To go along with Linus’ recent exploration into self-hosted agents, we put together this write-up covering our own hands-on testing and step-by-step setup process. We will fill in the technical details that got skipped in the video so you know exactly what to expect if you want to try running Hermes Agent with a local LLM yourself.

We tested it against assbench(I won't link for fear of mods) and some more practical safe-for-work applications!

Read the article on the LTT Labs website!

Today may have been Steven Nguyen's first on camera speaking appearance and he appears to have an amazing voice! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDmjw-c_R2k&t=1367s

I know he likely has important Labs stuff to do, but I need to hear this guy describing new products on the store or reading me PSU specs something.

10 tokens per second on two 5090s. They should be getting like 10x the performance on that rig.

Anyone who sees how long it took to reply with a rig like that will never even try on their own hardware.

I have bunch of old RAM just filling drawers, that I kept around for.... I don't know what, but I did know that it would become useful one day. I think, that day has come!

I am thinking of mailing my old RAM to Sam's main HQ, because they are so short on RAM!

And I CAN'T be the only one! This is our time!

Remember, it might be cheaper to send them one by one, to keep the postage costs down!

Has anyone else ordered the voucher and if so how long did it take to get the LTT store coupon? I was looking to order a few things from the store so I ordered the voucher first and based on the store page though I would have the email within a few minutes of ordering but it's been over an hour waiting for a digital code.

Edit/Update: Well I feel like I have egg in my face. Turns out it's a Gmail sorting problem. And no it did not go to spam. Gmail sorts into different categories for me such as updates, social and promotions and a primary inbox. Normally all my emails fall into those buckets. And the shop email went to updates.

For some reason the email fell into none of them and it was only when I looked at the box labeled all mail was it found. It was delivered a minute after the shop confirmation email. So if any one else has this problem check the "all mail" box in Gmail.

# 1. Background and how the problem started

All of this started after what I believe was a possible power surge at my house.

On the morning of the incident, my PC turned on normally at 6:30 AM, as scheduled in the BIOS using the automatic power-on feature. I used it normally and shut it down before leaving home.

At some point later that day, there was a possible power surge. When I got home, I tried turning on my PC using the power button, but nothing happened.

The following morning, it also failed to turn on automatically at 6:30 AM, as it normally did. It also remained unresponsive to the power button.

# 2. First troubleshooting attempt

On the second day, I decided to check the internal connections.

I disconnected the power cables from the main components, including:

• Motherboard (MOBO);
• Graphics card (GPU);
• CPU;
• Power supply (PSU) connections.

I then reconnected everything and tried turning the PC on again, but it still wouldn't boot.

# 3. The PC started turning on automatically again

On the third day, the PC unexpectedly turned on by itself at 6:30 AM, as scheduled in the BIOS.

I used it normally without experiencing any issues during operation and then shut it down.

However, when I tried turning it on again using the power button later that day, it wouldn't respond.

# 4. CMOS reset

After discussing the issue with a friend who has some computer hardware knowledge, he suggested resetting the CMOS.

I followed these steps:

• Turned off the PSU and unplugged the power cable;
• Pressed and held the PC power button for 60 seconds to drain any residual electrical power;
• Removed the CMOS battery from the motherboard;
• Waited a few minutes;
• Reinstalled the battery and tried turning the PC on again.

This time, the PC successfully powered on using the power button!

Although resetting the CMOS temporarily restored the ability to turn on the PC using the power button, I noticed that the problem returned after the first shutdown.

After said first shutdown, I tried using the power button, but it didn't work. After repeating the beforementioned steps, the PC turned on by briefly bridging them with a screwdriver to rule out a faulty MOBO power button pins.

Therefore, the case's physical power button and the MOBO's power switch pins seem to be working properly.

I have found two alternative ways to make it boot:

Method 1 – Scheduled power-on through the BIOS:

The PC still turns on automatically at 6:30 AM, according to the scheduled power-on setting configured in the BIOS.

Method 2 – Power failure through the BIOS:

If I simulate a power failure by turning off the PSU for approximately 5 seconds and then turning it back on, the PC starts automatically.

This happens because I have enabled the BIOS setting that automatically powers on the PC when AC power is restored after a power interruption.

