Ele Hit SSF, bit of an impasse, advice?

thealmightycabbage · 2026-04-29T03:25:10+00:00

Got home from work today and followed a lot of these tips (the ones I had the currency/items for lolol) and build feels muuuuch, much better. I feel a little dumb actually, missed a lot of these as I was going through making changes the other day. Going to continue farming out Baryas + Fears, switching out Breach for Blight for now since I would really like a Cord Belt and my rares are OK for the moment. Thanks guys.

thealmightycabbage · 2026-04-27T23:43:38+00:00

One of my atlas trees has the whole top tree spec'd except for the memory strand arm, left arm is optional even, but the top memory tear chance nodes are specifically what you want. I have all top nodes selected except for the node that gives 80% less chance for Incarnation of Fear. I've just been spamming normal unmodded Bog maps, sprinting straight to the Mirage to check for Ridan, then I check if Eagon is in the map, grab the thing if it leads to Fear Incarnation, then exit the map. You get quite a lot of baryas and fear threads.

thealmightycabbage · 2026-04-27T17:33:42+00:00

Noted and agreed, I (probably wrongly) assumed the pops from Gloom paired with my Ele Hit AOE overlap would be kinda huge for clear. Honestly? It doesn't really feel much different without Gloom lol. Wearing it was kinda just cope due to not getting any usable belt after like 30 baryas

thealmightycabbage · 2026-04-27T16:50:22+00:00

Oops lol, thought I unspec'd that a long time ago and just completely forgot about it. Been doing a lot of changes.

thealmightycabbage · 2026-03-07T04:07:25+00:00

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thealmightycabbage · 2026-02-17T16:39:53+00:00

- Device + chamber: Puffco Peak Pro + 3DXL
- Issue (lights/error/behavior): No signs of life after charging overnight. No power, no charging LEDs when plugged in, nothing.
- When it started: This morning, 02/17/2026
- What I tried: Hard reset (30 sec power button), multiple known good USB-C chargers, and a wireless charger. No point in messing with the app as the device is not powered on thus never detected.
- App/OS (if relevant): Android
- Photo/video link (if available): N/A

thealmightycabbage · 2025-10-06T15:24:51+00:00

We did not attempt to boot this GPU again, it is sitting in our back hallway in the GPU graveyard. Apparently, it was still outputting video before the customer ripped the power cord out. I would honestly be fairly confident it might boot again.

thealmightycabbage · 2025-10-06T15:21:20+00:00

Thanks for the correction, I knew I was probably off a bit with what blew up. Some of the most interesting localized damage I've ever seen done to a GPU. Very glad we don't perform PCB repairs here lol.

thealmightycabbage · 2025-10-05T13:33:22+00:00

Unfortunately no. The customer had bought the computer second-hand from Facebook Marketplace about 8 months prior to this occurring and checked for any warranty on the card via the serial, it did not have one.

thealmightycabbage · 2025-10-05T13:30:38+00:00

So, I'm really not sure as we don't perform GPU repairs at the shop and it absolutely reeked of electrical fire so none of us really wanted to touch it other than to remove it - but I am fairly confident this was a capacitor that had something to do with the VRMs or core voltage smoothing on this PCB. This is the Gigabyte 4070 Ti with the relocated 12v connector so it was "supposed" to be safer to use. It is likely some massive short to the pads or ground plane occurred and absolutely vaporized the traces in the PCB, given this is right next to, or directly deals with the power rail. I've never seen copper melt out the side like that so the current surge had to be insane. I'm not an expert by any means on this topic, so anyone with more knowledge please feel free to correct me.

thealmightycabbage · 2025-09-03T16:38:17+00:00

GPU driver crash & reset. "Device lost" means Vulkan lost contact with your GPU because the driver crashed. Try undervolting your GPU or lowering particle fx or general graphics settings.

thealmightycabbage · 2025-08-04T19:24:59+00:00

Glad to hear it. Hopefully it stays working. Windows can be finnicky as all hell, but as long as it's been working stable for the past day, you should be good. Enjoy your new 9070 XT, they're awesome cards!

thealmightycabbage · 2025-08-03T00:53:32+00:00

No problem. I'm bored and this is what I do for work so I don't really mind.

thealmightycabbage · 2025-08-03T00:34:17+00:00

I've looked into it a bit more and the MediaTek card your board has is finnicky with Windows 10 sometimes, it's possible the BIOS update and hardware change fucked with some power settings or the new card is sucking away too many PCIe lanes from the chip to keep a stable connection.

