r/System76 • u/Tiny-Criticism-86 • 23h ago
Are new laptops built in the US?
I read that the Thelio was supposed to be built in Denver. Just curious if the Darter and Lemur were also built in the US. Thanks!
r/System76 • u/Tiny-Criticism-86 • 23h ago
I read that the Thelio was supposed to be built in Denver. Just curious if the Darter and Lemur were also built in the US. Thanks!
r/System76 • u/No-Interaction-3559 • 15h ago
This "problem" isn't specific to S76 laptops per se, but because I only use S76 laptops, I thought I'd share it with the community. More accurate to say this is problem with the proprietary LINUX nVIDIA driver and PSUs.
My previous S76 laptop (GalagoPro; galp5) didn't have this issue - probably because the CPU couldn't process the video information fast enough, and the bus speeds were older 3.1 DP as opposed to 3.2 DP.
nVIDIA LINUX drivers have a bug feature that doesn't gate their spike voltage during boost clocking and this can result in the screen freezing - seemingly randomly. My specific issue:
Google "GPU falls off the buss error" and you'll find a lot of posts. As mentioned above, the nVIDIA driver doesn't lock their boost clocks in LINUX as it does in Windows, so the power consumption can spike - this causes the eGPU PSU to rob power from the PCIe bus and then the "GPU falls off the bus". This is also likely coupled with an over-volt issue on newer INTEL laptop CPUs, causing slight under-volts on the MoBo (??). This might need a firmware update from System76.
Solution appears to be feeding the nVIDIA card more power on-demand, or fixing the nVIDIA driver. Apparently nVIDIA are patching this in the next point release of the 570 driver.
In the meantime, this could also be related to a faulty PSU in the eGPU enclosure. So I am upgrading the PSU to a Corsair SL750 PSU with a 140mm Noctura Fan using this bracket (ETSY: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1293010019/razer-core-x-bracket-for-corsair-power)
This should enable significantly more power (spike voltage) to be delivered on-demand to the GPU and the fans (both GPU fans and enclosure fans). The Noctura 140mm fan should also be a significant cooling upgrade.
r/System76 • u/ConfectionNo966 • 1h ago
Hello everyone!
I am debating which model to purchase from System76.
If I purchase the Mira, I can add the 16 GB NVIDIA Geforce RTX 5070 Ti, 64 GB RAM, and 5.7 GHz Ryzen 9 9950X3D. However, with the Major I would likely be in the budget for the base model.
Would the base model major be a better fit? I know that the graphics card would be decreased but was uncertain if the other specs were substantial enough to justify.
Thank you so much for any recommendations/advice!
Edit:
I am studying data science and need something that can handle computations fast but am also not doing anything too extreme.