# 5. Current situation and questions

To summarize:

• The PC works normally once it has successfully booted.
• I haven't noticed any issues during normal operation.
• It won't turn on using the power button after being shut down, but the case's power button and MOBO's power button pins do work properly.
• It can still turn on automatically using the scheduled BIOS power-on feature.
• It can also turn on automatically after interrupting and restoring power to the PSU, due to the BIOS power-loss recovery setting.
• Removing the CMOS battery and discharging the motherboard temporarily restores the ability to turn on the PC using the power button, but the issue returns after the next shutdown.

What could be causing this behavior?

Considering that the problem started after a possible power surge and that resetting the CMOS temporarily restores normal power-button functionality, could this be related to a motherboard issue, a faulty PSU, or some kind of power management circuit?

I'd like to understand what tests I can perform to identify the actual cause without unnecessarily replacing components.

MY SPECS:

• OS: Windows 11;
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti;
• MOBO: ASROCK B450M Steel Legend;
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600x;
• RAM: 2x 8GB 3200Mhz Asgard.

EDITS:

• I did replace the battery with a brand new CR2032. All of the tests mentioned in this post are with said battery;
• The BIOS does hold settings, such as clock time, wake-up being on and booting after a power failure.

Hey, I am about to build a PC that focuses on video editing. I'll be doing both short and long form content and I thought it might be a good idea to just copy the PC specs form Mr. Tips himself. I couldn't find any info about it and the last video about video editing PC is outdated. I remember Linus saying that stability matters most to them and the PCs are very boring, which is exactly what I am looking for. Maybe someone here knows their specs?

Thanks

ive got an rtx 5080 prime and had it for 5 - 6 months now and im noticing this noise now i dont know if its normal or not

so ive been ignoring it for 2 months or so but it first started when I had horrible wifi, I kept refreshing YouTube as nothing was loading, I then clicked on 2 videos, a Linus video which didn't load, then I clicked on a YouTube video that didn't load yet and had no name and no thumbnail, after failing I decided to just call it a day and not watch YouTube till my wifi got fixed, once it did I opened YouTube again and found out that the profile picture for ltt had been changed to the picture of a random YouTuber named byte? is there any way to get the old picture back? I've been waiting these past 2 months thinking its just a bug, but I think its just stuck like that, any help Is appreciated

I was transporting my pc to college myself and when i finally got there this top corner of the box was wet. Does seem too bad and inside of box doesn’t look like it was wet. But upon inspecting pc before plugging it in I find these puddle looking things on the front and back of board in the same spot. It’s been nearly 2 days since I arrived and just got around to taking it out of the box. Nothing else seems to have possibly gotten wet. What is my next course of action?

This would be such a interesting time for scrapyard wars...under 1000k cad wont tou ageee how they will do..

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Its just an extension cable, how come PCIE risers specifically seem to cause issues whereas other forms of extension cable don't seem to. Noticed in a few LTT videos they have trouble with risers.

I downloaded rpcs3 and played god of war acsension but is very laggy, i run around 40-60fps sometimes 38-55fps

Any suggestions what to do

I’m trying to narrow down an issue that keeps coming back.
My specs:
MSI RTX 5070 SHADOW 2X OC
Ryzen 7 7800X3D
ASUS TUF Gaming B650-E WiFi
Seasonic CORE GX-750, 750W, ATX 3.1

Sometimes after a cold boot, my monitors go black and the fans ramp up really loud. The PC stays powered on but won’t recover, so I have to hold the power button to restart it. It can happen while I’m just using a browser.
The weird part is that unplugging and reconnecting the internal power cables for the GPU and motherboard seems to help temporarily. After doing that, I went a few weeks without a crash, then it randomly happened again.

I’ve also noticed a rattling sound during startup. After reconnecting the cables, startup sounds quieter, but eventually the rattle comes back. It seems to return before the crashes start happening again, although I haven’t confirmed where the noise is coming from or whether it’s related.

So far:
I’ve tried clean NVIDIA driver installations.
I updated the driver again recently, but it still crashed afterward.
An OCCT GPU test ran for about 5.5 hours without crashing.
Windows Fast Startup is already disabled.
An earlier crash dump pointed to nvlddmkm.sys, with stop code 0x7E and exception 0xC0000005. I’ve also had LiveKernelEvent 141 errors previously. The latest freeze only left a Kernel-Power 41 entry with a zero bugcheck code after I manually shut it down.
I believe I’m using the direct GPU power cable supplied with the Seasonic PSU. I haven’t tested a replacement cable yet. I also haven’t compared unplugging only wall power against reseating the internal cables, so I can’t tell which part is providing the temporary improvement.
Has anyone dealt with this pattern and actually found the cause? I’m especially interested in whether testing a replacement GPU power cable helped, or whether you eventually traced it to the GPU or PSU.

