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Has there been a video done about the history of Ethernet/Networking? It’d be neat to see the team recreate various historical networks, and maybe even see how large of a gap they can get in the age of various devices within a single network (1973 & 2023 vintage computers transferring files? ).

So, Starforge was decent for tech support? Shame about their logo though, not very child-friendly.

Why are you here?

Yea that was one of the first things I tried. If anything it made the problem worse. I was wondering if there was anything more to it than the on/off button in Windows Settings?

The only graphics related software I run regularly is the basic NVidea Control Panel/Drivers, as well as MSI Afterburner. I once had Geforce Experience installed, but it caused all sorts of issues. Likewise, I installed MSI Gaming OSD back when I first purchased & subsequently set this monitor up, but it also caused all sorts of issues. I uninstalled it shortly thereafter. I only just re-installed it yesterday to update the monitor firmware. Again it began having issues with both Nvidia and the iCUE app, so I uninstalled it once more right after the firmware update. There was no change in brightness behavior during the 2 hours I had it installed.

I'm not ready to give up yet. I'm sure this is a software issue that can be corrected somehow. When gaming, the brightness is fine. It's only when browsing websites with white/light backgrounds (LTT, Gmail, etc) or Microsoft Office Work that the issue arises. Transitioning from a game to either of these applications, at first they will be a nice dim lighting level. Shortly thereafter (1-2 seconds or so), the screen becomes so bright that, if one were so inclined, you could use this thing to illuminate the dark side of the Moon from as far away as Saturn. Transferring back to the game, initially the game will be very dark, but then the display will brighten to something reasonable within the same 1-2 second timeframe. Could this be an HDR issue?

Regarding my monitor, it appears to be a firmware issue. The option remains greyed out, even after resetting the monitor multiple times and then re-installing the firmware. I'll just use the Monitorian software you and @Kilrah pointed out, as I have no use for any of the other features I'm locked out of on my monitor. Thanks! Edit - Monitorian is unable to lower the brightness beyond where it's already at. It only makes the monitor brighter from here.

I've gone through those modes. Doesn't work for any of them. Doesn't work for the Pro mode either, which is supposed to activate all settings.

Thanks for the detailed response. Unfortunately this didn't solve my issue. MPRT & HDCR are both disabled. However, the brightness adjustment remains unavailable.

This seems like a stupid question to have in 2023, but how does one go about adjusting screen brightness these days? I see the old slider in the settings menu is gone. Monitor is an MSI Artymis 343 CQR. It doesn't appear to have any built-in brightness settings of it's own (the option is there but there is no way to navigate to it. If anyone could help me out, that'd be great. So far, the only resources I've been able to find are either: pre-2021; or, more recent but for laptops only. Thanks!

The hardest part is usually on the software side. In this case, the software is compatible with both hardware ecosystems, and can support both concurrently. With the hard part taken care of, achieving hardware compatibility should be relatively straightforward. They could develop a new fan/rgb hub to daisy-chain inline with the rest of the new ICUE Link Smart Ecosystem. If addressing each of the old-style fans/devices through the hub proves difficult via software, a simpler (but less ideal solution) would be to treat the hub as a single device that handles each connected device via firmware. Yes you'd still have to toss/sell the old Commander/Commander Pro/Fan Hubs, but that is significantly less potential waste than replacing everything in the system. I agree a responsible consumer would resell the used products if they are still functional. However, if consumers could be wholly trusted to be good stewards in this manner, e-waste would never be a conversation item to begin with. Fact is, people are fallible, and can't be relied upon to minimize waste. This is why the onus needs to be on companies to minimize e-waste, both through their own practices and by shaping consumer behaviour. Corsair could have achieved both of these. By their own practices, they could have developed a simple hardware compatibility solution, such as suggested above. They could have also influenced consumer behaviour by introducing some sort of re-seller program for those upgrading their Corsair components. Corsair, of all PC component companies, has the market share to make such a program succeed. I have to re-iterate, this isn't a gripe against Corsair. It's their right to make money by developing new (and admittedly better) product systems. They don't have to give a damn about the e-waste potential if it's not in their best interests. My gripe is that LTT, a company who does give a damn about e-waste, would accept a sponsorship from a company that doesn't. What is wrong with my concern that LTT is accepting sponsorships from companies that don't appear to share their corporate values?

Just finished watching the KVM video: The last sponsor spot was for Corsair, advertising their new ICUE Link Smart Ecosystem. I have e-waste concerns about Corsair, and this ecosystem specifically, that I believe are incompatible with LTTs stance on e-waste. While minor and solvable, I believe they warrant some consideration. I've had fairly recent personal issues with Corsair, but as stated I'm also not happy about their latest integrated system being advertised here. While the ICUE software is compatible between both the new and the old hardware ecosystems, the hardware ecosystems themselves are completely incompatible with one-another. If you want to update to the latest ecosystem, you have a choice: Either run both hardware ecosystems, creating one hell of a mess of cables in the case (taking away from one of the primary rationales of the new hardware ecosystem); or, you ditch all your old stuff and create a bunch of e-waste. Corsair could have found ways to allow backwards compatibility between the two hardware systems, dramatically reducing the e-waste potential. They did not. This, in addition to my personal issues where I couldn't buy replacement parts for an otherwise fully functional keyboard, makes it seem to me that Corsair doesn't give a damn about e-waste. I understand Corsair needs to sell products to make money, so I don't begrudge them for that (aside from my keyboard issue). However, Linus (and LTT as a whole) has a very principled stance on e-waste/needless disposal of plastics. It is my belief that this philosophical stance is incompatible with the way in which Corsair introduced this new hardware ecosystem. If Corsair were to introduce ways to integrate the two hardware ecosystems, it would alleviate this concern. Thanks for your time.

Even in the event you do need more ports than your Mobo provides, often it is better to go with a Sata expansion card rather than an HBA. They are cheaper, usually take up way less volume, and have less software headaches to deal with. Only downside is having several Sata cables instead of one SAS cable.

Very old thread, but Google brought me here trying to solve the same problem. I thought I would offer what worked for me after the above solutions failed: Manually set the ingame Aspect Ratio from “Auto” to “21:9” for ultra-wide resolutions. Seems stupid, but it fixed all the missing menu & vertical compression issues I was having

How did you manage to post an off-topic comment in your own thread?