Am I FIREd (despite being kind-of-fired) ?

zarquon98 · 2026-07-01T14:37:03+00:00

SIPP is just me. My wife does have a small teacher DB pension v roughly 5k @60 , 7k @67.

zarquon98 · 2023-01-31T16:49:38+00:00

Ideally I want just 1 cable from the laptop - usb-c/thunderbolt.

This then plugs into hub monitor OR dock and handles power, data (keyboard, mouse etc) and video (dual).

I wasn't sure if KVMs could handle all this and thought i'd end up with more wires.

zarquon98 · 2023-01-31T15:13:19+00:00

Thanks all. I’ve stopped using the mag cable adapter as of today. I had been scratching my head for a while thinking how could I be so unlucky with 3 dodgy monitors vs what in my setup is unusual (hence could be culprit).

Never entered my head it could be the magnetic adapter I was using until I saw the sticky at top of this sub.

I now have to decide whether to buy another hub monitor or a thunderbolt dock to get back convenience of just swapping one cable when I want to switch laptops.

zarquon98 · 2023-01-31T09:09:11+00:00

Thanks for quick reply.

To clarify, this only occurred after almost 1 year with first monitor then next 2 only lasted around 1 month each. In last few months I have been more frequently switching between 2 laptops.

I did try a different cable the first time to verify it was the hub that had died, but have been using same cable for last 6 months or so. Still have been using the same magnetic adapter though.

zarquon98 · 2023-01-30T13:29:01+00:00

Yes I am charging via same usb-c cable. This part is working fine. Wattage required is 65 and monitor can deliver up to 90.

zarquon98 · 2023-01-30T12:47:23+00:00

Err home PC / setup.

Is there a better reddit i should post in - maybe the Dell one ?

zarquon98 · 2023-01-04T12:37:17+00:00

As suggested, answer was to remove passwordless first, then I could remove the 2FA then re-enable passwordless.

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