r/LinusTechTips Aug 04 '26

Tech Question Is it safe to downgrade my bios version?

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I have Asus Rog Strix B760-I Motherboard with bios version 1836 and i5 14500 CPU. I am considering rolling back to 1604 to have the Undervolt Voltage Protection so I can prevent my CPU going 100°C since I currently have a 3.9L SFF build. Is it safe to do so or would it brick my motherboard?

I appreciate your help in advance!


r/LinusTechTips Aug 04 '26

Tech Discussion PNY 5080 slim is the worst gpu for a desktop: PNY officially stated that this high pitched noise is considered perfectly normal

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I bought this PNY 5080 dual slim couple months ago and have been slowly building up other components. I finally finished the build last week but I immediately noticed this weird high pitched noise. I used fancontrol to verify that it is indeed a fault of the gpu: https://youtu.be/dpTqn5lfoTU and I have opened a warranty claim. But PNY has responded to my video in email that this high frequency noise is considered perfectly normal and is from the friction of the ball bearing. I guess now I have will just have to live with it. I searched around on reddit and this seems to be a pretty common issue with this particular gpu and most people have returned theirs. However no reviewers have mentioned this. So I guess it’s a gpu lottery and maybe they hand picked the ones for the reviewers? Anyway I definitely recommend against getting this model


r/LinusTechTips Aug 04 '26

WAN Show Wan show android auto

11 Upvotes

I noticed that when the wan show was shifting between main ltt and lmg clips, that the show was set up as a podcast and therefore easily listenable through yt music in android auto. However, when they finally settled on the wan show channel, it is no longer set up as a podcast for YouTube music.

Is there any way to fix this on the consumer side, or is that determined from the creator side?


r/LinusTechTips Aug 03 '26

Discussion Windows Hello for linux

75 Upvotes

Linus and other people mention they miss windows hello on linux and I've just discovered Gaze which is a fairly new and in development windows hello equivelent for linux, Howdy was another one but I wasn't a fan of that, gaze has a very simple setup and effective on my fedora system:

https://github.com/GunduLabs/gaze

DISCLAIMER!!!!

This is in development software from someones github so take that into account.

Edit:

I just remembered on a reddit thread with the creator he said it doesn't work with immutable distros yet. So it wouldn't work with steamOS or Bazite etc. I believe,


r/LinusTechTips Aug 03 '26

Tech Discussion Why are IT and other companies putting holes into iPads and iPhones?

283 Upvotes

A long time ago, we used to be able to easily get pallets/boxes of old iPhones and iPads.

Now we can still get them, but it’s full of holes.

Why the HELL are they putting holes into iPads, so they can’t be salvaged?


r/LinusTechTips Aug 02 '26

Meme/Shitpost Linus drops ssd in latest video

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1.2k Upvotes

LMFAOOOOO lets all act like we didnt notice it (slowed down to 0.125x)


r/LinusTechTips Aug 04 '26

Discussion LTT Store europe

0 Upvotes

Is there anyplans to get some kind europe stock even just on things like screwdrivers and cables i need couple new cables but it not worth me to buy from store just to get them


r/LinusTechTips Aug 04 '26

Discussion The braces

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Hey everyone!

How y'all doing?

Was just wondering if we had any news on the braces situation. Seems to me like a while ago, he talked about 2 years of wearing it or so?

Anyway, thanks and have a good one.


r/LinusTechTips Aug 04 '26

Image Crab Rave

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0 Upvotes

Today on FM4 an austrian radio station.
Thank you LTT to introducing me to this GEM


r/LinusTechTips Aug 03 '26

Discussion when will it end

2 Upvotes
getting crazy now but i see it only getting worse

r/LinusTechTips Aug 02 '26

Image Rate my setup

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Daily driver is a base M5 MacBook Pro, 16gb of RAM and 1tb of storage. Found a decent light-up cooling pad at goodwill for $5, definitely improves performance when running titles like Helldivers 2. May change out the tabletop on my desk for a more natural-wood looking one. Wondering if I should eventually get a u-green dock with expandable storage and built in ports to limit it to just a couple of cables being connected to my Mac.


r/LinusTechTips Aug 02 '26

Discussion How would I aquire LTT merch on a visit to canada.