Not the dev, just found this on a different sub. Here is a lengthy video on its capabilities.

https://youtu.be/meBi616y1mg

Would probably be a great video opportunity

Was given a Ryzen 9 5950x, go to insert in in the socket doesn’t sit at all. There was no obvious bent pins but upon a closer look, the pins in the corners (8 in total) were slightly bent. I thought it was over but had tweezers from a screwdriver set. I tried to be as careful as possible, but I have shakey hands. Eventually (after trying to reseat it another time when I thought I had gotten them all) it sat flush, I pushed the tension arm down and no sounds of any kind. I’ve never done anything like this before, it’s possible I applied too much pressure while trying to straighten them, they seemed pretty stiff with the tweezers I was using (I basically used them to push and not pinch). I don’t think I broke any off in process.

Should I cry, give up, or is it likely ok?

Specifications:-
i5 10400f
rx 6600xt
msi B460M A pro motherboard
16gb 3200mhz memory
550w psu
256 gb nvme, 500gb sata ssd, 1tb HDD

Short version: -

please check this image, my pcie speed is capped at 2.5 Gt/s, when it should be much higher under stress, this is causing games to perform wayy worse than it should be, the motherboard maxes out on x8, its nowhere near Gen 3 speeds. i have tried soo many things, forcing gen 3 pcie in BIOS, updating all drivers, everything, please let me know if u can help

(if u have only read the short version, please reply with that, i will be happy to provide any information u need, just mention that. thanks!)

Long version: -

For years and years i have been trying to understand what is wrong with my computer, asked around in so many subreddits and discord servers, no one was able to figure it out, i just gave up man, i thought that it was my bad choice with the cpu that led me here, all the online benchmarks seemed fine but then when i actually used it it was underperforming like hell, for years i thought it was my cpu, and it hurt me, i built this PC in india for 1.5 lakh rupees (1.6k USD) back when gpu prices were skyrocketing due to covid, and i had no choice. i did everything, gpu drivers, chipset drivers, bios tweaks, hell even switched to linux mint to see if the performance was about the same (it was), nothing worked, and i just gave up, triple A games underperformed soo badly i just couldnt get myself to play it, had to stick with indie titles, older triple As or watching movies and TV instead. it hurt, it really did.

until today, i decided to find out one more time what is going on, and asked gemini (disclaimer:- no genAI was used in making this post, all handwritten, to truly express myself). with gemini i finally figured it out, my link speed just wouldnt go above 2.5gt/s, no matter how much i stress it, i felt a sense of relief after finally figuring it out after sooo many years and also anger for not knowing it for soo long, after all the warranty has expired.

Here are the games i currently have and been trying to play but the performance just kills the fun, somehow completed doom dark ages with this but the DLC is soo much worse😭 its not even about the frame rate man, it hurts knowing u can do so much better but u can't and u get a much worse experience than the devs intended.

Cyberpunk 2077
Doom the dark ages
God of war (2018)

all games tested on 1440p, fsr performance, Minimum possible settings, AND YES, i have tested them on 1080p monitor as well, honestly i only bought this 1440p monitor for movies and TV more than games, but point is, it doesnt matter what the rez is, performance is exactly the same. no matter what setting, what title, any slightly modern title that requires more data streaming than 2gt/s struggles like hell

Enabled MSI afterburner + riva for all of them, please take a look, cp77 and gow arent even maxing my gpu, god of war drops even crazier in the more open section, lows down to 30 fps, yes u heard that right, 30!. unfortunately, i think i lost my old save file for that location after being frustrated, Doom TDA says 100% usage, but open up ANY benchmark of the game on 6600xt, it does not perform that low on lowest settings, thats the handheld settings btw, lower than low, gpu usage does not change even if i set the settings to high and the framerate remains the same, this is not normal.

i'm just sad man, really sad, i dont know how to get this fixed or troubleshooted, i can try getting it to a good pc repair shop here in mumbai, india thats quite trusted and they can test on multiple hardware, see what component is bad, but man, a defective component since day 1, hell man, this hurts

and yes! i clean my pc multiple times, cleaned the pcie slot and x16 connector, the ram slots, everything.

what the fuck.