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PC died. Trying the legal options. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Pirate_lemmy_arrrrR@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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And fuck. I really miss plex. I've had Netflix and Hulu forever as family won't let me cancel. Decided to sign up to Paramount + for some Trek. Twice in lower decks it didn't save my watched episodes. Doesn't mark episode as watched if you exit during the credits. And multiple playback issues.

Wanted to add no ad Disney to the Hulu for some Doctor Who. Only the add supported is available through Hulu. So I'd have to cancel, wait for the month to end and sign up via Disney. Deal with ads or pay almost double the duo plan costs, or include ESPN, and honestly fuck sports.

What is so difficult about just providing a decent service for a fair price? Why is plex like a decade ahead of the streaming UI's? I'm trying to give you fucks money and you're making it extremely difficult.

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[-] darkmatterstyx@lemmy.world 57 points 10 months ago

A new PC will cost you far less in the long term.

[-] Pirate_lemmy_arrrrR@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 10 months ago

I'm working on it. Pretty sure it's down to CPU, GPU or motherboard. I have an old gtx 660 that I'm going to try. Then probably buy a new MB and see if that helps. Really hope it's not CPU or GPU as they're a 5900x and 2080Super. Not exactly cheap replacements.

[-] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

Have you got a buddy with a computer you can test components with? Might help you speed up the troubleshooting process?

[-] Pirate_lemmy_arrrrR@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 10 months ago

If I have to, I can canabilize the kids pc for parts. It's my old ryzen 3600 and gtx 970. Trying to avoid doing that if I can.

[-] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago

Not to say cannibalize but perhaps one night just test their parts on your board or vice versa to figure out what component in yours has bitten the dust so you can understand what you need to replace and budget/save accordingly.

Hope you get it sorted soon, friend. I couldn’t live without my Plex server.

[-] Pirate_lemmy_arrrrR@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 months ago

If it's not the GPU I'm almost positive it's CPU or mobo. It's hard locking anywhere from 5 minutes to an hour. No heat issues.

I've fresh installed windows 10, 11 and tried pop os. Pop froze twice during install. Disconnected everything except the ssd, GPU and a single stick of ram. Update bios. Tried both sticks of ram individually in slot 2 where it's supposed to go and slot 3, which still freezes and tells me I'm a dumb ass for not reading the manual for ram location. Tried installing windows on a hdd. Ram memetest86, sfc, ssd check through the bios etc.

Wish my CPU had onboard graphics to narrow that out, but I'll try the old GPU I have. At that point I guess I could throw my CPU in the kids pc and see if there's issues, but will probably just buy a mobo and see.

[-] Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

Don't count out the power supply, it can cause that issue as well.

[-] OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

I'd definitely swap as many parts in/out as possible before buying new stuff. Besides, you might end up finding out something just became unseated or unplugged - it happens over time. Just have some thermal paste handy before you start swapping CPUs.

Does it boot / POST at all?

[-] Pirate_lemmy_arrrrR@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

It just hard locks minutes to an hour after boot. I tore it down to the cpu and removed the motherboard and reconnected everything. I've now narrowed it down to CPU, MB or power supply. My bet is on MB, so I have a new one ordered.

[-] shadeless@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

Also look at the memory of you haven't already - run memtest

[-] Pirate_lemmy_arrrrR@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, that was one of the first troubleshooting steps. No errors. Also tried each stick individually. Confirmed the GPU is good as well. Ordered a new MB to try next.