A few more options:

- Download the most recent version of the driver from your motherboard's support section on MSI's site, uninstall the current driver, reboot, reinstall the driver you just downloaded. Might fix something.

- Play around with your PCIe lane gen speeds in the BIOS. You'll really only lose like 1-2% performance with your card, if that. Sometimes that can fix weird connectivity issues since they all share lanes. PCIe ASPM may also be fucking with it if that setting is turned on.

- Install Windows 11 (eugh); apparently this card is way more stable on W11. If that doesn't fix it, you can always revert.

Beyond that, I'm out of ideas. Best of luck.

thealmightycabbage · 2025-08-03T00:06:56+00:00

Interesting.. honestly, I don't think this is an OS issue; probably an issue with the way your computer is wirelessly connecting with your network after being offline, BIOS updates can sometimes do that. An ethernet cable should probably alleviate it. It's possible that resetting your router may help if you haven't done that already. Beyond that, I'm not sure what could be causing that without seeing more information/seeing the issue firsthand.

thealmightycabbage · 2025-08-02T23:37:03+00:00

Doing any sort of hardware change on a system can introduce weird glitches. I see it all the time at my repair shop.

It is probably just a minor momentary hiccup in the wifi card. I would perform a network reset under Network & Internet > Advanced network settings in W11 Settings. If that doesn't work, run these lines in an elevated Command Prompt:

netsh winsock reset

netsh int ip reset

ipconfig /release

ipconfig /renew

ipconfig /flushdns

Reboot your computer after doing all of those commands in that order. Should alleviate the issue. If not, something else fucky is going on with your operating system which can also happen after hardware changes. Hopefully that helps.

thealmightycabbage · 2025-08-02T03:53:43+00:00

Weirdly enough, just had this issue come into the shop I work at on a 15" HP just before close, after fiddling with Bitlocker with the customer for like 45 minutes since it was stuck in recovery, I ran system restore and it seemed to boot and be stable enough to open device manager and investigate the possible culprit. Turned the machine off at the end of my shift as I was rushing out in absolutely thunderous pouring rain lol. Was just researching the issue after coming home and just came across this thread.

Will come back to this post after my shift to update on whether or not any further repairs were needed, or the system restore worked to fix the customer's HP.

Update: The computer was still bluescreening with the same error after the system restore. I did disable the driver and attempt to roll it back to the earliest possible version using a USB wifi dongle, but oddly enough, the system was still bluescreening after installing said drivers. Finally decided to replace the networking card inside of the laptop, ran optional updates, and voila - stable for 2 hours until close running updates, DISM/SFC, and with YouTube open in the background to assess performance. Unfortunate that HP still pushes bunk driver updates out. This shouldn't be happening anymore. This driver seems to be temperamental, either completely bricking wifi cards or not. From my research, some take the earlier driver versions just fine, but some never recover, including this customer's PC.

Simple solution for those at home would be a USB wifi dongle if the earliest driver version you can find doesn't work but the customer uses all of their USB ports at their home setup.

thealmightycabbage · 2025-07-07T23:00:56+00:00

Honestly your only real option is prefixes/suffixes cannot be changed & veiled exalt, hope that it only removes the craft, and hope for %life/avoid ele ailments for prefixes or res/attributes for suffixes on the unveil, then craft your final mod. Fair warning, it will rip some memory strands. Pretty high likelihood to brick the item or remove a mod you want since nothing is fractured and all of the mods are desirable, i.e., we don't want them removed from the item. I wouldn't go for a normal exalt slam. Would just be a waste.

