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.....no.
Playing at 720p on a laptop screen isn't an experience for many.

It's an ASRock B450M Pro4-F vs an MSI B450M PRO-M2 MAX. 

@LinusTech

Hello, my name is Shivam and I'm from India.I brought GTX 1060 Founders Edition back in July 2018 for nearly $340 (USD) i.e., ₹ 24500 from the NVIDIA Official India website after saving money for almost 1 year.After 1 year, the GPU stopped working and I got replacement easily in 2019.
 
For warranty claim, we need to mail NVIDIA support and then they generate an RMA number which is used to claim warranty at RP tech service center in India.Now, I again encounter the same problem with my GPU on 16/02/2021 and then claim for warranty.

I visit near RP Tech (NVIDIA partner in India) with my RMA number and they said my GPU gold contact pins are rusted. They decline my warranty and when I argue with them, they rudely talk to me and making weird points like we will not give you warranty claim easily and we ourselves reject your warranty claim. After that, they said talk to NVIDIA Support we cannot do anything.

Image of My GPU's front pins: https://i.imgur.com/JliCWQ6.jpg
Image of My GPU's back pins: https://i.imgur.com/yj8NoeP.jpg

Now, this case getting interesting. I mail NVIDIA support explain them that the condition of my GPU is good and I never touched anything with my GPU that void my warranty. I explain them what happened in the RP Tech service center and sent them my GPU photos. NVIDIA support then told me on Saturday that they will check this issue internally and reply me on Tuesday.
I wait for their response and they didn't reply. So, I mailed them again on Wednesday about what's going on. They said to me that they are still investigating.
Thursday morning at 5:02 AM, they reply and give me another weird reason which is seriously unacceptable. They send me my GPU photo with highlighting screw and some soldering component and said that this is the reason your RMA is canceled i.e., my GPU warranty claim denied.

The Image they send me: https://i.imgur.com/i9lQGP6.png

So, please guys I need your help to make this post to reach Linus so that he can see what kind of scam is happening in India. Even, their partner RP Tech employee said me that they will themselves reject my claim no matter what.
Due to pandemic, my family financial condition is not good right now. I am a college student and working on Android App Development. I am a casual R6 Siege player. Since, I use Ryzen 1500x CPU, I'm unable to use my PC without a GPU.

My last hope is Linus and I hope with the help of this beautiful PC community this post reach to LINUS SEBASTION.

Thanks to all

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I received a new mail from NVIDIA stating that my GPU is physically damaged. Seriously, this is too much guys. I need your support guys.
 

don't tell them you changed the BIOS. What country do you live in? warranty laws are different in different countries. Here in the US, the motherboard's warranty is still valid regardless of the BIOS version.

mostly testing games that change almost every month will make every benchmark outdated. Not to mention that all those games are quite CPU intensive

Yeah CS:GO is such an obscure and unpopular game. 

Issue with games like those are, they get updated so often that data from previous generation of cards wont be comparable to new ones. I am certain they can test those games but they wont be as comparable as games like Tomb Raider.

Big LMG fan here, but it gets a little boring seeing tomb raider and CSGO frames rates, maybe start comparing games that are more popular to see real world value in cards to make it more relatable.
Cheers
 
 

That adapter only makes sure that PSU2 is powered when PSU1 is powered via motherboard. You can use different PSUs but make sure to pick a appropriate ones.

you clearly havent visited a tropical country where the moment you exit the airplane door, you wished you were back in your country
hot + humid = sticky
 
that said, i experienced -5c, washing my hands was a pain

lmfao, this is literally a release for most people, go and kill people online so you don't in person. people don't see a murder in a video game and kill someone in real life, yet people have staged whole murders to mimic movie plots, what the fuck!?

it arrived right when im about to sleep
 

 
first step to finally have enough storage, will buy another one next month or so for redundancy, then start adding capacity from there

Rip B150 Pro Gaming Aura, you served me well
Hope this works as intended
 
Stock so old that there's brown spots

Looks great!
Keep firing Slick until he gets the bugs worked out

Thanks so much for joining. My vision is a community based on positive member interaction and helping each other. I believe that if we all work together toward this goal, we will have success in the long run.
We don't have official forum rules or anything like that yet, but as long as everyone is respectful of each other, and patient with the growing pains that we are going to experience (vBulletin 5 is VERY beta right now) we can make this into an AWESOME community forum.
Linus

My car broke down in Thursday so I had to hire one at very short notice.
 
Thought the Regestration plate was..... nice

Hey, I'm new to PC building and I plan to build one. Basically, I'll only be buying regular fans (ID-Cooling, non-LED specifically) since I never liked those overly decorated builds. Then I saw other builds that used the same fans mentioned. Newbie question but why're there bright LEDs in those builds yet none of the fans are LEDs? Thanks
 

So, you should really upgrade your cpu, motherboard, and ram, but that's going to be quite spendy. There's no real reason to upgrade the gpu at the moment, as your cpu will be bottlenecking it anyway. 

