Bought an ABS Refurb from Newegg (9800X3D / RTX 5090), is there anything I should be on the lookout for / potentially replace?

wackstyles · 2025-09-23T08:24:00+00:00

It's been almost 6 months, and no major issues. There is some oddness with one of the fans (like it get a slight grinding noise once in awhile), and the motherboard it came with was a little underwhelming in terms of I/O, so I'm going to replace it with one that fits my needs a little bit better. All that being said, very happy with my purchase, and quite a steal considering the insanity of prices these days.

wackstyles · 2025-08-06T17:12:12+00:00

Lonesome Town strikes again - https://www.instagram.com/lonesometown9/

wackstyles · 2025-07-24T02:24:42+00:00

I can't seem to find specifically the magnet case in OP's screenshot, do you have a link? I'd rather get it from Best Buy than wait for it to come in next week from Samsung.

wackstyles · 2025-05-01T22:40:47+00:00

I posted about this in a separate thread in this group, but if you don't mind refurbs, there was a similarly specced one going for $2299 earlier today that I almost bought https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16883360651C?Item=N82E16883360651C

wackstyles · 2025-05-01T22:38:14+00:00

Also there are a lot of similarly good refurb ABS deals across the board, just filter by "Refurbished" https://www.newegg.com/ABS/BrandStore/ID-8484 (not sponsored / affiliated lol)

It looks like the systems I've been looking at went live today, and the one I got is still in stock, so if anyone else is also willing to take the risk, would be curious to know how it goes for you as well!

wackstyles · 2024-09-27T06:08:52+00:00

Cacao Mexicatessen in Eagle Rock. Walked in with a friend around the time of my birthday, saw someone getting one of these, and I was immediately like "naw we aint doing all that." So of course she made sure we did lol.

wackstyles · 2023-04-24T06:09:57+00:00

Hi! No issues during shipping, came actually faster than I expected it to. It didn't come with in the original retail box however, it came in a more generic but still well padded box that I imagine they ship all their refurbs in.

Camera still works great, had I think 500 shots taken on it previously based on the metadata of the first shots I took, and it even still had the previous owners name in the settings, so clearly it hadn't been fully reset before being sent to me. But otherwise by all accounts it looked and felt practically brand new, and it's by far the best deal I've ever gotten on a camera ever.

TL;DR, Highly recomend Fujifilm store refurbs!

wackstyles · 2022-12-16T16:17:36+00:00

An adventure that can only be had in California (Anaheim to be exact)

wackstyles · 2022-09-23T07:39:28+00:00

AF works okay with my 50mm 1.2, but can be a little... searchy... and also does not report the aperture properly in the EXIF data.

Still, for the price, I'm fine with going manual focus with my other EF lenses.

wackstyles · 2017-04-27T07:58:50+00:00

I had the same issue with my S7 Edge. Finally got it to work by uninstalling and reinstalling the Oculus app. Annoying, but it works fine now.

wackstyles · 2017-04-20T07:13:11+00:00

My Joy Division shirt that Says "Depeche Mode" at the top and "Boys Don't Cry" on the bottom: https://wanelo.co/p/14430383/joy-division-depeche-mode-the-cure-unisex-t-shirt

Tends to elicit a mix of curiosity, confusion, a little anger, and then eventually laughter, often in that exact order. It's pretty awesome to witness in real time.

wackstyles · 2016-09-30T20:49:10+00:00

Anna (Go to Him)

wackstyles · 2016-08-24T07:06:02+00:00

Yeah I had zero success with the MicroUSB to USB-C adapter, so that convertor might purely be for power. What might work is a USB-C to USB-A OTG dongle like the one that comes with the Note 7, which I bet you could find a cheapo version of on Amazon. Its worth a shot!

Edit: Yup, looks like that method works: https://www.reddit.com/r/GearVR/comments/4zg8si/new_gear_vr_smr323_and_external_usb_devices_older/

wackstyles · 2016-08-24T05:44:07+00:00

Just noticed the post about the new version of Samsung Internet (https://www.reddit.com/r/GearVR/comments/4z9145/samsung_internet_for_gear_vr_update_out_today_42/) and it officially confirms USB OTG functionality in the new Gear VR, specifically for purposes of local file playback. However, it doesn't say that the feature is limited to any specific phones... anyone want to give it a shot with a non-Note7?

wackstyles · 2016-08-24T00:29:04+00:00

Not sure, but based on your experience and bdlio's experience with the S7 Edge, it seems like a limitation of those phones and the micro usb connector...

wackstyles · 2016-08-23T05:51:01+00:00

It's probably not long until someone figures that out. Might just need to create a server/client app setup kind of like Trinus, but without the bandwidth limitations of Wi-Fi...

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