u/Next_Ad2144

I seem a lot of bigger things and vinted always had a £8 yodel option, it was slow but not expensive, however now no matter what the only option for buyer's is DHL and it's £25 it's ridiculous, is there any way to fix this because the yodel options are still in the postage preference page but buyer's just can't select them.

for forza horizon 6 on steamrip the bzzhr server 1 download links to (fafda. to) or some random site for some reason even though it still stays on that page, it's not a redirect it's is just what server 1 links to, even if you try using a download manager, is this what is causing all those people to have their accounts compromised?

I've seen at least 20 people no claim their accounts were compromised when downloading from server 1 on the bzzhr link and usually it's people accidently clicking ads but this one just seems suspicious and steam rip keep re uploading different versions, originally the bzzhr file was 145gb then 137.2 then 135.8, it's constantly being reuploaded which just seems very odd. also no mention anywhere of what fafda is and if you go straight to fafda. to it's just a random black site with like 5 words.

server 2 on the bzzhr link is still a bzzhr download link not fafda.

just curious if its actually a normal link or if fafda is some kind of virus link

making this post as literally nothing on the internet exist regarding this except people who couldn't fix the issue and instead just RMAed their boards. dont RMA your boards it's an easy fix and asus probably won't help you any way, they hate accepting warranty claims.

The issue

when updating the bios asus made it awful and on a select few boards it limits power consumption meaning during the restart phase of the update the pc fails to post as it's simply not getting any power, this will cause it to boot loop in easy flash so it will boot to easy flash attempt to repair bios and then turn off and loop.

The Fix

first unplug literally everything except

8pin cpu cable

24pin mobo cable

1 stick of ram (put it in slot a2 if you have 4 slots or just slot closest to cpu if you have 2)

everything else has to be unplugged from the mobo, literally everything including hd audio and stuff, trust me it will not work with these plugged.

take out nvmes.

then switch psu off unplug it.

bridge CMOS jumper pins for 10 seconds

plug psu back in and switch psu on.

if you have a speaker and your motherboard hasnt got post lights that could be good to use.

then you want to plug only the USB stick with the bios update in to the rear io, preferably the slowest USB possible, 3.0 or slower, 3.2 will likely mess it up.

then bridge power switch so pc turns on and it will now update successfully, after that you can reconect all the stuff.

if you have no intergrated graphics!

this is the main issue I had, I have a RTX 4090 so it was failing even with all the stuff removed, I swapped the 4090 out for a gts 650 to do the update and it worked. so any lower powered gpu would probably work.

also if you get the American mega trends screen then plug a keyboard in but ONLY into a USB port that is the same speed as the one the bios update USB stick is in.

Dont ask me why it's this specific, I honestly couldn't tell you, things like power switch are fine to leave plugged in as it is just a switch that jumps the pins but I uplugged it as I had already in plugged every thing and for some reason it would only work after unplugging the front panel connectors.

also if you have the issue where it says not a compatible bios file or something then you either need a newer bios file version or you need to rename it with the rename exe tool they include in the download.

hope this helps some people as I can see people posting that they are having this issue pretty regularly and no one has posted an actual fix except another guy who actually just had faulty ram so it wasn't actually a fix for this issue.

I can't unlink my Xbox account from my Activision account, when I try it just says system error please refresh.

ive already tried all the fixes people have posted and ive contacted support who said they can't help me because they get an error trying to check my account.

they said it's likely due to unlinking an account within 12 months but ive not signed into this Activision account in over 800 days so it's 100% not that

I was returned a pc I sold to someone, they claimed it didn't display but when I got it back parts were not connected and had just been left in the case loose.

Nothing was actually swapped out as I have checked all the serial numbers and on all the parts, I assume the motherboard is faulty in some way as ive been able to test the rest of the parts in a different pc without issue.

the actual issue is that the PC starts, cpu led comes on then goes to dram for about 2 seconds then no lights for about 5 seconds then the pc shuts off and restarts. so you would assume just simple faulty board but then when I reseat the ram the pc boots perfectly but if the psu is switched off for more than 10 mins then the issue starts all over again and the ram needs reseating again.

ive tried flashing bios, new cpu, new ram, new CMOS, new psu fully cleaning the board and ram slots.

at this point I am going to buy a new board because I wouldn't sell a pc with this board even if I fix it but I do want to try resolve the issue because it's such an odd issue.

I did find some posts from other people having the boot loop issue but I don't think it's the same issue I have.

Any good ideas would be appreciated. I think the issue was caused by the buyer who returned the pc to me trying basic troubleshooting for a no display like reseating the ram and I assume they didn't know what they were doing and caused some kind of damage but I have fully checked over the board with a microscope and nothing seems damaged. Not a massive issue because the site I sold it on fully compensated me and the buyer the full order ammount.

edit: the motherboard is a MSI H310M PRO-M2 Plus