matt12046

So I've had the 27" Samsung CRG5 monitor for going on seven months now and I've had it up to my neck with this thing, and I'm a little drunk so I'm going to rip into this flaming dumpster fire of a monitor. This thing sucks. First, they have the audacity to print "Nvidia G-Sync" right on the front of the damn thing but using the feature makes it a nauseating experience that seriously, and I kid you not, put me off my appetite before. Ya see, this was supposed to be a 240 hertz gsync panel for the masses and was pimped as such on every article I could find. Little did I know about the dreaded curse of *lightning and thunder* INVERSE GHOSTING!!!! Now, we know what ghosting is, right? Well imagine that you had a monitor that was ghosting at higher frame rates but instead of just looking like hot garbage, it actually assaulted your eye balls every time you had the balls to try and use a feature you paid for. Sure, you can turn off adaptive sync, but why the hell would I do that WHEN I PAID FOR ADAPTIVE SYNC. And Samsung's customer service is a joke. Like the forums are packed with "Inverse ghosting" this and "Why the hell did I pay $400 to feel like I had sand in my eyes" that but not so much as a single helpful response. My personal favorite was where an actually honest to god samsung mod basically told this dude to go pound sand. See, and it's not even the CRG5 series, it's like, all of them. What the hell Samsung? Anyway, anyone have any tips for this piece of tech before I throw it through a plate glass window and down six stories? Edit: I’m attaching an image of the issue, keep in mind it can only be captured this way as it doesn’t show up in screen captures. Just imagine, every hard edge in the game does that. Now imagine trying to not be motion sick.

So I've had this K70 Lux RGB for about six years now maybe. It was a replacement that Corsair sent to me when my OG K70 finally shit the bed. She's been through two or three cross country moves and has so battle damage. So I figured I'd give the ol' girl a makeover. She's seen better days, nothing some rubbing alcohol and cotton swabs won't fix. Wow. I've got to say it turned out better than I ever would have guessed. It's nice but I know what you're here for... That's the stuff. Bonus video filmed in portrait because I'm a monster. https://i.imgur.com/97IkkOs.mp4 Edit: If you're in need like my baby was, here's the ones I got. https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1330

I don't mind it, I kind of see it as the price you pay for a lot of the hardware that we buy. It's a little more difficult to find some high end components that don't look like someone vomited skittles all over it.

Huh, weird. I guess a system builder would need spares. Thanks.

That is from fractal's site. And didn't consider eBay, might be worth a shot.

Anyone know of somewhere in the US I could order define R5 replacement parts from? I don't really have $50 to pay on shipping for a dust filter and a drive cage.

Maybe I didn't kill it... Where it scorched the dimm and melted the slot a little bit, maybe it was just a bad board.

That's the thing man, I didn't force it. I've built before and I know (or thought I knew) not to force something. It seated and that was it.

It was an asrock H170A-X1. And I don't know that there were unkeyed, but I could have sworn up and down that they seated into the slot. Oh, it's a given that I'll replace it, and then some.

See, I thought they were keyed and I spent about 30 minutes wondering that myself. I was an asrock board and only one of the arms that hold in the dimm moved, the other was fixed so I thought for sure there was no way in hell I could screw it up. Guess I was wrong.

So a buddy of mine finally decided to build his first computer, and I was more than glad to help. He got all of his parts in and we sat down tonight to get it all up and running. The problem is that at some point, either through lack of attention or just plain stupidity on my part, I must have installed one of the DIMMs backwards. Either way, when we fired it up, it let out that burning electronics smell and a puff of white smoke. Needless to say I'm pretty sure the mobo is fried and the memory sure as hell is. My question is, how do you handle the embarrassment of being the go to guy just to screw it up? I've already porpoised to make good on whatever it costs but I still feel kind of shitty.

Awesome, glad I could help.

Yeah, between work and school. It just kind of happened that way.

I'm in the same boat lol. Sadly my only day off is Wednesday...

Out of date bios' can do strange things. I know one time the audio kept switching sides in my headphones and I couldn't figure it out. Turns out a bios update fixed it. Good luck and keep me posted.