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Yup tried it already. Firmware is up to date according to nvidia tool. That is specifically related to Displayport blank screen. This is HDMI and not just blank screen but literally not POSTing

As up to date as is available from LG. I disabled hdmi-cec and it made no difference. Rolled back Asus motherboard BIOS through every version. Still won't boot when connected directly via HDMI. Gets stuck on BOOT led. Moved sn850 ssd to a chipset m.2 slot, made no difference. This really...

My system is UEFI boot. Doubled checked in windows system information. It boots perfectly if connected via DP or via HDMI to a standard pc monitor (regardless of CSM, secure boot, whatever, doesn't matter). What sorcery is this that it shits the bed when connected via HDMI to the LG TV though...

Well here's a weird development. Everything works flawlessly if I enable CSM in bios and set all the devices to UEFI only. Pc boots up connected to TV via HDMI with CSM enabled. Disable CSM, try to boot connected to TV via HDMI and I get a BOOT led error on the motherboard.

Wow interesting, good find! It seems that issue pertains to Displayport though. I used the Nvidia tool to update the Display ID firmware but it said my gpu is already up to date. Jay mentions, the issue could be between gpu *and* motherboard so perhaps my motherboard UEFI is somehow in conflict...

Finally got my hands on an RTX 3080ti at MSRP to replace my 1080ti annnd its immediately being weird. The issue: PC that previously worked fine with 1080ti, upgraded to new 3080ti will not POST if i connect it to my LG OLED TV via HDMI. If I connect to a random Dell pc monitor via the exact...

Selling some stuff. Just wanted to raise awareness for any interested Low profile 30mm copper cpu cooler from thermolab...

Wow guys, can't believe it's been 2 years since sentry 2.0 already. Really curious to see what you come up with for a v3. I could imagine one more pcie slot of thickness while keeping roughly the same x, y dimensions would be a good start. Though so many of these new gpu's aren't just thick, but...

Guess I should have looked at your signature haha, glad the 3070 is working well for you. I'm long overdue for an upgrade 😑

In my experience with Sentry over the years I would say ~200w is the sweet spot. 250w at most. My GTX 1080 performed perfectly in Sentry at 180W. My 1080ti at 250W was noticeably tougher to keep cool. Not impossible. But if you want to just put a slim system together and enjoy it without...

Oh wow cool. I didn't know such a thing existed. I've ordered other products from J-hack with success so I can at least say in my experience they're reliable as a seller.

Absolutely nuts. Really amazing how much hardware you can pack into such small systems. Actually surprised this particular configuration didn't come from the likes of the Optimum Tech YouTube channel. Now let's see what AMD brings to the table with new Cpu's and Gpu's soon 👍 I'm speculating new...

I have a feeling any usb powered panel is going to be pretty weak on brightness and response time. There's probably only a few panels with such a low power draw available, there's a good chance they're all using the same panel from LG, sharp, Panasonic, whoever actually makes it. I looked into...

Morzy Have you seen this monitor? Hdmi and Usb-C. Not sure if it's this particular one but I think this company also makes one with a battery built in for one less cord to worry about.

Based on my experience that sounds about right. As long as you're happy with the performance, noise levels and everything then just enjoy. If you're unhappy about noise or temps or whatever you can always keep tinkering. In my experience with Nvidia gtx-10 series gpu's they just run as fast as...

Also most importantly that shroud looks f*cking epic. How did you match the noctua colors so well? Also how you mount the noctua fans within the shroud? Did you cut them out of their original frame? I need to know! All gpu's need noctua fans!

Yeah this is not like a typical case where you have dedicated intake fans and dedicated exhaust fans. It doesn't work like that. However if you seal the cpu fan and seal the gpu fan shroud to the case panel they become like case fans, directly drawing in cool outside air, creating huge positive...

Wow that's hot for a 1070 in Sentry. I have had a 1080 Founders Edition and a 1080ti black edition from evga in Sentry and never hit 83. Can you provide some pictures of your fan setup? One thing that worked well for me, sealing the face of the gpu to the case side panel. Essentially going...

perhaps respectable is a better adjective. Nh-l9i is perfect for 65w. I use LP53 with noctua nf-a9x14 for 88W i7. Just curious if this coolermaster is any better that nh-l9i. Yeah. Just curious any time I see a new super low profile cooler. Probably about equal to the nh-l9i.