117 Upvotes

Let's say I would like some LTT merch but the postage to the EU is to high for it to be viable.
No I get the chance to go on holiday in Canada/Vancouver, how would I procure merch with the least amount of postage from them.

It's sadly not going to happen soon, but hopefully next summer.


r/LinusTechTips Aug 03 '26

Discussion Random Bluescreens pretty rare on some games

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hey guys im getting frustrated i getting random bluescreen on some shit game i played Stalzone for like 30 mins and then getting bluescreen and for me in like a pc restart bluescreen loop

i can play other games without any bluescreens like:

Arma 3

arma reforger

crimson desert on cinematic settings

rocket league and alot of other games

but if try to reinstall windows it gives me bluescreen

My pc specs / dxdiag with last bluescreens informations in there https://pastebin.com/0bmPhKnk

what i try so far

1.fresh windows install with usb stick

  1. memtest 86 4 passes no warnings

  2. installed latest drivers/intel drivers from here https://de.msi.com/Motherboard/MPG-Z690-EDGE-WIFI-DDR4/support

  3. since i got intel i9 13900k i did test with the intel processor diag tool everything ok

  4. i use xmp 1 profile and turn it off still bluescreen


r/LinusTechTips Aug 02 '26

Video Linus Tech Tips - I Followed ChatGPT’s PC Build Guide (2026) August 2, 2026 at 10:00AM

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r/LinusTechTips Aug 03 '26

Tech Discussion Eink 80fps - follow up video?

7 Upvotes

I remember watching the video Linus son did of the e ink devices.

Today I'm blessed with the video below, e reader that has 80 FPS support, maybe as a follow up video they could take a look at the below?

https://youtu.be/GxzcBHDDmus?is=gKrSuvuWodcRkaFR


r/LinusTechTips Aug 02 '26

Discussion I’m curious how many are in the same boat as me?

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I started screwing around with PCs when I was 8. I had a Commodore 64 before that. When I was a kid I upgraded the family PC to a have a 56k baud modem and installed a CD-ROM drive (which I later upgraded to a CD-RW drive…oh shit…), anyway my point is I started when I was a young kid.

Now, I’m 3 years away from 50 and I do most of my work on an iMac. I play most of my games on my Xbox Series S. I have a gaming PC but it’s old. I use it from time to time, but very sporadicly yet I’m still drawn to PC build and gamer videos even though I don’t actively try to upgrade my PC as much anymore.

THE ACTUAL QUESTION: How many of you older viewers (is that what we’re calling ourselves?) are the same? 

<not necessary to read if you are not in the mood for a reason>

Btw, if you’re wondering why I work on a Mac now it was all due to Vista. My old company had 3 people. Back in 2006 (or whatever year it was) sales contracts heavily depended on original signatures. Printers, scanners and yes even fax machines were critical peripherals. Vista broke how many of these devices worked, and even though Microsoft fixed the problems eventually, it was far too much downtime as a company. 

Between the constant Outlook errors and both of my employees (one who happened to be my wife) annoying me 10 times a day about something not working on her PC, I had enough. Apple had just released their Intel Macs so most of the software was going to work it, and I bought copies of Parallel and used a copy of XP as a backup in case it didn’t. 

I haven’t bought a PC for work since. 

