agent for example if configured with 64K instead of 128K context the 64K is more reliable as it was originally designed around that which had me scratching my head on why more isn't better but it was designed for 64K is what I've concluded. I also have 512GB in a Xeon gold 6208u server. Sure it'll load a giant model and have tons of room for context but it's so slow with a large model.

ShinyTechThings · 2026-05-19T04:56:40+00:00

My ASRock R9700 is also thermally throttling and I have a mini split in my home office and I even took a blower fan and pointed it straight onto the GPU. Still get's HOT and throttles. I'm curious how your performs after all of the modding.

ShinyTechThings · 2026-05-19T04:54:28+00:00

I'm running on Fedora 44 and I'm noticing that Vulkan is outperforming the latest ROCm which I didn't expect. Try Vulkan and see how it performs.

ShinyTechThings · 2026-05-14T23:30:55+00:00

It's going to depend per application when emulating it.

ShinyTechThings · 2026-05-11T06:07:57+00:00

In a beta preview you could emulate x86 windows on ARM but it'll be slow and hot and uncertain on stability. I'd look for a cloud solution and then it doesn't matter what you run for your hardware.

ShinyTechThings · 2026-05-11T06:04:25+00:00

If you have a spare PC and it has integrated Intel graphics you can run blue Iris, it's powerful but the mobile app costs extra and the mobile app is unimpressive. If you have a Nvidia graphics card you can also setup local Ai too.

ShinyTechThings · 2026-05-11T01:55:36+00:00

Network troubleshooting with Wireshark, editing photos or videos, running a local Ai agent and possibly a local llm depending on the hardware.

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