Anyone come across this coolermaster G200p low profile heatsink yet? This is the first I've heard of it. It's available on Amazon in the US. A bit more expensive than the venerable nh-l9i but if it's better it maybe worth it. Though it'd definitely look better with a noctua fan. Mmm that...

Post time was totally normal with the 2700. So I figure it's got to be related to pcie 4.0. Or some other technology related to the new 3xxx cpu's. In my experience with Intel boards in the past if you disabled unnecessary things like com ports, disable Lan boot, or specify the pcie version it'd...

I realized bios 3.60 also wasn't saving any bios settings. Nothing survived each reboot. That may have been contributing to the slow POST. Updating to 3.90 fixed the problem. POST is still a little slow, but not nearly as bad. Settings in bios seem to stick now too. Also gained new voltage and...

Alright, I'll give 1.0.0.4 a try. Gotta say the first boot with 1.0.0.3abb was nerve racking, definitely thought it bricked. So upgrading again makes me nervous.

Having some issues with v3.60 agesa 1.0.0.3abb Background : Just slapped a Ryzen 9 3900x in my b450m pro4to replace a 2700. Worked ok with bios 3.30 (earliest bios to support Ryzen 3xxx). But the post time was like 2 minutes. Its run a case fan (just one of them) at full speed for a full...

For anyone interested I ended up using this particular fabric I'm sure if you took your time, you could actually make it look quite good versus my utilitarian approach. It's available in several colors too so that's cool.

The ugly beast Almost forgot about the front i/o :D also tried to singe the corners with a lighter to melt it down a bit so it's not sticking up. it's easy to melt as its polyester. But it started melting more than I wanted so I gave up on that endeavor. Cut out enough of the front panel so...

Well that was the best $8 I've ever spent. Cpu temps dropped 20C. Astonishing. Doesn't look like a total dumpster fire. Doesn't look uber professional either but damn it is functional. Case fans are actually quieter now too even though they're all running at the same rpm there's much less...

Not bad. Thats a lot of hardware in a tiny package! Though I guess you can say that about almost any Sentry owner :D

Ah good eyes, I didn't even notice but yeah the gpu looks like it sticks out beyond the side of the case by the rear i/o. I was wondering more about the thermals... iirc that's a very power hungry gpu.

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OH for sure but any funds are being dedicated to some used enterprise SSD's. I figure some filter/mesh is the cheapest option. This purely needs to be utilitarian, not pretty

Thermaltake h17 matx case. It has some perforated metal around the edges of the front panel but it's actually closed off. I realized the metal was for looks. So I cut out some of the plastic behind the metal using a dremel and it can get a little air through that now but it's still struggling to...

Hahaha wow hadn't thought of that. I guess it'd be good, seems like it might be too fine? will it tolerate being cut without fraying and falling apart?

I have a cheapo Thermaltake case for a workstation and it has horrible airflow. I want to cut out the middle portion of the front panel leaving just the perimeter, a rectangular frame basically. Then I plan to stretch some sort of black mesh fabric over it to make it like a crappy diy Meshify C...

Haha true but i seems its not so much the CPU isn't stable, it just doesn't even power on at all. I think its definitely something with the bios. Gigabyte included a dual bios but absolutely no way to choose which one to use. Kinda pointless. Supposedly it uses one BIOS all the time until it...

Not sure why vcore is shown as 1.23v, it was definitely set to 1.25. Seemed to be pretty stable, ran cinebench and 3Dmark a bunch of times. The only issue was the system would only boot every other attempt. I think one of the BIOS on my dual bios board is corrupted. Reflashing fixed it. Strange.

I had been running my delidded 4790k on a gigabyte z97n-wifi for years in a SFF system for a while at 4.4ghz all core @ 1.14v. Stayed below 75C and that's all that mattered in a sff system. Out of boredom and my incessant need to tinker, I recently got a Noctua NH-C14S cooler to push my 4790k...

Use weatherstripping to seal the card to the face of the case. Then the gpu fans effectively act as high pressure case fans, and they won't suck in any recycled hot air, only cooler outside air.

I agree with SaperPL, In my personal experience with both Sentry 1.1 and 2.0, I strongly suggest staying around 180W or less. Any more power/heat and no matter what gpu you have, green team or red team, it's going to completely saturate itself and the system with heat. Hot gpu's throttle (not...

More likely is that it'll only achieve the boost clocks on a few cores but when all cores are loaded it'll drop down closer to base clock much more often than the 105W 3800X will. This is pretty much how my 2700 works. It boosts to 4.1GHz on one or two cores but load them all up and it drops...