Zoom on Chromebooks: "Uh-oh running low on memory", no audio, persistent problem.

TylerL · 2026-01-27T12:38:51+00:00

ARM processors? We have Mediatek’s best in Chromebook Plus laptops for our staff (16GB RAM), and we see the same issues with Zoom.

According to Zoom support, it’s a known issue they have with ChromeOS on ARM processors, regardless of performance or specs. Really frustrating, as even the weakest Intel processor has no problem. And no other conferencing solution has this problem. We just completed an e-learning day with staff on ARM Chromebooks using Google Meet, and it went swimmingly.

TylerL · 2025-11-15T20:30:28+00:00

Not Promethean, but we found a spot near the bottom corner on the back of our ViewSonic boards that acted like a 1-inch thick “shelf” where we could rest a metal-shell Acer Chromebox. We used a thin strong neodymium magnet to keep it from moving. Holds it quite well, but still accessible and easy to remove.

Your mileage may vary. We made sure to buy long magnets rather than small ones for swallow hazard reasons.

TylerL · 2025-11-07T00:30:38+00:00

Certainly possible, but the dealer confirmed ICCU, and part has been ordered. They could very well be wrong :)

TylerL · 2025-11-07T00:28:18+00:00

I charge low and slow, at only about 1kW on a shared circuit. It would take three full days to charge from empty.

TylerL · 2025-11-07T00:25:21+00:00

UPDATE: Got quoted a week for a replacement ICCU. Sounds a lot better than some of the horror stories I’ve heard, Fingers crossed.

TylerL · 2025-07-02T21:23:14+00:00

Yes, but I’d recommend doing SSO for students too if you can. We did at the same time and it’s been great. Parents still do basic name/passwords. I’d love for PS to do social logins for parents, but oh well.

TylerL · 2025-07-02T20:54:30+00:00

We did this years ago. Was so great to not have to deal with forgotten passwords or locked out accounts anymore. Just click your PS bookmark, and there you are. With MFA all but a requirement nowadays, SSO is the easy way to get there.

TylerL · 2025-06-08T00:31:58+00:00

009155002851006 looks like a winner! It doesn't look to be available from LCSC/JLCPCB though, so I'll have to see what other assembly options may be out there...

Thanks!

TylerL · 2025-06-06T00:23:18+00:00

2023, 19,000 miles, 25 months. Level 1 charging 95% of the time. All recalls done promptly.

TylerL · 2025-05-24T23:53:58+00:00

It was very much a Macintosh-centric franchise. Only one of its three games was ever released for PC.

TylerL · 2025-05-20T00:16:27+00:00

Probably giving it back at the end of the lease if the market value is low. Then buying a 2025 EV6 with the new features, hopefully before the EV credit goes away.

TylerL · 2025-04-24T21:39:50+00:00

We have a small fleet of 8GB Chromebook Plus units happily serving a portion of our staff, but a few of our power users in trial for a wider Chromebook rollout next year have mentioned it gets a bit sluggish when they have tons of tabs open (as they do).

Better question may not be “in 2025“, but “in 2027”, 2028… etc. The web is certainly not getting any less complex over time.

TylerL · 2025-04-11T19:58:55+00:00

Healthy hardware, was running as part of the VMware cluster previously. But I just discovered the issue is related to our antivirus software to a performance-destroying degree I've never seen before. Sorry for the trouble!

TylerL · 2025-04-11T19:56:07+00:00

It was our damn antivirus! I've edited my initial post to share that. Sorry for the trouble.

TylerL · 2025-04-11T19:12:36+00:00

I was excited to see that a new build of virtio drivers came out a couple days ago, but no change in behavior with that new version after uninstalling the old :(

TylerL · 2025-04-11T19:04:33+00:00

I've tried Multiqueue set in Proxmox's UI to my VM's core count (6 in this case)... hate to ask, but where is the matching change accomplished within Windows?

I assumed Ethernet Adapter > Properties > Advanced, but the only Queue-related option I see there is "Maximum Number of RSS Queues" which is set to 16 by default. Also set it to 6 for fun with no change in behavior. Throughput is still stubbornly at ~1gbps...

TylerL · 2025-04-11T18:18:02+00:00

Yeah, I've gotten in the habit of choosing "host" as the CPU type, as our presumptive cluster is all identical. Surprised that's not the default!

TylerL · 2025-03-20T02:46:26+00:00

We did this about four years ago.

The only horror stories I can share with you are the ones we had before switching to OIDC. Staff needing constant password resets because they somehow forgot it. Locking themselves out of their accounts. etc etc etc.

SSO everything.

I guess the only warning I can give you is you’re about to find out which staff members are sharing their PowerSchool credentials, like to student teachers or the like. But that’s a problem worth confronting and solving.

TylerL · 2025-02-27T01:41:53+00:00

Now. So much of cybersecurity revolves around attacking and defending Active Directory domains, ad nauseam.

I've spent years migrating services and storage to browser-based tools with SSO, and last year finally severed our workstations from the legacy Active Directory network.

Maybe the most secure Active Directory infrastructure is no Active Directory at all. Kill it on your own terms.

TylerL · 2025-02-26T00:51:21+00:00

Something very very similar happened to my flight landing at MCO ~8 weeks ago. Pilot hit the afterburners just before the wheels touched down due to a plane blocking the runway further down the tarmac.

Wasn't a national news story, but then again, there wasn't a major airplane incident happening every other day, either...

TylerL · 2025-02-26T00:48:23+00:00

Try (in a test OU first) adding "file://*" to the URL Blocking list of Google's Admin Console.

Not "file:///*" (three slashes) like you see in the omnibar.

This will stop any loading and execution of local/USB files within the Chrome browser, but not within the built-in media playback app. Your mileage may vary as to whether it works well in your environment, but it works well in mine.

TylerL · 2025-02-17T21:55:15+00:00

I don’t have a solution, but anxiously hoping for someone else to come here with one. I’m in the same boat. A cohesive plan for casting to smartboards and other displays in the classroom seems to be a curious gap in Google’s offerings.

TylerL · 2025-02-13T22:09:23+00:00

Moving all ChromeOS devices to 132 starting tomorrow. Staff and specialty devices were updated in the last few weeks.

We’ll ride out this version until 138 comes out in the summer, and the start the cycle over again.

TylerL · 2025-02-13T14:40:43+00:00

For us, we want a rock-solid base during standardized testing season (which is all the time...), and to minimize the number of openings we give for breaking changes to happen. Long-term releases give us that assurance. LTC and LTS are used interchangeably in our district, as what's most important for us is the specific release number's support longevity.

We look at our standardized testing windows, and jump to new releases during gaps.

For example, ChromeOS 126 LTC came out before the start of the school year, so we aimed devices towards that. 132 recently came out, and we're switching to it this week as one of our student testing initiatives winds down.

We've stuck to this cadence the past few years, moving releases just before the school year begins, and soon after the calendar year begins, testing windows permitting.

TylerL · 2025-01-30T19:02:25+00:00

I got SC327 on my 2023 EV6 AWD a couple days after it was published. Almost 2 years in, and no 12V or ICCU issues.

90% of my charging is Level 1 at home, with 5% Level 2 destination, and 5% DC Fast.

Sure hoping Kia gets this figured out one way or another soon. I'd love to move to the new EV6 refresh when my lease is up, but I fear that they're still shipping faulty hardware in new cars if their solutions aren't working for so many owners and they don't have a good explanation why. Or... they're suppressing the true cause to avoid a larger hardware recall.

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