I have two Samsung OEM NVMe SSDs that have developed what appears to be the same failure in HP Victus laptops, and I’m trying to determine whether either SSD can be recovered. The drives are: Samsung PM9A1 — 1 TB — firmware originally HPS2NGXK, now/previously updated to HPS3NGXK Samsung PM9A1a […]
Daily Archives: August 23, 2026
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I have following languages input methods In the task bar, I am normally able to click and change the language (or with ALT+SHIFT or with WIN + SPACE). But sometimes none of these work and I am stuck with ENG US. As a workaround I go to language settings and […]
I’m not fond of the default OS of the LCMD AI Pod. I’m wondering if I can install a new OS while retaining the device’s AI properties. Will I be able run AI tasks in Linux? These are the features of the default environment. I see some information on Google: […]
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed KDE Plasma. Not sure if it matters but this is a dualboot setup with Windows 11 Pro, a Dell Latitude laptop. OpenSUSE is using LUKS encryption. SecureBoot is enabled. I am unsure if this has happened before, but nowadays if I leave the OpenSUSE session open (usually with […]
My UPS (CyberPower OLS1000EC) reports ‘output short’ and cuts off power when the PC restarts, particularly when the switching is fast, like from BIOS to M-Flash (MSI’s BIOS flashing utility). It happens erratically. The PC peak load is 450W (7800X3D, 9070XT) on a 750W PSU (Deepcool PN750M) on a 1000VA […]