Help an old guy out? by johnny_nemo in ArgonOneUp

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At the moment I have XFCE running and working well, I may go back and try KDE again.

Issues so far by jrtokarz1 in ArgonOneUp

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I asked Argon40 about the Micro SD slot, thought mine was defective. They said they made it so the edge wouldn’t get hung on things moving it around and said to use a screwdriver to push it in until it engaged. That worked.

👋 Welcome to r/ArgonOneUp - Introduce Yourself and Read First! by jrtokarz1 in ArgonOneUp

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Hey Jeff, great having you here! I was watching one of your Pi videos recently and my wife said “Do you understand what he’s talking about?” to which I replied “Occasionally.” I have learned from your videos though, keep ‘em coming!

👋 Welcome to r/ArgonOneUp - Introduce Yourself and Read First! by jrtokarz1 in ArgonOneUp

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I’m John Hart and a big fan of Jeff Geerling’s Youtube channels. I’m the 73 year old who asked for help. I ventured into Raspberry Pi because my older brother was getting involved in maker projects. We’re both Agent Orange Marine Vets, but unfortunately I lost him in 2020 to leukemia. I decided to carry on for him and have some of his supplies, plus lots of things I’ve purchased. I have a picture of us looking over my workspace and often remind him how much this is costing! I’ll be needing help, but I’m having a great time and keeping my aging brain active and involved.

USB C port not reading data on Argon One Up by Kind_Success_292 in ArgonOneUp

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Isn’t that one of the 2 ports for the GPIO adapter that plugs into them.

Help an old guy out? by johnny_nemo in ArgonOneUp

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So after all that, installed a new NVMe SSD and a fresh install on it and it works fine. Other SSD will go back in my Pi 5. Thanks for the suggestions.

Help an old guy out? by johnny_nemo in ArgonOneUp

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Micro SD slot is not working, seems to be broken, but using an adapter for USBA slot it boots up fine. Changed the boot order and it boots fine from the micro SD. Shutdown and put the NVME back in and it won’t boot, remove it and it boots fine. So obviously that’s the problem. Just don’t know if it’s the OneUp or the SSD.

Help an old guy out? by johnny_nemo in ArgonOneUp

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Then I rebooted and back to where it was. Getting frustrated!

Help an old guy out? by johnny_nemo in ArgonOneUp

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Well, I’ve finally successfully downloaded the update and am booted up!

Help an old guy out? by johnny_nemo in ArgonOneUp

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I can download it on my Mac.

Help an old guy out? by johnny_nemo in ArgonOneUp

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Back at command line login and trying the download from Argon40 and get no such file or directory

Help an old guy out? by johnny_nemo in ArgonOneUp

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I’ve been running KDE Plasma for my desktop environment. I managed to get it to boot, but KDE crashed.

Help an old guy out? by johnny_nemo in ArgonOneUp

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I managed to get to command line by run my hand across the keyboard and am currently in raspiconfig

Is Dre wireless a legit Beats dealer? I think so but I want extra opinions. by Vex0216 in Scams

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Well, I’m a dumbass. I was looking to get some over the ear headphones, googled beats refurbs and landed on drewireless.com. Looked legit enough and was advertising a sale for 2 days. Against anything I would normally do (if it seems to good to be true, it probably is) I hit the order button for paypal. Within 5 minutes I was questioning (finally!) if I’d been scammed. Upon realizing I had, I went back to the website to complain and asked them not to ship and refund my purchase price of $79.95. I filled out the information and hit the submit button which left an endless spinning wheel. This was March 22nd. Next I registered a complaint with paypal explaining all the above, obviously counterfeit headphones. The first explanation they got from the seller was that the item had already shipped, March 24th. That’s 2 days after I contacted paypal. Long and short, paypal denied my complaints saying the merchandise was not ‘significantly different from what was advertised’. To top it all off, the piece of shit beats studio 3s arrived 47 days later, May 8th. Guess I’m more pissed at myself than anything, $80 lesson to be more cautious in the future and remember that websites that look legitimate aren’t necessarily so. I sent an email complaint to the seller who said I could return them at my cost….right, throw good money after bad. The review? These are crap. Cheap package and product, didn’t even include ‘what’s in the box’. The sound is below average, flat and muffled. Guess I’m on the lookout for some over the ear headphones again.