Recent content by Josh_B

This is definitely an issue on the Asus ROG Crosshair VI Hero. Broken IOMMU support and I have issues with my HotLava Shasta six-port NIC as well. It is a known-good NIC with (I believe) a PLX chip on it and three dual-port Intel 82576EB chips on it. So far, so bad with x370. Arg. :(

Hi guys, Just doing some research and wondering if anyone is aware of any 32GB DDR4 UDIMMS. I haven't seen any but I believe they're technically possible. (All of the largers DIMMS I am seeing are RDIMMS... ie - no good for Ryzen.) As noted above I am currently running an R1700 on an Asus ROG...

In case anyone cares our 85kW model has been great. No major issues aside from wear/tear repairs. Excellent service. Great commuting car (120km/day) and also good fun for roadtrips provided you plan the charging stops out a wee bit. (Superchargers are a great idear.) Wish we had the cash to...

In fact that's nearly the precise design they *do* have for the skateboard that underlies the 'S and soon the 'X. (Regrettably the 'E' name isn't going forward.... that would've been great to have the S, E and X models.) ;-)

At -23c overnight on several occasions the power was restricted for a short time and the regen was disabled. The car otherwise operated flawlessly. By about 30km I had nearly full regen and completely unlocked power. (Up to 320kW.) I wouldn't say running a Tesla in such a severe cold (-50c)...

So expecting a house's wiring to meet code and a home's owner to take a minimum of care isn't "logical"? Why should Tesla bear all of the responsibility in keeping people from burning their houses down based on their own negligence? Ask yourself this: if you plugged a microwave into an outlet...

Oh and I neglected to mention that Tesla only uses up to 80% of a circuit's rated capacity. So a 50A NEMA 6-50 receptacle would be detected as a 40A circuit in the 'S. This is what I had until I bought the Tesla charger. (The branded charger is so much easier, by the way.)

If only there were a way to keep underspec'd wiring from burning... oh wait there is. It's called a breaker. Does your vaccum have a fuse or breaker in it? Should every appliance? Or is it better to insist that home and commercial wiring be up to spec and use breakers to handle this issue... hmmm...

The Fisker Karma has had a myriad of trouble since it's debut. The Model S on the other hand went through seemingly far more qualification. For example the 'S was tested by the NHSTA in various "mild impact" or worse situations afterwhich none of the donor cars caught fire. In fact I...

Actually the proper method (according to Tesla themselves) is to extinguish the fire with.. *(wait for it)... water. And I quote, "If the high voltage battery becomes involved in a fire [...] use large amounts of water to cool the battery." Luxury automobiles catch fire more often than...

The drivetrain has a totally separate computer from that which controls the HVAC or (in this case) the door locks. I agree that there should be some quality control before a vehicle is qualified to drive on public roads but so far I haven't heard of any issues with the car's powertrain due to...

Dang. I got a hard on just thinking about my Asus G73SW with 64GB RAM. :(

Alusions, are you suggesting that any car fire indicates "half baked" engineering? Did you know that nearly 200,000 gasoline cars catch fire every year in the US? That's an awful lot of terrible engineering from all manner of manufacturers.... Or we could admit that all cars can catch fire and...

The Universal Mobile Connector?! Good grief, don't let the dog chew through that. It carries up to 40A@240V. Probably better to give the dog a set of xmas lights or similar if you can't avoid it chewing on electrical cords. :D