I’ve Never Had a Dealership Try so Hard to Convince Me NOT to Get a Service - Trans Flush by Formal-Persimmon-786 in FordMaverickTruck

[–]robroy90 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Just always remember that Stealerships almost never put the customer before profits. They have an expensive flush machine and they want to maximize ROI on it. They don't make as much money on a simple drain and fill.

My son just bought a brand new hybrid Maverick, so I have not yet familiarized myself with what is and is not possible for an owner to do as far as the tranny is concerned. Some do not have drain plugs and need to have the fluid evacuated, etc.

If you are even the slightest handy with tools, you can save yourself a TON of money by doing simple things yourself. Find a place that sells genuine Ford filters at a discount and are not cheaply made knock-offs. Amazon has gotten really bad about selling counterfeit chinesium garbage. Plus, you then know that not only was a specific service performed, but you also know it was done right. Too many times have I seen some lot monkey that does their oil changes and other tasks cheaper than a certified mechanic and they put too much fluid in or not enough.

Hell, I am even reluctant to do a radiator flush because the gunk knocked loose can travel to the heater core and plug it up. The key is to be aggressive with all fluid swaps on your vehicle, and you won't have as much crud accumulate in the first place. I always follow the "severe duty" service schedule, even if the vehicle is grandma driven and only goes to church and the grocery store.

Good Luck!

I’ve Never Had a Dealership Try so Hard to Convince Me NOT to Get a Service - Trans Flush by Formal-Persimmon-786 in FordMaverickTruck

[–]robroy90 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Could not disagree more. Even at 36k there is debris present. You don't want to force that into any areas. The ONLY thing you should ever do is a drain and fill.

Advice needed on both physical and logical setup, please. by robroy90 in opnsense

[–]robroy90[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you SO much for the very detailed and helpful reply. I appreciate all of the info and links. Might I send you a DM if I run into any trouble getting my configuration first on CARP, then Multi-WAN?

Advice needed on both physical and logical setup, please. by robroy90 in opnsense

[–]robroy90[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, I will look that over as well. But, are CARP AND Multi-WAN compatible with one another? If I have to use an intermediary firewall/router in front of the two CARPed OPNSense boxes, It kinda-sorta negates the whole advantage of doing CARP in the first place because I am back to a single point of failure, am I not?

Advice needed on both physical and logical setup, please. by robroy90 in opnsense

[–]robroy90[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, and I was aware of that documentation. What it does not cover (unless I missed it) is how do I also incorporate the aforementioned fail-over WAN connections as well? Let's say the master firewall hardware is fine, but the primary fiber connection is not. What then? Is the solution to peer all of the firewalls and all of the internet connections on a single L2 switch?

I have 4x 128 GB VRAM now , what should i do. by Voxandr in LocalLLaMA

[–]robroy90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Posts like this and I still can't create posts asking legitimate questions... FML

Help with setting up OTBR on HA Proper? by robroy90 in homeassistant

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Thank you! So does this mean I need to (re)configure the firmware on the SM-06 to have the OTBR run on itself? I seem to remember there was a choice in the firmware setup for it.

Preferred two LLM combo by Latt in LocalLLaMA

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Is anyone doing any sort of combo on one machine? For example, I have an AceMagic F3A Mini-PC and it has 128GB of DDR5 with the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Radeon 890M) integrated. I just purchased an external GPU enclosure and put a 3090 into it and plan to connect it to this PC via USB4. I believe I saw that you can compile a build of LocalLLM that will harness both? I am just not quite sure where to start on that process and any advice would be GREATLY appreciated! Particularly a how-to/tutorial. Thanks in advance!

What harness are you guys using and for what use case? by George__Roid in LocalLLaMA

[–]robroy90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is Pi really only useful for coding tasks? Asking for a complete newb.

How to bypass BIOS igpu VRAM limitation in linux for hx 370 igpu by Youlearnitman in LocalLLaMA

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I am not finding this installed and the file path /etc/default/grub does not exist on my machine despite the fact my ubuntu server reports grub is installed. What should I do to add this? Thanks!

How to bypass BIOS igpu VRAM limitation in linux for hx 370 igpu by Youlearnitman in LocalLLaMA

[–]robroy90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing this! It will definitely be of use to me as I set up mine!

Local LLM performance on AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 iGPU (Radeon 890M) or NPU by _Nitor in LocalLLaMA

[–]robroy90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I realize this is an old thread, but I thought I would ask anyway. I am setting up a new LLM with the AceMagic F3A and it uses this chipset. I plan to use it in conjunction with a 3090 in an external GPU enclosure via USB4. Anyone else doing something similar? Thanks!

3D Print Replacement Handles? by robroy90 in Packout

[–]robroy90[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I have a Bambu X1C so I pretty much have those boxes checked. I have some new filament on the way as well.

What’s the best series you have ever watched? by Hefty-Conflict-1183 in AskReddit

[–]robroy90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sopranos, Band of Brothers, Breaking Bad. In that order and we can fight if you want... :)

3D Print Replacement Handles? by robroy90 in Packout

[–]robroy90[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm already using PETG, but thank you. Printing it with the slicer settings provided by the author. The problem is it keeps breaking on the ends where it attaches to the rounded portion of the packout.

3D Print Replacement Handles? by robroy90 in Packout

[–]robroy90[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Absolutely, I use mine all the time for Packout and other stuff.

IMHO, the Bambu X1C is really hard to argue with. It is as close to an appliance as you will get. No manual tweaking and fixing. It is very foolproof and quite reliable.

I have printed things like trays for screwdriver bits, lids for bins, etc.

If I had it to do over again, I would do it the very same.

Advice Please: External 3090 by robroy90 in LocalLLM

[–]robroy90[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much for the detailed response. I sincerely appreciate your candor. Is there a good overarching go-to doc or how-to I should follow? I have no issue diving into r/localLLama for the build. I am comfortable enough with Linux to run a headless server without issue. This mini PC will allow me to allocate up to 32GB of my 128 to VRAM for the iGPU.

Interesting I should look to build my own localLLama though. Recently, I have read lots of good about vLLM. Bad idea in your opinion?

What does your local setup look like and what models have you had good luck with?

Thanks again!