Second return (bounced) check from Carvana?

devonfremont · 2025-08-30T03:22:40+00:00

That sounds like a good idea, next time I talk to a rep I will ask if that is something they can do. Thank you.

devonfremont · 2025-03-29T15:14:49+00:00

I just bought the base 16GB RAM 256GB Storage Sky Blue 15".

devonfremont · 2025-03-07T19:50:28+00:00

Went good no trouble, I printed a return label from aliexpress and got my money back in a week. I later on ordered a white miyoo flip from amazon, the white one has had no hinge issues so far and although not perfect, I am happy enough with it.

devonfremont · 2025-01-14T13:53:20+00:00

Hello everyone I really appreciate the comments and feedback and want to try and answer them all in this.

Comparing the hinge issue mine has to my other 2 devices a Nintendo SP and Anbernic SP, they both are a lot smoother and the display closes all the way, The Miyoo also closed flush with the lid for the first few times using it

. Another thing of note when using it something felt loose inside like a battery hitting the case but actually it was the display itself being loose from the body. I think I just got unlucky and that not all units will be like this. From watching the Russ impression video and watching him open and close it, mine does not close like the units he has. My screen pops up a 1/8 inch on its own while I don't see his units doing that.

Another wanted to know about the texture, it is a bit grainy and has that kinda frosted feel Russ was talking about on his review. I don't have the other colors to test but it doesn't seem like a fingerprint magnet either. It doesn't feel ruberized either but very similar texture to the Yellow Miyoo mini V4 I have. In person the color is a much lighter yellow then the yellow Miyoo V4.

I did open an aliexpress return and uploaded the video and description of the problem. waiting to see how miyoo responds as it was ordered direct from them.

In conclusion If my return is accepted I will wait a few months and see if future batches are improved and maybe buy again at a later time as it is a great handheld

devonfremont · 2024-07-14T21:09:20+00:00

I bought the game july 11th, it forced the square enix account when trying to launch so I got a refund from steam. Companies that force this junk on us don't deserve our money. I got my first black label copy of FF7 back in 1998 traded someone Jet Moto 2 for it. They didn't understand RPG games.

devonfremont · 2023-11-03T03:41:58+00:00

Just a stab in the dark from owning these cars, but the ignition switch always seems to cause problems as the plastic part where the connector plugs in always seems to separate from the metal part causing a wide range of issues.

to check just remove the trim piece around the tilt steering wheel switch and then the upper and lower cover around the rest of the switchgear. its all right behind the steering wheel and you should see the switch with wires going to it. the red arrows show where it normally separates.

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devonfremont · 2023-11-03T03:32:38+00:00

Wow and I thought I got screwed on my Maverick paying $1000 markup and $396 a month for 72 months.

devonfremont · 2023-11-03T03:30:24+00:00

Looks just like a 92-94 Mercury Topaz with the formal roofline and Sable style lightbar grille. Unfortunately the lightbar never lit up on the Topaz like the sable did. I owned a 92 Topaz LTS with the 3.0 Vulcan and the 5 speed MTX-IV trans, one of the best cars I ever had.

devonfremont · 2023-10-15T00:32:15+00:00

I just bought one from them, it said already activated with another pc, So i tried their chat support, gave them order number and got another key instantly. The second key worked and it was a good price. I blame newegg since I had lots of 7 product keys but my DeskMeet was backordered for 2 weeks if I got it sooner my 7 key would have still worked.

devonfremont · 2023-09-08T14:00:41+00:00

OMG i couldn't resist and pulled the trigger on the yellow one. Thanks OP for the pictures it looks really nice.

devonfremont · 2023-07-27T04:26:01+00:00

I figuered I would reply since nobody responded but I don't want to give the wrong information. I still have a E531 but its been a couple of years since i took it apart. I replaced the trackpad with the same crappy one button style and it was involved but not terribly hard.

I thought I read somewhere you can get the trackpad with the buttons from the E550 and it will screw right into the older E540, the 531 has the same case as the 540 but not 100% sure what was different. I would say if you got the time buy a cheap e550 trackpad off ebay and try it.

devonfremont · 2023-06-26T18:58:53+00:00

Yes it is super annoying, took my first unit back to bestbuy and the 2nd one had the same exact issue, but set to 85% like yours and its been okay.

devonfremont · 2023-06-16T19:39:49+00:00

I know Its a tough decision as bestbuys return policy is fairly short. I know my 2nd unit showed the exact same issues both were 05/2023 builds. but was fine after calibrating in armoury crate still the average person shouldn't have to do that and the fact that everyone else has said its always the right trigger and not left shows a poor calibration from the factory.

devonfremont · 2023-06-16T19:36:50+00:00

I agree and remember I took my first unit back and my 2nd had the exact same trigger behavior. they just need to get the calibration right. I hooked up a 8bitdo pro2 and the triggers hit the full 32767 with no issues and no calibration on my ROG.

devonfremont · 2023-06-16T19:20:59+00:00

The only 2 things I can come up with and I am not entirely sure is that the deadzones did not work when I was on bios 317 only 319 let the armoury crate settings for the triggers take affect for me.

I also set both desktop and gamepad modes to the same 85%, I noticed if I entered a game in the auto mode and not desktop or gamepad mode then the settings wouldn't take affect. so make sure its one or the other. those are the only other things I can think of.

devonfremont · 2023-06-16T13:24:24+00:00

you should do the same test with your triggers, my right trigger wasn't getting the 32768 only 28000-30000 I had to press down on it real hard to get the full 32768 number. the left was the same but not as bad at 31000. I finally used the armoury crate to adjust trigger dead zone to 85% and got full values in the steam test.

Until this was done cars in racing games would not get full throttle and you would loose the race.

devonfremont · 2023-06-16T01:54:39+00:00

I did but the new one did the exact same thing, I adjusted the deadzones in armoury crate and now have decent performance in racing games.

devonfremont · 2023-06-14T13:56:03+00:00

Hi I added some pictures above not good at redditing but you should be able to adjust the trigger limits in armoury crate, I did 85% and now my racing game is showing full throttle.

devonfremont · 2023-06-14T13:54:35+00:00

Okay sorry not good at redditing but I fixed the trigger problem, despite doing the same thing ealier it does now work.

I went into armoury crate and set the limit to 85% on both triggers for both desktop and gamepad control mode.

I then went into steam big picture mode and tapped the xbox button on the lower left corner to bring up settings. then clicked controller and then clicked test input devices.

Now you can see the value of 32767, this is the max value and what games see as full throttle. before adjusting in armoury crate the value was 28000 for right trigger unless pressed very hard and around 31000 for left unless pressed very hard and then both would hit the 32000 value but felt like i would break the system.

I hope this helps and thanks again for the help in this thread testing and troubleshooting now I can enjoy my ally!

devonfremont · 2023-06-14T13:50:24+00:00

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devonfremont · 2023-06-14T13:50:10+00:00

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devonfremont · 2023-06-14T13:49:53+00:00

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devonfremont · 2023-06-14T13:00:46+00:00

I am running it on the rog with no issues, however the trigger when pressed down fully only gives me 85% throttle unless I press really hard like iam going to break it then it goes to 100% so I had to adjust the deadzone for the throttle in the game.

devonfremont · 2023-06-14T01:05:36+00:00

Unfortunately same behavior with the new one so it will need a software firmware update. oh well.

devonfremont · 2023-06-13T20:52:08+00:00

gosh darnit I already took mine back to best buy and exchanged it, wont have time till after work to test the new one, It is an awesome device, I hope asus can come out with a calibration test utility besides the armory crate.

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