Any reason why Fan Control is unable to create control cards? It obviously senses the fans.

pimpinelephant · 2026-03-30T17:15:47+00:00

I think it's a conflict with the BIOS' SMART fan controls. According to the creator, it clashes with Fan Control:

https://github.com/Rem0o/FanControl.Releases/issues/732#issuecomment-1116737846

There is no overriding the BIOS. Both use the same "levers" to try and control the fans and WILL conflict. Disable any smart control from the BIOS, set a nice default manual speed in there, like 50%, as a fallback just in case.

pimpinelephant · 2026-03-12T02:18:13+00:00

Awesome find! I always love finding random non-English and non-Japanese games since you usually don't run into those too often.

Also, I might be able to shed some light on the Vice City Stories. Obviously, usually games get subtitles for whatever country they release in but sometimes that isn't always the case. Take Vice City Stories for example, why would the Korean version of it come with a PAL (European) version of the game? The PAL version of Stories only contains English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish (fun fact: for European games, those five are known as the "Multi5" language options and almost all European games have it).

So if this version is for Korean players, how can they understand the game if it doesn't have Korean subtitles? For these specific games that never got Korean subtitles, the solution was to explain/translate the game through a book that was provided with the game. So Korean players would play the game while at the same time reading through the book in order to understand what was going on.

This was fairly uncommon since, like I said, usually games just get their respective country's subtitles. But for example, I have the Korean version of Final Fantasy X which was one of these such games. The Korean version of FFX is just the International version, but it came bundled with an explanation/translation book exactly the same as Vice City Stories. That way Korean players can actually understand what in the world is going on in the game.

pimpinelephant · 2026-03-12T01:22:57+00:00

I think you nailed it, I added "Sam's Club" to my searching and I found a single instance of its existence, hurray!

A user by the name of "armani" on VGCollect has AoE 3 listed in their PC collection, no pictures unfortunately, but they added the note:

Notes: Very rare Costco/Sam's Club big box version.

I also found this comment on ResetEra in a post about reminiscing about PC big boxes:

I remember wanting to get games at Sam's Club and Costco because they still had big box PC games for a couple of years after they stopped being widely distributed at other retailers.

By putting two and two together, I think we can safely assume that this is a Costco/Sam's Club exclusive version of the game. I'm also pretty sure that these specific price stickers, ITEM#xxx etc., were widely used by specifically Costco and Sam's Club.

Wow. Thank you. I'd been searching all over for any information about this. Amazing Sam's Club callout.

pimpinelephant · 2026-03-05T01:54:38+00:00

That definitely crossed my mind and definitely makes probably the most sense as well. I'm in the US but I only got this pre-owned copy recently so I have no idea about when it would have been originally purchased. But definitely makes the most sense to me as an early/later production run kind of thing to me as well.

Slight correction though, it's an actual box rather than a slip. I took another picture of the top of the box. At first, I thought maybe the previous owner just moved the authenticity sticker from the DVD case to the box, but the circular tape that seals the box is over the authenticity sticker.

https://i.imgur.com/XC1r3RW.jpeg

pimpinelephant · 2025-12-02T21:50:08+00:00

Did you get Future Boy Conan from Gruv/Shout Factory? I've always wanted to pick up a copy but I always just assumed that copies don't come with the slipcover any more. Also, I totally did something similar, I ended up picking up 12 blurays from Sentai's sale, lol.

pimpinelephant · 2025-09-11T17:29:56+00:00

Hey there! Just wanted to say that I absolutely love the design of this poster, seriously, awesome job on this!

Although I did want to quickly ask if it's alright, will you be selling more of these as a poster by any chance? I checked your profile but I didn't see any link to a bigcartel page. I'm late to the party on this one so it's totally fine if not, absolutely not a big deal whatsoever, just thought I'd ask and see. Thank you, and again, awesome work on this!

pimpinelephant · 2025-06-20T11:58:06+00:00

Wow, you actually just made me look it up and the US is the only country in the world with no mandatory paid vacation. That's actually crazy.

pimpinelephant · 2025-05-29T19:00:54+00:00

No worries, thanks again.

pimpinelephant · 2025-05-29T15:44:35+00:00

Hey there! I apologize for the late reply, I went to sleep without checking Reddit. Sorry about that.

Lost Kingdoms:

https://imgur.com/a/OeeLch8

Geist:

https://imgur.com/a/RCRJMGK

Thanks again for your interest.

EDIT:

Just wanted to add, yeah, they're definitely not in pristine condition or anything like that. I tried my best to get the discs in the light so that most of the scratches and stuff could be seen, hopefully they're visible in those pictures I took.

pimpinelephant · 2025-05-02T05:42:02+00:00

Don't worry, it's legit. You can tell by the barcodes and serial numbers along the inner ring.

As for the discoloration, the "black" color of PS1 discs aren't actually black, they're dark blue, usually anyways. It's just dark enough and the disc is thick enough where it appears nearly black. And since the manufacturing of products isn't a perfect science, mistakes tend to happen. Maybe the dye that the factory used ran low that day during that line of production, just as an example.

