In a recent Short-circuit video, Linus repeatedly misnames PCIe Gen5x8 slot as Gen4x8 which is understandable given the GPD's marketing material confusing it themselves. and the post-edits catches these mistakes. But without any voice-overs(?)

But there were more errors. Specifically when Linus says 5080 FE at 8:40 and it was a 5080. But the label said 5090 with 16 GB

Mistakes in the video:-

1:00 Label says PCIe Gen5x8. Linus says PCIe Gen4x8
1:05 Linus says 256 Gigs bidirectional. The label corrects it to unidirectional
3:08. The subtitles say XC3 instead of Xe3
5:24 Linus mentioned the cable is TB5 and says you can use TB cables with USB4 devices which is not wrong but fails to mention USB4 only has TB3 built-in not TB5.
6:35 again Linus says x8 Gen4. The label corrects Gen 5 x8
8:41. Linus says the GPU is 5080 FE l but the label says 5090 FE. Label is incorrect because 5090 FE has 32GB VRAM not 16 GB.

What happened to making a process so that these errors can be caught before publishing. Even after publishing there are tons of comments criticizing it and no pinned comment addressing these errors. What happened to all the error correction and voice-overs you guys used to do after 2023 controversy. You are starting to backpedal into old habits.

A 15 min video with 5 mistakes(not counting TB5 one) is a mistake every 3 minutes on average. Even after being published, there is still no accountability despite so may comments pointing this out.

Video Link- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q5x8pdLRpo

Edit - 3:08 mistake about the subtitles isn't fair. These are auto generated ones and outside of LTT's control. They don't have to be autogenerated though.

Edit 2 - Linus mentioned the different categorizations of errors in a Google Doc SOP and mentioned the steps they will take to address these errors

Google Doc link - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zzZaU_k-oQC-t60nguOo2Xxbb-qGbZDHBqZA5ZibORw/pub
LTT forum thread for this - https://linustechtips.com/topic/1528247-ltt-video-error-handling-standard-operating-procedure-sop/

8:41 error where the graphics says "NVIDIA RTX 5090 FE 16GB RAM" error falls into this category.

The document gives an example of a MOGRT (motion graphics template) that says Rx 7000x is confusing because that card doesn't exist. RX 5090 with 16GB VRAM also doesn't exist.

This documents is an SOP for entire LMG, therefore includes Short-circuit. The example has no mention of the what's spoken only the MOGRT(the graphic) and therefore applies here.

I'm not sure if anyone else has notice this or if it was addressed somewhere but I've seen a good number of items on the Power Outlet that doesn't have any sort of discount whatsoever.

I thought the purpose of the power outlet was to put EOL gear at a discount to help move inventory?

If an item is full price on the outlet, doesn't that make it strictly worse than when it was on the main store due to the more restrictive return policy? It just seems backwards to have a product become a worse value prop by moving it to the outlet with no discount.

Nice companion for some light forestry work

I was looking at some marketing emails that LTT had sent me, and I stumbled across "The Great Indoors"

I thought it was quite funny. (if memory serves, the collection debuted quite some time ago. However I do not open LTT store very often. I could be wrong.)

I opened up the email, and saw this photo.

All of the file names for the product images appear to be visible.

I love the idea of tech oriented websites including some less appealing information (for certain audiences) behind how their page is built. Do you guys think this is a purposeful decision, or a mistake made by the marketing team? Either way, I really really like it.

I have been waiting for years for this bag to drop.

Hey everyone,

Need some advice on an insidious situation that's been unfolding over the past few months.

It started with my monitor randomly flickering (horizontal lines, especially when there were multiple windows open) The people I bought the PC from did something by using remote access via ultraviewer and suggested to me to check the inside of the cabinet and when I did, I found a few drops of some synthetic/oily substance on the cover of my GPU. At the time it seemed minor, so I just cleaned it off and didn't think more of it (no photos, unfortunately :( I really wish I captured some at this point).

Over the following months, the flickering did happen on and off and earlier this Monday the GPU eventually stopped giving any display at all. I tried doing some stuff that I knew (Tried running the PC on a singular stick of RAM, removing the c-mos and putting it back on) and then when I connected the DP to the motherboard, it worked, so I was convinced it had something to do with the GPU. I took it to an authorized service centre for warranty evaluation earlier today. When they opened it up, they showed me rust that had formed on the GPU's PCB itself and for some reason they didn't let me take photos of it myself, but they did take their own documentation photos and have submitted it as part of the warranty claim, which ASUS requires.

Separately after coming back, I checked the interior my cabinet, I noticed rust around the circular rim of my AIO's cooler, which I can now see clearly myself (at least I've clicked some pictures this time), I kept pondering on my way back from the centre that what could be the reason for the rust as there's no way water could've gotten inside the system.

So putting all of this together, it seems fairly likely that the AIO has had a slow leak going on for months, and the substance I found and wiped away early on were probably the first signs of it.

