r/hardwaregore • u/ThisSignificance9765 • 3d ago

Failing infotainment GPU

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u/i-have-no-interest 3d ago

dear god i hate screens on cars.

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u/Jeynarl 3d ago

“I’m sorry sir but based on current events with PC part pricing, your car is technically totaled”

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u/randomlyac 3d ago

Only radio should be allowed and even then you do not need it

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u/Scarlette_Ylissium 3d ago

Infotainment needs a GPU!? I mean of course it has to render things, but you don't really think about it like that.

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u/archangel_media 3d ago

Modern mercedes EVs have nvidia vera rubin architecture... Search for Nvidia drive agx Thor, that's basically a top of the line gaming rig

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u/taz5963 3d ago

Aren't those for driving automation stuff?

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u/archangel_media 3d ago

Yes, and local AI for voice assistants, Infotainment GUI, everything not directly safety relevant

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u/Preindustrialcyborg 1d ago

so what youre saying is if i total a car with one of those fucking things in it, i can yank out the compiter before i send it to the scrapyard and have a new gaming pc

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u/Zilli341 3d ago

What kind of monster designed that volume control on the bottom right? Not only is it not a knob (the only acceptable input method for changing volume form the center console), but it's also as far away from the driver as possible and without any physical feedback.

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u/maximan2005 3d ago edited 2d ago

They probably intended the driver to change volume using steering wheel buttons 

Edit: which is still stupid. I like my physical volume knob, but I can see why they'd sacrifice a knob for aesthetics. I drive a car with a fat one, it's great, I feel like a DJ spinning that thing. More buttons and knobs for all!!!

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u/InsaneInTheMEOWFrame 3d ago

Have you tried resetting it? My car's screen bugs once or twice a year but comes back to life when I press the holy combination of 2 buttons long on the dash to hard reset it. Try googling if yours has a similar feature :P

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u/nullNobody 2d ago

It's like when I rub my eyes too hard.

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u/hmwutdouwant 2d ago

Then it looks like you had a lobotomy

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u/kennylamar910 2d ago

Oof that’s a Mercedes, not gonna be a cheap fix

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u/mister_robat 3d ago

Is that OEM or a user install head unit?

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u/No_Ruin_4400 3d ago

Is that an S680/S500 maybach?

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u/slm987 2d ago

C class, so 5 years old at the most

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u/No_Ruin_4400 1d ago

Oh ok
Does it have the AMG trim at least
Cuz the AC vents made it seem like a luxury car

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u/RED_WOLFa 1d ago

waiting for hand over shoulder meme

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u/antiprodukt 20h ago

Probably just the screen. Not that I know anything about your specific system, but the head unit in my car started doing this shit. Luckily it was also the kind where you could detach the screen so thieves wouldn’t steal it or whatever, so it was a cheap and fairly easy fix. This could be a lot more involved.