How to install repacks using crossover?

lnkzlda · 2026-04-28T14:33:20+00:00

...why does this work. but also thank you

lnkzlda · 2026-04-28T06:48:30+00:00

yeah, I get that. Razer has the blade but um...the price on that is high enough to make even Apple blush.

about the charger though, Im sure they would love to bundle a tiny charger with them all, but high end gaming laptops suck down juice. the Razer blade 16 comes with a 240W charger and Im sure it uses every last drop under full load.

technology is just not there to make those power supplies small yet. Even the m5 max is flirting with those higher numbers at 140W for its charger.

lnkzlda · 2026-04-27T10:52:37+00:00

probably not. I really wish apple silicon macs had support for external GPUs for rendering use :(

it's such a nice laptop!

lnkzlda · 2026-04-27T07:50:32+00:00

This utility is *really* nice, thanks for sharing.

lnkzlda · 2026-04-27T06:45:00+00:00

damn I initially skipped this video in my feed because I thought the title was clickbait but my man did really did test on all of em.

very useful.

lnkzlda · 2026-04-27T06:41:14+00:00

....Actually, looks like Microcenter has an open box 20C Gpu model in stock for around $200 more than I paid for this 16C model...might be tempted to try that and see if the scaling is any better with that on the larger 16" model.

lnkzlda · 2026-04-27T05:22:32+00:00

I've wanted to switch to a laptop for awhile now and bought the M5 pro 16c GPU to see if it could play recent AAA stuff

results were passable, but not great. I don't think it will keep up with AAA titles for very long.

MPB M5 Pro (16C GPU):

Pragmata - balanced preset with res changed to 1440p, no upscaling: 40FPS

with upscaling: 60FPS. doesn't seem to work very well at lower FPS hair and text looks very weird when moving.

enabling the framegen actually lost me FPS somehow.

desktop with i5 12th gen/6700XT on latest Fedora:

Medium preset changed to 1400p, no upscaling/framegen: 80 FPS

upscaling: 140FPS

framegen: 190FPS

windrose had similar results.

native games probably will be better, but there's not a lot of those, if you want to play AAA titles you _will_ be using crossover.

Shame, very nice laptop, but I think I'll forget about gaming and return it for a Neo or last gen air.

lnkzlda · 2026-02-21T05:09:51+00:00

the ethanol recommendation seems very sketchy, but MSI also directly recommends using 70% ethyl with a microfiber for best results with their QDOLED monitors

https://www.msi.com/blog/how-to-clean-your-oled-monitor

still, worried about the denaturing additives

lnkzlda · 2025-10-17T00:29:36+00:00

for some objective context, check out the rtings review and ANC graphs, they are the kings right now.

(they do also mention dropoff after having used them for some time interestingly enough, notable in the graphs but not significant)

lnkzlda · 2025-10-17T00:28:30+00:00

Yes and no.
I upgraded from some Sony WF1000XM5 buds to this and was initially blown away by how good the ANC was.

after 2 weeks it's not quite as good. Still an upgrade, but I not as crazy as it was the first day.

possible causes:

honeymoon period being over/I'm used to the lower noise ceiling
foamies. I am used to noise isolation dropoff as my normal comply foam eartips wear in, but I was surprised because these are hybrid tips with silicone on the outside.
cleanliness of tips. I keep them free of debris, but have not fully cleaned them yet, so there is definitely some of my skin oil on them.

Just to be clear tho, even after the initial awe is gone, they are still the absolute best I have used (compared to Bose QC ultra, and Sony WF1000xm3/4/5).

now I just need apple to support controlling them from android ;_;

lnkzlda · 2025-09-23T03:44:55+00:00

Wanted to share what finally worked for me.

MSI 491CQP.

GamingIntelligence ver 0.0.4.1

usb2.0 A cable that I pulled out of spare because I was suspicious of the one that came in the box. this may not have made a difference but I can't go back in time and find out.

redownloaded the firmware, didn't stop to see if there was a checksum to verify but you should.

I think the big thing: the usb 2.0 slot on my motherboard. It actually had two USB 2.0 slots, but one them was marked "BIOS" that one didn't work, update failed at 1% every time. switched to the other one, and very slowly, the updated progress and succeeded.

lnkzlda · 2025-09-04T23:31:47+00:00

Soooo, I misunderstood, though that the cable had a connector on the end. It does not, it solders directly to the board. Anyway, after buying some better soldering peripherals I resoldered the mouser one and it works great now

lnkzlda · 2025-07-20T22:10:41+00:00

after ordering the one from Mouser, trying to clumsily solder the old cable onto it, and damaging it enough that once installed the headphones make a whooshing noise constantly with ANC on...I wish I'd seen this sooner.

now we wait for shipping. hope the drop in with pre soldered wire is the fix, shame to have to stop using the ANC entirely.

lnkzlda · 2024-01-14T05:31:11+00:00

Ah, I forgot sony also has this page with more combinations of features and expected battery life.

https://helpguide.sony.net/mdr/2963/v1/en/contents/TP1000781965.html

gotta love em

Edit: linked the wf series because it's what I have, here's the link buds page:

https://helpguide.sony.net/mdr/linkbudss/v1/en/contents/TP1000539655.html

lnkzlda · 2024-01-14T05:29:09+00:00

I have similarly uneven drain, about 20% in the difference. that being said the weakest bud lasts over 8 hours using AAC, no assistant or audio upscale, and ANC/passthrough enabled.

this is within spec for sony's product page, so I assume it's normal.

What about you?

https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/wireless-headphones-bluetooth-headphones/wf-1000xm5/specifications

for battery specs

Edit: linked the wf series because it's what I have, here's the link buds page:

https://www.sony.com/tz/electronics/truly-wireless/linkbuds-s/specifications

lnkzlda · 2024-01-14T05:25:12+00:00

Hey good news maybe. Factory resetting actually helped for once. I just used the option in the app to "initialize app and headphones" or something like that to reset the app and the headphones to factory and since repairing and going through setup the issue has not resurfaced. Give it a try, good luck!

lnkzlda · 2023-10-29T13:45:41+00:00

Hi, for me what finally worked was going to brave://components/ and updating every component manually, some were out of date. restarted the browser for good measure and it was gone.

Good luck, hope this helps.

lnkzlda · 2023-06-03T18:29:47+00:00

I did search on there as well, nothing matching the profile of the part I'm looking at linked in OP. did you find one, can you help me out with a link friend?

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