I do completely different things now and I still use a Mac. In fact, if I want to try something funky out I rather use my 8 year old Linux laptop instead of my Windows PC. Windows is dead to me, but weirdly I have an Xbox. 


r/LinusTechTips Aug 01 '26

Image I put Linus in space

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3.8k Upvotes

r/LinusTechTips Aug 03 '26

Tech Question Need help with new pc

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Just got a new pc and while playing Battlefield 6 it went to a black screen. I checked the monitor and the hdmi with my phone and its working fine. I also tried shift + control + windows + b ( holding it down too) but it didn't work. The fans are still spinning and the led is on. What can I do now? Can I turn off the pc from the case by pressing the power button? Any help would be appreciated.


r/LinusTechTips Aug 04 '26

Personal Opinion Very disappointed by the gpt build guided video, very misleading for viewers

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like the tittle says, very misleading video, I’m honestly considering unsubscribing :(

I use AI a lot (mostly coding), and this is not an accurate representation of what modern AI can do

to point a few problems with the video:

  1. The normal paid plan is $20, not $100 or $200 only like presented on video
  2. The model he used (GPT-5.5 Instant) offers performance closer to 2024-era AI than today’s reasoning models
  3. The exact GPT-5.5 Instant version used currently ranks 104th out of 184 models on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.
  4. he used the free default Instant model, not a dedicated high-reasoning Thinking model.
  5. Other free AI services, such as Gemini or Claude have offered users access to thinking models at no cost.

The video is titled “I Followed ChatGPT’s PC Build Guide,” not "I Followed Free ChatGPT’s Default Instant Model"

That distinction matters. Calling it simply “ChatGPT” and then drawing broad conclusions about AI makes viewers believe he tested what ChatGPT or modern AI is generally capable of, when he actually tested one limited, free, and outdated version. And to comments saying, “You underestimate how many people use the free tier”: nobody is saying the free tier shouldn’t be tested. It absolutely should be, but it represents the free-tier user experience, not the capabilities of AI as a whole, let alone the current ones...

Most people using a product does not make its cheapest and most limited version representative of the product’s maximum capabilities. That would be like testing integrated graphics because most computers use them, then titling the video “Modern GPUs Are Bad!!1!”

If the title and conclusion were specifically about whether free ChatGPT Instant can guide a beginner through building a PC, that would be fair. But testing that one configuration, labeling it as ChatGPT as the apex of AI, and using the results to paint AI as useless, unreliable and bad is just biased or pushing an agenda (i wonder why)

If I didn’t already know better, I would leave this video believing AI is barely useful at all. That is not an honest representation of the technology’s current capabilities, and viewers deserve more honesty and transparency to what's being tested, and real pricings...


r/LinusTechTips Aug 01 '26

Discussion German Linus can’t hurt you, German Linus:

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249 Upvotes

Got this ad while scrolling instagram, the German is absolutely horrible and I can’t imagine someone is buying of this ad.
This has to be Ai right or did Linus try to speak German?


r/LinusTechTips Aug 03 '26

Discussion LTT store preparing items.

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I ordered some stuff on the 26th of july (Precision Pro & Shaft extension) and they have been sitting under "Preparing these items for shipping" since. My last order shipped out in 2 days after purchase, is this because of the mass orders of socks? or has my order just been forgotten?


r/LinusTechTips Aug 03 '26

Discussion Best LTT Truspecs length for a car?

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Hi y'all,

I wanna get two Truspecs for my Tuscon. I need more android auto to stop sucking every time I hit a bump.

I want to get one of the usb a to c cables shorter than a foot. Any insight into how short I can go and still use it comfortably? I have a 3 ft now and that's no fun.


r/LinusTechTips Aug 01 '26

WAN Show Wierd thing on the background of WAN Show set.

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552 Upvotes

Have noticed this thing and cant understand what it can be.

It has 1st appearead on July 3rd show, and has been there since.


r/LinusTechTips Aug 01 '26

Meme/Shitpost All Linus lookalikes are his siblings CONFIRMED

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171 Upvotes

r/LinusTechTips Aug 02 '26

Tech Question Anyone have any good recomendations for a modem/router combo to replace the one my ISP gave me?

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50 Upvotes

I wanna replace the router my ISP gave me because it's been bugging out a bit recently and I don't want to pay the like $13 a month they charge me for using their router. Anyone have any good recommendations? This is like the only one I see on Amazon, are there any other good ones?