Does it have a proprietary power supply, e.g. no 24-pin power connector?
What wattage does the PSU have?
Also, the HP website says the "AMD Ryzen 5 2400G" has "Intel UHD Graphics 640", lol.

Nintendo will fix your Joy-Cons for free if you send them to Nintendo.
Just Google "joy-con drift free repair" and there will be a link to a Nintendo website where you can submit a help ticket.
 
EDIT:
Sent in my blue minus Joy-Con (was bought on launch day) that was so bad it wasn't usable.
Works fine.

A while back I first heard about the LattePanda Alpha and it's an interesting little SoC machine that can be gaming-capable and is actually in reach for many potential buyers. While the prospect of eGPU is very interesting (some even pairing up with a Titan to truly test its bottlenecks), I find more interest adapting it into a handheld form factor. The LP Alpha is more out of my budget, and so are the GPD Wins and the OneGX1, so I want to see what I can accomplish under $400, with some decent gaming performance. This budget should include the computer itself, additional hardware, case, and power management.
 
I chose a 6th generation Intel NUC with Iris graphics. I wouldn't be the first to make a portable system out of a NUC- that was done already with Project Scout, and it serves as one of my inspirations.

The form factor is going to be a 7-to-8 inch netbook, or like those mini gaming laptops that seem to be getting more popular. That will probably be the biggest driving factor to how much I will need to DIY for the design. And when I build custom PCs I also like building custom cases. So here we are.
 
To make it a UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC), it needs the following:
Built-in controls Screen Batteries A ton of handheld Pi-based systems already exist but rarely do I see ones based on a NUC so I think that would be a nice challenge to do.

Here's a render of what you can expect for the parts layout to be like inside its case.
 

 
First is the PC itself, the Intel NUC6i5SYK. Its CPU is a few generations old, but I got it because of the low price. Its iGPU is noticeably better HD integrated graphics most of its CPUs have. Maybe I will upgrade later to a Minisforum PC, Asus P50 or something like it for the Ryzen goodness. But for now this will do.
 
NUC6i5SYK - $181 after tax
 
This is probably the smallest desktop computer I've owned, as I don't buy a lot of single-board computers. The aluminum case is sturdy and makes it feel heavy for its size.
 

 
I went out to the nearest computer store to buy a DDR4 laptop DIMM in a pinch because I didn't have any. The cheapest RAM is some brand I don't recognize, Neo Forza, and the ram modules are by GoldKey. I actually took a gamble with this RAM because it's not on Intel's certified vendor list, but it did boot up properly.
 

 

First I booted with Kubuntu 20 on live USB, and quickly ran some Unigine benchmarks. Heaven is more taxing on the iGPU than Valley but I am satisfied with how well it ran on 1280x720, one of the resolutions I'm targeting. And that is just with single-channel RAM. I will replace this later with dual-channel RAM so I can get better performance.
 
For now, I think the next step is how to add battery power. Either I could go with Li-ion or Li-polymer cells. This NUC can take in a wide voltage input of 12V to 19V, so that makes power setup a bit easier.
I will go over power settings on the BIOS to see how I can make the PC more energy efficient, but in stock settings the benchmarks draw up to 35W at the wall. A 3000 mAh pack at 14.8V- a typical voltage for cell in 4-series- can theoretically last up to 44.4 watt-hours (not counting loss of efficiency). 3500 mAh would net around 50. Something like this DIY uninterrupted power supply.
 
Alternatively, I could use a lower-voltage cell and a step up converter.
 
The UPS part comes with being able to recharge with a power source and disconnecting it so it runs on battery while the barrel plug to the NUC stays connected. It's still possible to bypass the battery circuit completely to make the NUC use its own power supply as normal, though this requires turning off the unit.

Another major part for this build is the display. It needs its own small display to be a handheld unit, right? There are many 7" touch screen IPS displays mainly designed for Raspberry Pi and general purpose use. They are all similar but with subtle differences in ports and circuit layout. Lamentably, all of these are not slim enough to fit in my project. It was hard to find the thickness of these displays, but a few listed in the specs as 15mm including the ports. I settled for a non-touch display because it was at a good price ($33), and in a thinner case. Plus, it has built-in speakers!   UPerfect 7 inch IPS display - $36
Total cost - $217     The resolution is 1024x600 which is reasonable for this small size. While I could just get a bare 7" display with control board, all the boards I've seen for these displays are too bulky for my needs and take up too much room that would used better for power or cooling.

I will add a touch screen overlay later on. By this time I would work on a custom frame for the screen anyways, so that the overlay fits with the screen.  

It's probably one of the scam drives that's a reprogrammed 32GB one.
How much did you pay for it?

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