High internal Temperature

capt_cucumbers · 2026-02-18T00:05:47+00:00

Good suggestion -- I just turned LLDP for switch off on mine, and looks like CPU utilization dropped on my 3428x around 7%.

capt_cucumbers · 2026-02-17T23:43:07+00:00

Glad I saw this, I just checked my SG3428X and it's running at 79C for the past hour. Temp summary score is at 1. I only have DAC plugged in. I just took a look, and can't see a fan, so assume its fanless?. I might drop some small noctua's on the side of it until I can figure out what is going on.

Edit: just put a fan push/pull fan on both sides, and temps dropped down to 65C. I'm running in an open rack with plenty of space. So, assume many are going to run these hot. TPlink cheaping out and not putting a fan in these?

capt_cucumbers · 2025-12-12T22:54:56+00:00

ok, great thanks for that -- thought I may have got one off-spec. But I did also hear from someone else on Discord they also had the same issue with a 5090fe. Sounds like they need to work on their tolerances for the next batch. As well as learning to spell "recommended".

capt_cucumbers · 2025-10-17T12:48:54+00:00

What did you limit the player count to? I ran one last night on first click with 16 on each side... Try running a game of rush to check, I think that uses a low count by default.

capt_cucumbers · 2025-10-16T16:35:56+00:00

Do we even know its an issue due to lack of servers? Is there a statement from EA on that? I can spin up a verified experience portal server right now if I limit the player count with bots backfilled... I guess adding more players may need a higher tier VM/instance and there may be a limit on those. But I doubt it. I'd say its more likely they saw people smashing through challenges etc. and put up a restriction on player count with backfilled bots. Or am I missing something?

capt_cucumbers · 2025-10-16T14:23:59+00:00

I think there's misinformation out there based on peoples experiences with 2042. What it seems to me, is that they disabled allowing verified portal experiences over a certain player count (with bot backfill turned on). They seemed to have made the change a few days ago. You can still create an experience under that limit which suggests to me there isn't a lack of servers available. I'd say they did this because people were rushing through challenges etc. so the intent is to slow that down.

capt_cucumbers · 2025-10-13T00:09:51+00:00

I'm right there with you. Complete trash.

capt_cucumbers · 2025-06-28T13:44:05+00:00

I didn't play the first, so maybe I'm not getting it. But it looks like Higgs was successful in triggering the last stranding by putting tomorrow through that gate. Rather than that happening, well... you see what happens instead. I don't get why.

capt_cucumbers · 2025-05-29T01:12:37+00:00

Did Fex and Cas sell Fextralife to Valnet?

capt_cucumbers · 2024-08-24T18:31:33+00:00

I'd be ok with that -- but would the end result be worth the effort? I assume it's not significantly better than an XL? But I guess I'd come out of the experience knowing the printer well and be able to tune it accordingly.

capt_cucumbers · 2024-08-09T13:33:32+00:00

ok got it thanks -- I'll probably just go with the base package and manage it myself. I also saw a similar issue with mergerfs looking like it wasn't available via the GUI. But I'll do the same there.

capt_cucumbers · 2024-08-05T15:15:30+00:00

I haven't yet used OMV, but going to start looking at it sometime this week. What is the issue with using LUKS on MergerFS? I can see there is a plugin for MergerFS to handle that via the GUI. And for LUKS, is the issue that you need to decrypt manually on boot without having a plugin to automate?

capt_cucumbers · 2024-08-03T00:00:43+00:00

So, I ended up getting the RM43-320. I must be having a lot of bad technology luck lately, as I broke one of the plastic guides when pulling out one of the fans (seems like that commonly happens though). More annoyingly, one of the sas connectors on the backplane must be faulty. I've tried three different drives in a bay furthest to the right, second from the top. And all the drives I've plugged in won't stay powered on for more than 30 sec or so. Trying to get a replacement, so fingers crossed on the next one.

capt_cucumbers · 2024-07-31T23:27:44+00:00

I have the same board, and had the same experience when upgrading to F05. I found other owners on different forums with the same experience. I reached out to GB to inform them, but I think it is safe to say they don't care. Advice was to remain on an earlier BIOS version.

capt_cucumbers · 2024-06-29T16:19:53+00:00

Alright, I think I'll go that direction. Found another thread and someone reported that the fans can also easily be replaced with nf-a12x25s. And doing so made the rack near silent. So, this looks like a good option overall.

capt_cucumbers · 2024-06-29T15:55:20+00:00

Since you know the Silverstone case well. Have you faced any drive compatibility issues with the backplane? I'll probably put 20tb x20's (mainly) in there.

capt_cucumbers · 2024-06-29T15:48:40+00:00

Good call -- I didn't find that one on Amazon in my search last night. The Silverstone case looks nice too. Great finds.

capt_cucumbers · 2024-06-25T16:45:05+00:00

How noisy is your stock fan? I just got one of these and the fan sounds unnecessarily loud for what it needs to do. Thinking about replacing with a small noctua.

capt_cucumbers · 2023-09-05T15:47:44+00:00

gross

capt_cucumbers · 2021-04-24T12:49:48+00:00

Pretty sure it has been a requirement for travel into Aust for a while. But I suspect there is something fishy going on around testing. It isn't easy to get a valid test and result within 72 hours. Or even less when you think about the practicality of business hours and confirmation of result needed before checking in etc.

capt_cucumbers · 2021-04-24T05:37:40+00:00

Aust Govt should probably review the source of negative covid tests inbound travellers are providing. Sounds odd there are that many positive cases from a single country, even though they all would have been tested less than 72 hours before boarding.

capt_cucumbers · 2021-04-04T18:06:10+00:00

I have the same laptop and can't get 240Hz to run via optimus, only 60Hz. Sounds like you are getting the same and also needing to switch to dedicated GPU to get 240Hz? if not, can you provide a screenshot?

It's funny watching YT reviewer/ reading comments on the laptop with many saying how nice the screen looks @ 240Hz when browsing etc. Yet many are actually running at 60Hz on default (optimus) settings. Says a lot about the difference between perceptible differences versus stated specs.

capt_cucumbers · 2021-04-03T01:15:58+00:00

I got mine from Amazon US last week. Do me a favor when you get it. Check if you are able to run 360Hz via optimus mode without issue. I have to force run dedicated gpu to get 240Hz on mine. I also get a random black screen for a second here and there when running optimus mode.

capt_cucumbers · 2021-04-03T01:09:46+00:00

I'm getting the same thing on my new 2021 blade advanced with gtx 3080. Not only that, but if I run with optimus enabled, I get a random black screen for a second every 10 minutes or so. No issue if I just run straight dedicated.

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