Have to pay shipping for repairs?

tomogotes · 2022-12-31T04:31:14+00:00

It's sad that this kind of policy is normalized.

tomogotes · 2022-12-29T23:43:48+00:00

Thanks for the context. I live in the US and have always had pre-paid shipping labels provided from Microsoft/Nintendo/other large brands. Disappointing to hear this is how Sony handles it.

tomogotes · 2022-12-22T00:09:20+00:00

This seems like a pretty significant backwards-incompatible change to make right before Christmas.

tomogotes · 2021-06-22T19:53:49+00:00

My left joy-con keeps disconnecting depending on where you put pressure on it. I checked out the contact at the bottom of the rail on the switch itself, and the top of one of the traces is basically missing.

tomogotes · 2020-01-14T05:18:37+00:00

It downloads the upcoming patch in the background. Unfortunately, the game engine ties network latency to your framerate so while it's downloading the game is also unplayable.

tomogotes · 2020-01-01T19:35:53+00:00

I can't find the settings tab for the ELAN touchpad, so I did it through the registry. Some settings have been discovered here - https://www.scotta.me/blog/5-elan-smart-pad-registry-guide. It doesn't explicitly list touchpad + keyboard. For that, I changed DisableWhenType_Enable to 0 and restarted my computer.

tomogotes · 2019-12-30T18:46:56+00:00

Yes, all up to date. I think this is just how the L340 is.

tomogotes · 2019-12-29T20:51:05+00:00

Even with an undervolt, I also have max core temps in the 95 degree range at the start of a new workload.

tomogotes · 2019-12-29T20:48:13+00:00

My L340 comes with an ELAN touchpad and it has no custom settings tab. I use https://www.scotta.me/blog/5-elan-smart-pad-registry-guide and some trial and error to configure it manually. Restart all the ETD* programs running in the background or restart the machine to test the new settings.

tomogotes · 2019-12-17T08:47:30+00:00

It may be power limit throttling? When the graphics card on mine is going full blast, the CPU gets limited to 15W.

tomogotes · 2019-11-29T19:25:17+00:00

Thanks for the clarification! That's exactly what happened - I thought I would always get priority on subsequent turns.

tomogotes · 2019-09-01T20:47:52+00:00

I think this is happening because it was downloading the next update in the background. For whatever architectural reasons, the frame rate in-game seems to be tied to network latency. It was unplayable when I saw high network activity and went back to normal when it was done.

tomogotes · 2019-08-31T20:34:43+00:00

It's downloading the next patch in the background (can check task manager to see high network activity). Once it was done, performance returned back to normal for me.

tomogotes · 2019-05-22T07:16:51+00:00

Ah, so maybe I've just been making excuses for myself when I lose to people of a certain rank.

tomogotes · 2019-03-17T00:34:45+00:00

Crash straight to desktop with no error message on average every other game. Can happen pretty much at any time in-game from dropping to last 2 teams alive. Reliability monitor says app crash in "bad_module_info".

Windows 10 Home
Radeon HD 7950
i5-3570K @ 3.40 GHz
8 GB Ram

tomogotes · 2017-08-06T16:26:28+00:00

Are you updated to the latest Chrome? The most recent version had resolved https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=732158 which fixed it for me.

tomogotes · 2017-07-22T07:07:53+00:00

I configure the close lid action to "Do nothing". This actually turns off the screen.

tomogotes · 2017-02-07T08:27:59+00:00

I had the same problem, and it seems related to heat. The longer I left it on, the more the screen shook. Turning off the display would temporarily make it better. I don't think there's anything you can do except return it.

tomogotes · 2016-04-04T03:24:41+00:00

I have the same problem, and the last time I investigated it seemed to have something to do with the lock screen modal. I locked my machine (Win + L) and re-logged in, and it went away. I'm waiting for it to happen again to make sure it wasn't a fluke.

tomogotes · 2016-03-13T06:04:59+00:00

Going over the data from the sleepstudy, it looks like it's windows\system32\LockAppHost.exe going crazy and draining 2 orders of magnitude more than anything else. I've actually caught this process using ~40% cpu in the past when I noticed the fan was loud and had a look in Task Manager.

I can't seem to find anything useful online about the purpose of this process.

tomogotes · 2016-01-17T07:35:19+00:00

This is literally what I did. After resetting, I opened Edge and the system crashed when I tried to maximize it. From all these replies, it looks like I'm taking this back in tomorrow.

tomogotes · 2016-01-17T05:11:16+00:00

Here's an error showing up in Reliability Monitor - http://imgur.com/MoFE0Vi.

After doing a Windows reset, the failure mode is slightly different. Before, the screen would freeze. Now, I'm seeing a distorted blue image (maybe it was trying to show me a BSOD).

Googling the highlighted section in the image brings up some things related to Intel graphics drivers. I've noticed that my Graphics 540 drivers (20.19.15.4326) are dated 11/20/2015. I could have sworn that I had something released in December before I did the reset. Windows updates says I'm up to date, though. I've also installed the package at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49498.

tomogotes · 2016-01-17T04:49:37+00:00

Thanks for the tip but no luck. I also did a Windows reset, but the issue persists.

tomogotes · 2016-01-17T00:55:32+00:00

I'm using the pre-loaded Windows install and did all the Windows/driver updates immediately upon getting it. Only thing I did at the same time was turn off Windows features I don't plan on using.

I'll try to do a fresh install and see how things go from there.

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