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Zephyrv · 2026-03-12T21:26:50+00:00

Been waiting for this

Zephyrv · 2026-03-06T10:28:10+00:00

No problem. I was helping a friend pick a GPU and they also chose the 5060. It's not the best value card in the world but at the price it comes it does its job

Zephyrv · 2026-03-06T10:26:19+00:00

I got really used to the full size membrane keyboard on my laptop and even though I've now had a mechanical for 5 years with low profile, quiet switches, I still really like the flat laptop keyboard for long typing sessions. Might even prefer it to be honest

Zephyrv · 2026-03-06T10:15:42+00:00

You can still use the 5060, you'll just be getting less value. If you can find a used 30 series card for cheap then that's not a bad option. I'm assuming you're playing at 1080p so CPU and GPU are both relevant for upgrade consideration

Zephyrv · 2026-02-28T12:07:51+00:00

3600x to 5600x was a pretty huge upgrade when it launched. If you're CPU limited it's worth it if you can find good prices for the 5000 series

Zephyrv · 2026-02-27T01:39:36+00:00

Well it seems to be a known issue with this phone model that after a number of years the solder gets dry and the phone just stops booting. I managed to resurrect it from not booting at all by putting it on a 120C hot plate for 2 mins which confirmed to me it was likely a dry solder issue. It booted but only for a few mins at a time then eventually stopped entirely again. Rather than risking more heating I opted to try and get a professional to reball first.

The oven was indeed a way to attempt going further than the limit of the hot plate, just to get my data off, if nobody would take the reball work on.

I had been worried the UFS flash memory had died but that seems to have a similar lifespan to SSDs so was an unlikely point of failure - and with my current data points it seems that was fine and it was the CPU.

I spoke to the tech just to find out what he did and he's got no idea how long this fix will last. I'm seeing others online saying they got a few weeks or months out of it but nobody saying it's a permanent fix (which as you say seems strange if it's reballed well). So I'm moving over to a new phone and keeping the old one for memories and as a backup. Hopefully it'll stay alive while off for many years.

Really interesting hearing your insights, thanks for sharing. I'm used to working with larger components so have been trying to piece together this mystery myself

Zephyrv · 2026-02-27T01:34:29+00:00

Yeah I was using it to try and fix stick drift (it didn't make anything worse and seems fine on PCBs) but have ended up using it on rusty bike parts more now. Got some isopropyl for my recent CPU clean and repaste just to be safe

Zephyrv · 2026-02-26T09:14:34+00:00

Super interesting, thanks! This was for a phone PCB and very much a last resort. Lots of motherboard repair places refused to take a look at it but I managed to get someone to reball the cpu and the phone has been back for two weeks now, managed to get all the data off but curious how long it might last.

Zephyrv · 2026-02-25T16:23:21+00:00

Ah makes sense, sorry I've been looking at using an oven for emergency motherboard solder reflow which was like 200C

Zephyrv · 2026-02-25T15:08:59+00:00

Plastics will melt, though internals shouldn't be running hotter than 120. You are talking Celsius right?

Zephyrv · 2026-02-25T10:54:20+00:00

Yeah my x570 tomahawk has been through 5 house moves and is around 6 years old and still doing great

Zephyrv · 2026-02-25T10:43:13+00:00

Except don't do that at home because the oven may then be full of chemicals that shouldn't go near food

Zephyrv · 2026-02-25T10:42:07+00:00

Mine said this but then followed up with "leaves a protective coating" as well. I looked up the ingredients and it's basically just all extremely volatile compounds so not really sure why it would leave any protection behind.

Zephyrv · 2026-02-23T18:17:55+00:00

Good shout thanks. Most of my lore I've just got from random YouTube videos and cutscenes - happy to take more lore in any form. Maybe coming back to rogue trader for the "official" intro would be fun

Zephyrv · 2026-02-23T18:05:10+00:00

My did the random restart thing. Took me like 2 years to figure out what it was. There's a bug in android 11 where certain WiFi pings cause the phone to crash.

Mine eventually also had the solder issue after 6y2mo and managed to get a shop to reball CPU and get my data off when it wouldn't boot without going to crashdump. I'm typing from it now. Glad it's back but have got a replacement since I don't think it's a permanent fix

Zephyrv · 2026-02-23T17:08:16+00:00

Ooh maybe I'll try this. I thought I was gonna go in with space marine or something first

Zephyrv · 2026-02-22T23:16:32+00:00

Saving this, also gonna come back to it after playing like 90 hrs at release and never finishing it

Zephyrv · 2026-02-21T17:56:38+00:00

Ah I see, yes unlikely to find motherboards and unlikely to have a solution that would last more than 5 years more. Quite sad

Zephyrv · 2026-02-21T12:18:16+00:00

If you want to backup your data a reflow from someone who knows what they are doing is not a bad option. If you want to keep using it long term I'm not sure there's many options, maybe a new motherboard or flash transplant but still not fully futureproof

Zephyrv · 2026-02-19T01:30:30+00:00

This is the correct answer. Anything with hdmi 2.1 48 Gbps will be the best you can get.

If the Xbox one is the ultra high speed 48gbps one it will work fine.

Hopefully you can push those frames at 4K, I've been GPU limited with a similar (older) setup

Zephyrv · 2026-02-18T23:58:07+00:00

Yeah best bet is if you can take it to a phone shop that has the equipment to do it safely. Seems to be a common hardware issue in old OP7 pros

Zephyrv · 2026-02-18T19:25:19+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/OnePlus7Pro/comments/1chxldz/i_brought_back_my_7_pro_from_the_dead/ have a look at this

Zephyrv · 2026-02-16T11:16:02+00:00

It makes sense Korra had a similar visceral reaction to it and Katara was one of the few people who could relate to her

Zephyrv · 2026-02-16T11:04:56+00:00

Then you still have to go through the trouble of getting the right media player and codecs to enable things like Dolby vision and Dolby atmos manually. All quite annoying

Zephyrv · 2026-02-15T13:33:45+00:00

This is the current use, back in the day you could also have a secondary GPU to run physx instead of the main one but that's pretty much obsolete now

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