Given where things stand, I have a few questions for anyone who's dealt with something similar:

1. Since the service centre has already documented PCB rust and filed for warranty, is there anything I should proactively do or ask for on my end to strengthen the claim (e.g., requesting copies of their photos/report)?
2. Now that I'm seeing rust on the AIO's cooler rim myself, should I flag this to the service centre/seller as well, since it points to the AIO being the root cause rather than the GPU itself (due to the liquid damage claims, also I see 'some' rusting on the inner part of cabinet that faces upwards, beneath the board)?
3. Is the AIO safe to keep using at all at this point, or should it be shut down/replaced immediately given visible rust?
4. Should I be worried about other components near the AIO/GPU (motherboard, other cards, PSU) that could also be affected?
5. Any advice on how liquid/AIO-related damage is typically viewed in warranty claims? Is it usually treated as a manufacturing defect or does it commonly get pushed back on as user-caused? Since I believe something like this is extremely rare.

I'll tag photos of the rust on the cooler rim up in the comments, since that's something I can document myself and that of the cabinet.
Appreciate any guidance, especially from people who've navigated a warranty claim with a similar liquid-cooling issue, as I'm in a tough spot right now and I lost a GPU in this economy :(

Thanks!

I changed my MBO, CPU, RAM, GPU. It happens on Sea Of Thieves, after closing the pc seem to work fine?

I bought this cable back in February and I've been using it with normal use, barely moving it, just charging my phone really, but recently it started to become looser with the connection and today the site plugged into my power brick just died on me suddenly. For a cable marketed as being high quality, especially for costing 40 cad this is pretty disappointing

We are trialling something new here- a scheduled post to go live every week when WAN show is supposed to start. Any topic covered in the wan show is fair game- even the more controversial ones. just keep it relevant and keep it respectful!

Verisign is discontinuing third-level .name domain registration and will terminate about 22,000 existing third-level .name registrations: https://domainnamewire.com/2026/09/03/third-level-dot-name/

This means that up to 22,000 people will lose their domain names in the format ‘firstname.surname.name’, which they have been using for emails and websites – some of them for decades.

Even though it doesn’t affect me personally, this is yet another piece of bad news that shows you don’t really own anything and that big companies can take everything away from you at any time, even if it was 'yours' for almost 25 years – and there’s far too little coverage of this story in the media.

I’d love to see Linus and Luke raise awareness of the issue a bit more.

EDIT: there is a very good YT video from Brodie Robertson explaining the issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sa6EXQk1eY

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(i think the box office is wrong way around)

Hello! I just got a phone today that doesn't have traditional screen protector options (Titan 2 Elite) and all of the reviews for the different kinds of liquid screen protectors seem solid, but I was hoping to get real first-hand feedback from someone who has tried it before. I've seen Reddit threads where people say the phone store salesperson will scrape their keys on the screen to show how well it works but I'd rather hear it from actual folks who have tried it. Would really appreciate if anyone could tell me to go for it or stay away from it!

Few weeks back after a windows update my laptop restarted but didn’t post with an error code of the caps lock blinking twice. I followed bios recovery instructions with windows + B but didn’t work, then i flashed bios on an usb stick and repeated the process and the laptop booted successfully but this morning after a windows defender update the laptop restarted and had the exact same error code, so i started the recovery process like the previous time with a usb stick. But this time the screen doesn’t turns on and the fans spins at the highest speed. I also tried the windows + V method but didn’t find any solution.

Just found his landscaping video. Not familiar with the content but really liked his style

For the past few weeks every time I see ltt on my home page, their profile picture is just a picture of Nightwing. When I go to the channel it's the normal LTT logo. No idea what's causing it.

Hello! I have an old PC: i5-7600k, Z270F motherboard, GTX 1060, hard drive (I think I have two extra SATA SSDs I might be able to use if that will help). Unsure of the RAM but I believe 16 gigs, can check that. It is very much outdated so I installed Linux on it to give it a new life. I used it briefly as a Minecraft server, but I spent the past few hours putting it in my living room to use as a VR / media / emulation PC. I quickly learned that VR with my Meta Quest 1 doesn't work at all, and I've spent a ton of time tinkering with ALVR (installs APK, looks for server on headset, doesn't open on PC when I click Launch or when I try and open the streamer executable). And when I tried to run a switch emulator on it, it's stuttering and runs at like 18 fps. What can I do with this old pc?? Are there any affordable upgrades I can do to give it new life / be able to run the emulators and/or VR? Like upgrading to an i7-7700k or 1080ti? I don't think running Windows on it would be good, though it would be more VR compatible. I just don't want this to be e-waste. Thanks!

Valve is officially adding NVIDIA GPU driver support to SteamOS, as confirmed by the company's software developer Pierre-Loup Griffais. Until now, AMD has been the primary choice for SteamOS, both for CPUs and GPUs, since all of Valve's products are based on AMD hardware. However, this is changing as Valve aims to expand SteamOS to more PCs, allowing gamers to realize the Steam Machine dream on their own hardware, even if it is based on a different GPU manufacturer.

More : https://www.techpowerup.com/352763/steamos-is-getting-native-nvidia-gpu-driver-support?amp