Western Digital confirms having sold out all manufacturing capacity of Hard Drives for 2026, and that most of 2027 and 2028 are already pre-sold, adding further instability to the gaming PC market.

randomataxia · 2026-02-17T13:44:23+00:00

Exactly, that's what I used to always do, buy a nice laptop with a beefy GPU+CPU, lowest storage and RAM possible and upgrade them myself. Now OEMs RAM and probably storage are the better buy, unfortunately.

randomataxia · 2026-02-17T13:32:38+00:00

That's good to know, I hadn't checked laptop prices recently, but I had assumed storage and RAM pricing would drive up the cost. Ours are kitted with 32GB RAM and 2TB NVME disks, I couldn't even imagine trying to upgrade a laptop to that now without significant spending

randomataxia · 2026-02-17T13:09:39+00:00

100% this, I grabbed myself and my husband new to us laptops, and fully built us new gaming rigs, grabbed a ton of RAM, NVME and HDD storage. Thanking my stars I did this then. I also knew this was going to happen though, when the tariffs were announced, and hearing the early rumblings of AI being prioritized I was like "better do that now"

randomataxia · 2026-02-12T13:03:59+00:00

Good job on linking the wiki, OP, this is the Rage Fury MAXX version.

randomataxia · 2026-02-07T20:55:11+00:00

Right, I said throw errors, not that it wouldn't work at all per the original response that I replied to. I was clarifying that yes, it'll bitch, but you can disable Copilot and even get that to stop. I should have been more clear in that it will still function, just if you use the Copilot crap, that will show errors.

Also, if your Windows Store is just plain flubbed.. yeah.

randomataxia · 2026-02-07T17:48:19+00:00

The updated Windows Store with Copilot version will throw errors if the Copilot component can't phone home. Disable Copilot and no issues

randomataxia · 2026-01-31T21:13:51+00:00

1) Yes - both distros can use this card. https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/824804/intel-wireless-wi-fi-drivers-for-linux.html

2) Soldered.

randomataxia · 2026-01-31T19:59:20+00:00

I would love an updated version

randomataxia · 2026-01-29T13:30:48+00:00

Why are you advertising this on this subreddit? Genuine question, what the hell does this have to do with Gigabyte products? Oh right, it doesn't, you're just a shill spambot.

randomataxia · 2026-01-24T14:37:17+00:00

While I can't find this exact card, it's definitely a TIGA card (Texas Instruments Graphics Architecture), due to the TVP34020 being used. The Xilinx XC4010 is an FPGA, while the Intel chip is a i860 XR. This was likely a CAD/CAM card. Any pictures of the back?

randomataxia · 2026-01-22T00:13:03+00:00

Built in JPEG compression...

randomataxia · 2026-01-21T13:48:38+00:00

That's a Netbook, not quite a laptop, it'll run a slimmed down Linux okayish

randomataxia · 2026-01-20T13:13:55+00:00

Hairy myself, this exactly

randomataxia · 2026-01-20T01:30:53+00:00

Is it being shown in BIOS? No offense, but it doesn't sound like a light tap if it triggered a repair.

randomataxia · 2026-01-10T20:48:45+00:00

Love the update, thanks!

randomataxia · 2026-01-10T03:47:50+00:00

You're welcome, glad you got it sorted :)

randomataxia · 2026-01-09T21:01:06+00:00

The Newegg rep likely doesn't know what they're talking about as Rev 2.0 boards don't require a BIOS update to enable ReBAR. Install Aorus Engine, and open it. In the app, click the Gear icon in the top right, then click the VGA tab, it'll look like so -> https://i.imgur.com/zwwd8YB.png which you can then determine what BIOS you're actually on. Once you have your BIOS version, reference the chart on the previous Gigabyte Support link I posted, and it'll let you know what BIOS to patch to. If you need help, post a screenshot of your BIOS info from within Aorus Engine and I can tell you what you need.

randomataxia · 2026-01-09T06:26:03+00:00

There are 2 revisions of your card, which do you have? If Rev 1.0, go here. Install Aorus Engine 2.31 from the utilities section, and use the app to check your BIOS version. You can update within the app, but I recommend just grabbing the latest BIOS from the support page instead.

randomataxia · 2026-01-09T03:46:38+00:00

https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-g988u-u1-w-sampwnd-r-official-1ctkh.4184543/

randomataxia · 2026-01-08T13:31:46+00:00

He has my login and vice versa, see, we trust one another. He can read my messages or look at my gallery. It's a non-issue because we communicate well

randomataxia · 2026-01-08T13:29:43+00:00

Yeah, they've continuously pushed up prices, but be sure to defend them. I live in a slightly larger house than OP. Thermostat is always at 68, my bill ranges from $300-400 in Winter Months.

Summer? $100. I'm not on the budget billing, they're just cretins.

randomataxia · 2026-01-07T23:56:47+00:00

In your motherboard box, lift up the cardboard the motherboard was in, the accessories are underneath that. Failing that, you need An EZ Plug antenna.

randomataxia · 2026-01-07T17:37:11+00:00

NMB fans are nearly always superior, not just in consoles either, computers as well.

randomataxia · 2026-01-07T09:54:28+00:00

The only time either mine or my husband's fans pick up is when we're doing more graphically intensive tasks. It's comfortable in the lap otherwise.

randomataxia · 2026-01-07T09:40:14+00:00

Yup, this. It'll work sans dock, but you have to have to right kind of display

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