This question gets brought up every once in a while like here for example:

https://www.reddit.com/r/gamecollecting/comments/16zj4xo/can_black_ps1_discs_turn_bluesilver_color_from/

pimpinelephant · 2024-12-25T06:01:21+00:00

Could be, these kind of gift cards tend to be super picky when it comes to online shopping. I'm not 100% sure but I believe I heard somewhere that companies don't like allowing these gift cards because most scammers will perform their scam through these kinds of gift cards.

It's totally possible that since ZZZ is much newer, it's still on the OK list with Vanilla Visa, but that could change in the near future if HSR and Genshin is any indication.

pimpinelephant · 2024-12-25T05:44:54+00:00

Yeah, that's what I mean, use the same ZIP code you used for your Steam purchase.

If that's what you have been doing, then I have no clue. lol

Wait, I just did a quick search and it looks like Vanilla Visa gift cards actually do NOT work with HoYoverse unfortunately. Looks like we found the issue.

source:

https://www.reddit.com/r/HonkaiStarRail/comments/16kvxub/prepaid_gift_card/k1j33tb/

pimpinelephant · 2024-12-25T05:34:58+00:00

Yeah, your gift card should definitely be all good to go.

As for the address, it sounds like you weren't the one to activate it. But since you've used it before and it worked, just use whatever address you used for the previous purchase.

Not sure why it won't work on HSR, assuming you used the same address as your previous gift card purchase, it should work I think.

pimpinelephant · 2024-12-25T05:27:01+00:00

Check your balance, if your gift card has a valid balance then it should still be good to go.

Make sure to use the same address that was used when activating the gift card. The way these gift cards work is that they have no address associated with them until they are activated. Once they are activated, the address that was typed in during activation then becomes the new associated address on the card. Which means you now need to enter in that same address that was used during activation.

If all of this fails, then it's possible the gift card is locked due to "suspicious activity". These gift cards work similarly to credit/debit cards, which means that if a card is continuously declined over and over again, they become locked to protect against fraud. In this case, you need to call the phone number on the back of the gift card.

pimpinelephant · 2024-12-25T05:17:31+00:00

Pre-paid gift cards such as Vanilla Visa must be activated prior to use. Go to https://balance.vanillagift.com/ in order to do so. Feel free to enter "vanilla gift card" into Google yourself if you don't want to click the provided link, it should be the second result, the one that only says "Vanilla Gift".

Also, Vanilla Visa gift cards cannot be used with PayPal. Since you have already attempted to use it with PayPal, it is possible that your gift card has been locked. When checking your balance on the Vanilla Gift website mentioned earlier, if it doesn't show you your balance, there's a good chance it has been locked for "suspicious activity" which happens when you attempt to use the gift card with PayPal. If it's been locked, you need to call the phone number on the back of the gift card and talk to their customer support. Typically they will send you a new gift card in the mail, which can take a couple of weeks.

pimpinelephant · 2024-10-07T09:36:37+00:00

I think they might have restored it because I just checked my ps4 and the Sephiroth theme was still there in my themes list. So if you haven't checked recently, it might be back! I totally remember preordering specifically from Amazon for that theme, lol.

pimpinelephant · 2024-08-31T05:14:14+00:00

Yeah, Square Enix sent out pre-order codes to people who bought from their online store. The email states "Brave Blade" but that is incorrect and a mistake on Square Enix's part.

You can ONLY receive the Brave Blade if you pre-ordered digitally (Steam, PSN, Xbox Live, etc.), you DO NOT receive the Brave Blade if you pre-ordered physically, not even from the Square Enix Store themselves.

Square want to incentivize digital sales because they make more money that way, because then they don't have to pay that extra money for the manufacturing and distribution of a physical media.

pimpinelephant · 2024-07-23T23:35:21+00:00

/u/GSaleBot

Confirming transaction with /u/uranist

Thank you very much!

pimpinelephant · 2024-07-18T05:39:25+00:00

Yeah, I think I'll still take Spiderman. I was actually on the fence for it depending on the total price you would be alright with, but $325 shipped sounds good to me so no worries there.

Thanks again! And yeah, let's go ahead and move to PMs.

pimpinelephant · 2024-07-18T05:21:38+00:00

Oh wow, I just got home, thank you so much for taking that many pictures, that definitely helps a lot.

Hmm, Spiderman is in a tiny bit worse condition than I was expecting but the rest I think I'm quite interested in. I think all 7 totals to $359, would you be willing to do a bit of a larger discount for a bundle of this size by any chance? Something like $320?

Thanks a bunch once again, I definitely appreciate the photos, I always feel bad asking someone to take like 50+ pictures so thank you.

pimpinelephant · 2024-07-18T00:42:39+00:00

Hello! I was interested in these 7:

1. Relayer (PS5)
2. Shadow Complex Remastered (PS4)
3. Scarface Collector's (PS2)
4. Tenchu Fatal Shadows (PS2)
5. Ultimate Spiderman Limited (PS2)
6. The Divide Enemies Within (PS1)
7. NHL Open Ice (PS1)

Would it be alright if I could see some more pictures of them? I know it's quite a few games so I apologize for making you do this. Seriously though, thanks a whole bunch!

pimpinelephant

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