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expiredtektek posted May 6, 2024 3:36 PM
Dell Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop: i9 14900F, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, RTX 4090
$2400 or less
$2,800
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p.s. What is the slickest deal on 3dmark? About $7 from one of the various steam key sites?
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Since i'm here: The 4tb Samsung 990 Pro that had been crashing and disappearing from the system until I performed the latest firmware update started crashing and losing connection again. I turned on the 'full power' mode in the Samsung Magician software after reading about that potential 'fix' in various forums. While the 990 Pro hasn't crashed during active use since then, my new problem is that every night, when I go to bed, I turn off the monitor (a 65-inch 8k Samsung),and when I come back in the morning, the monitor no longer has a signal from the 4090. I jiggle the mouse, I press some buttons, I have even unplugged and plugged back in the HDMI cable, but it never finds the signal. All of the usual lights are on on the computer (so it hasn't shut down, as far as I can tell), but I have to force a shutdown with the power button and boot it back up, then go through the rigamarole of windows telling me it was shut down improperly, etc. Adds a good 10 minutes to my start of work every morning at this point. Lots of problems so far, but I'm sure they'll eventually be worked out.
Since i'm here: The 4tb Samsung 990 Pro that had been crashing and disappearing from the system until I performed the latest firmware update started crashing and losing connection again. I turned on the 'full power' mode in the Samsung Magician software after reading about that potential 'fix' in various forums. While the 990 Pro hasn't crashed during active use since then, my new problem is that every night, when I go to bed, I turn off the monitor (a 65-inch 8k Samsung),and when I come back in the morning, the monitor no longer has a signal from the 4090. I jiggle the mouse, I press some buttons, I have even unplugged and plugged back in the HDMI cable, but it never finds the signal. All of the usual lights are on on the computer (so it hasn't shut down, as far as I can tell), but I have to force a shutdown with the power button and boot it back up, then go through the rigamarole of windows telling me it was shut down improperly, etc. Adds a good 10 minutes to my start of work every morning at this point. Lots of problems so far, but I'm sure they'll eventually be worked out eventually.
I have a triple screen setup but don't ever turn them off. Haven't seen any hint of a GPU issue yet. Did you update BIOS yet? When I run "wmic bios get smbiosbiosversion", I'm seeing 2.6.0
Since i'm here: The 4tb Samsung 990 Pro that had been crashing and disappearing from the system until I performed the latest firmware update started crashing and losing connection again. I turned on the 'full power' mode in the Samsung Magician software after reading about that potential 'fix' in various forums. While the 990 Pro hasn't crashed during active use since then, my new problem is that every night, when I go to bed, I turn off the monitor (a 65-inch 8k Samsung),and when I come back in the morning, the monitor no longer has a signal from the 4090. I jiggle the mouse, I press some buttons, I have even unplugged and plugged back in the HDMI cable, but it never finds the signal. All of the usual lights are on on the computer (so it hasn't shut down, as far as I can tell), but I have to force a shutdown with the power button and boot it back up, then go through the rigamarole of windows telling me it was shut down improperly, etc. Adds a good 10 minutes to my start of work every morning at this point. Lots of problems so far, but I'm sure they'll eventually be worked out eventually.
I have a triple screen setup but don't ever turn them off. Haven't seen any hint of a GPU issue yet. Did you update BIOS yet? When I run "wmic bios get smbiosbiosversion", I'm seeing 2.6.0
Edited to add on 5/20: PC Was running all night, monitor was off, and the moment I tried to turn the monitor on today, the machine was still working fine, and the monitor was immediately recognized. It turns out I had not rebooted the computer after telling the Samsung Magician software to use the performance mode until yesterday. It seems that may have finally done the trick. It's over, Mr. Frodo! Now we just need that cashback.
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