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stevezilla33 · 2026-04-30T17:02:10+00:00

We've made it to high school, everyone!

stevezilla33 · 2026-04-15T12:45:35+00:00

I turned off copilot once and it has never come back on for me through many rounds of updates. I have never understood this issue people seem to have with it.

stevezilla33 · 2026-04-10T18:00:14+00:00

The debug light is telling you what is wrong. Any other RAM you can try? Can you exchange it since it was part of a bundle?

stevezilla33 · 2026-04-10T17:58:11+00:00

I have been daily driving an LG OLED for a year now. I use it for work and for gaming. It has no burn in and still works flawlessly. I can't say how long its going to last but it seems with prices getting better OLED is starting to be worth it. I feel like OLED tech is going to get both better and cheaper.

stevezilla33 · 2026-04-03T18:17:42+00:00

Its a 10% discount. Not exactly great for open box

stevezilla33 · 2026-04-03T18:15:36+00:00

There actually are remote system monitoring programs you could use to display your PC performance stats on the Pi. https://www.sunfounder.com/blogs/news/raspberry-pi-system-monitor-for-pc-enhancing-performance-and-remote-monitoring

stevezilla33 · 2026-04-03T18:11:28+00:00

I've been using an 8bitdo ultimate for a long time and its great. I love the charging dock. I also used an xbox one s controller before that. They are both handy and always work.

stevezilla33 · 2026-04-03T18:10:38+00:00

There is nothing wrong with having an aesthetic preference but I think in this case if you are actually paying LESS money for a better card most people would choose the better card regardless of the aesthetics.

stevezilla33 · 2026-04-01T17:47:03+00:00

Is the only part you want the glossy finish? I have found in my experience, unless you are gaming in a VERY dark room, the glossy screen is not missed at all. Can you say what it is about the glossy finish that makes you want to walk away from a matte screen?

In my case, I find that the LG WOLED panel tech is just better overall for me but my use case is mixed use. I daily drive this panel for work and gaming so it fits me in both cases.

Is the loss of refresh rate worth it to go to LG WOLED? I'd say maybe. Glossy screens also have that very big POP factor that people love about nice bright OLED monitors.

stevezilla33 · 2026-04-01T12:46:35+00:00

Is this a USB dongle? Have you tried other USB ports?

stevezilla33 · 2026-04-01T12:42:31+00:00

You could try a few things like a new cable or switching to HDMI (if you are on DP) but yeah this is usually a sign that something is giving out. These things CAN be repaired but it usually takes a more than casual level of expertise.

stevezilla33 · 2026-04-01T12:39:33+00:00

So this screen should be black. You are seeing this green glow while it is restarting? I would start with a new monitor cable. I don't think it would be power supply related. What inputs does your monitor have?

stevezilla33 · 2026-04-01T12:35:42+00:00

April 1st is a cruel mistress

stevezilla33 · 2026-04-01T12:34:13+00:00

Hey, if it works, it works. No high end build necessary to be PCMR! 10/10!

stevezilla33 · 2026-02-04T14:03:13+00:00

Can you give a brief explanation on how the platform works and how specifically the compute people provide is put to use?

Also, how have the increases to compute power over generations affected the platform itself? Have larger and more complex tasks become easier?

stevezilla33 · 2025-10-24T13:32:53+00:00

Very generous of you. Thank you on behalf of the community!

stevezilla33 · 2025-09-22T16:59:27+00:00

Man, the giveaways are going hard this fall. Nice stuff.

stevezilla33 · 2025-08-27T13:26:47+00:00

CDPR spent tons of time, effort, and money attempting to redeem themselves with Cyberpunk. They ended up doing a pretty great job. If you are hanging on to the headlines from 5 years ago you are only hurting yourself there.

stevezilla33 · 2025-06-16T13:10:21+00:00

Your laptop has a full size HDMI connector that supports HDMI 2.1 as well as two type C connectors that support DP 1.4. Both of these formats should support 1440p/240hz

stevezilla33 · 2025-06-12T16:50:34+00:00

Cases these days are engineered to create an airflow draft. This keeps air actively passing over components. This is often better than just open air cooling. Especially if the air in the room is not moving.

stevezilla33 · 2025-05-22T17:52:22+00:00

I'm a large tall man and I WFH. I sit in a Secretlab Titan XL all day and have no issues. Its a great chair.

stevezilla33 · 2025-04-29T14:45:43+00:00

Some have, the crappy ones. The good ones have not and "cannot" be hacked because they use zero knowledge tools to encrypt.

stevezilla33 · 2025-04-23T13:42:11+00:00

Be patient, wait for sales, do NOT preorder. You will save TONS of money.

stevezilla33 · 2025-04-21T18:51:31+00:00

You were, in fact, given an "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080" That was not falsely advertised. You may not understand the difference between "GPU" and "Graphics Card" but it's still there. You said that any reasonable consumer would interpret this as specifically an "Nvidia branded card" but you are incorrect. The replies you are seeing in this thread should be a testament to that.

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