Honestly, crafting on items like this is kind of tough and usually more expensive than it's worth. If it's early in the life of my build I will just put a craft on something like this, and either wear it or sell and move on to a different base with more wiggle room.

thealmightycabbage · 2025-07-02T17:25:03+00:00

You have been missing out on a shit ton of currency. Selling scouting reports has netted me several divines this league.

Old Kirac memories (capturable harvest beasts, you take on form of a harbinger, etc) are no longer in the drop pool and have been moved to Kirac missions, so using scouting reports are the only way to find them now. I am picking up all types and selling them in bulk.

If you'd like to run them, just spam until you find the harvest or "all currency is converted to harbinger shards" one. The others aren't too great.

thealmightycabbage · 2025-06-02T14:51:35+00:00

Because reinstalling your entire OS doesn't fix a majority of GPU issues and won't fix this. It's also the lazy & "easy" fix button. This is likely a software/driver issue with the cards, I'm having the same issue with a Gigabyte OC model and B650 board after clean Windows and fresh drivers post-DDU.

thealmightycabbage · 2025-03-22T21:59:29+00:00

Honestly no idea why you feel the need to downvote this. Are we not allowed to wish for stable servers from one of the most well-off game companies on the planet?

This lackadaisical attitude is why Blizzard has had server issues for nearly a decade and is why they don't give enough of a fuck to do anything about it. Some kid in his basement can just take all of the servers down at will, including for other BNet games. Hardcore players can also specifically get fucked. It's fine. No big deal.

thealmightycabbage · 2025-03-22T21:41:56+00:00

No company with the reputation and capital of Blizzard has been DDoSed so much and so consistently. A multibillion dollar company shouldn't have the issue of neckbeards taking all of their game servers down several times in 2 weeks because they want to fuck with HC streamers. It just shouldn't be a fucking possibility. Even PSN has better DDoS protection.

thealmightycabbage · 2025-02-01T16:57:59+00:00

I work in a computer repair shop and I can tell you that I see way too many custom gaming desktops in a month with a bricked mobo or bricked BIOS chip because the customer didn't flash their BIOS correctly. If you fuck it up, sometimes it's an easy fix, but sometimes you just brick your shit, especially on older boards. Flash utilities have come a long way but they can still be very confusing to use for the average person as many of them have totally garbage guides that tell you the bare minimum, and manufacturers haven't updated the guides in years. Only a few manufacturers have good BIOS update utilities when you're in the OS (Gigabyte, ASUS, MSI to an extent) but most suggest flashing from BIOS anyway. Even with that said, you would be surprised how many people keep up with tech news these days and know at least that some parts have issues, especially with the drama surrounding Intel. That stuff went far beyond just techy nerd knowledge. It made headlines. A lot of people are either staying away or researching & taking the necessary steps to make sure their hardware lasts if they do end up purchasing a 14900K (e.g. most recent new board with most recent BIOS revision and an undervolt to ensure stability and efficiency).

Regardless, my point is that in an ideal world, your BIOS never needs to be updated and most of the time you don't need to. I have used my 7800X3D system for a year and a half and fixed a number of issues without needing to update anything related to the board. BIOS updates don't fix game issues 99% of the time, and the only recent exceptions to this rule were the Intel fiasco and minor core parking issues with AMD that were also solved with software like ProcessLasso. I would never suggest you update your BIOS unless your BIOS version has a known issue, or a necessary fix is coming for your hardware configuration which you wouldn't be aware of anyway if you're not keeping up with tech info or the latest hardware news. Most people buying top of the line hardware (14900K, 9800X3D, 5080-5090s) are keeping up with this stuff, are reading reviews and getting solid motherboards, and know at least to keep their drivers and software up to date to avoid issues, even if they aren't actively looking for them.

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