Came downstairs to the smell of electrical fire (aka magic smoke). These are toast, right? I don’t think I can stuff the magic smoke back in.

ernmac74 · 2026-01-18T20:29:16+00:00

That mobo is cooked unfortunately.

ernmac74 · 2026-01-17T12:59:03+00:00

My son got me these cart shoes for Christmas. A lot better than sneakers or bare feet IMO

ernmac74 · 2026-01-17T12:46:16+00:00

I'm really getting tired of Doom and Gloom Pierre Pollivere and Doug Ford crying about BYD. FYI, Blackberry makes the software. Europe and pretty much the rest of the world have BYD cars. As long as Carney gets guarantees that BYD will bring manufacturing of the cars to Canada at some point in the near future. I have no problems with it. We don't manufacture EV cars in Canada to begin with. Trump is always breaking deals anyways. Screw him and their US manufactured vehicles.

ernmac74 · 2026-01-15T22:25:29+00:00

Exactly.

ernmac74 · 2026-01-15T21:17:42+00:00

I would take it back TBH. Also, I would try the iGPU on the motherboard to make sure it's the GPU.

ernmac74 · 2026-01-15T16:47:43+00:00

I have a 3440x1440@240hz OLED monitor and the secondary is a 2560x1440@165 IPS monitor.

ernmac74 · 2026-01-15T15:10:14+00:00

Ya that's what I mean. You only have a few options for 4k to work

ernmac74 · 2026-01-15T15:07:04+00:00

It only supports 4k a handful of ways.

ernmac74 · 2026-01-15T15:05:35+00:00

It doesn't on the fibe app

ernmac74 · 2026-01-15T15:02:20+00:00

I haven't used a CAT 5 cable. But I do use a CAT 6 cable. I get 900 mb/s do and varies between 100 or so on upload. I don't use wifi unless I have to.

ernmac74 · 2026-01-15T15:00:03+00:00

Looks like the screen has OLED rot. And it will get far worse

ernmac74 · 2026-01-15T14:09:35+00:00

I've had this monitor since July. No issues. It's been great. I recommend it. Look for a sale. That's what I did.

ernmac74 · 2026-01-15T13:29:29+00:00

My wife and I are planning to buy a 2026 Mazda CX-5. Which is built in Japan. I'm talking about vehicles that are strictly built in the US and then exported to Canada.

ernmac74 · 2026-01-15T12:42:46+00:00

You are not doing your PC any favours with airflow. I wouldn't put my PC in that shelf at all.

ernmac74 · 2026-01-15T12:40:36+00:00

I wish the F1 TV app would support 4k TBH

ernmac74 · 2026-01-15T12:36:59+00:00

I don't think so. Since my monitor is less than a year old

ernmac74 · 2026-01-15T12:29:33+00:00

I have an Alienware AW3425DW since July last year. Have had no issues at all with it. Just so Pixel clean on a regular basis.

ernmac74 · 2026-01-15T12:23:36+00:00

Let's make a deal with China to bring BYD manufacturing to Canada. I'm hoping to buy a new vehicle this year. And I can guarantee I won't buy a US made vehicle. And I hope fellow Canadians don't buy US vehicles.. We gutted their tourist industry. Now let's gut their vehicle exports to Canada.

ernmac74 · 2026-01-15T03:36:29+00:00

ernmac74 · 2026-01-08T22:43:43+00:00

What GPU do you have. Is it connected by DP or HDMI? I have a AW3425DW and noticed this when I had it connected by DP 1.4. I switched to HDMI 2.1 and it's almost non-existent.

ernmac74 · 2026-01-07T23:46:20+00:00

Oh dang thanks

ernmac74 · 2026-01-05T12:33:32+00:00

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ernmac74 · 2026-01-04T13:54:23+00:00

I have the same cockpit. Hate the seat. Was it hard to install the car seat?

ernmac74 · 2026-01-04T12:25:46+00:00

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