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TLDR: Pre-release / experimental drive controller firmware was buggy and failing. Do your updates.
this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2025
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I already did update, to Linux. Haven't run into those kinds of issues since.
The problem was Windows duh.
Yeah, this wouldn't happen on Linux because it's impossible to install most firmware updates!
That's not Linux's fault.
I agree. But it compicates the situation to the point that "durr just use Linux" is kind of a silly solution in this particular case.
Every Windows 11 wreaked SSD is an opportunity to try Mint, Fedora, you name it … and maybe enjoy something different
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It was a better time.
This is the exact same BPM as the song I'm listening to... Weird...
Been there, done that.
Fix the shitty, half-assed HDR support first, then I'll switch. It's bare-bones and barely functional in Linux. On Windows you can even convert SDR YouTube videos to HDR in real time, right within Firefox. Linux doesn't have anything like that yet.
I'm genuinely curious:
What are you doing on your PC that HDR is such a dealbreaker? I can't remember anyone I've spoken to about it even giving a shit that HDR is available on anything other than their TVs
Games and YouTube. HDR makes them so much better.
Like I said to the other person, I didn't spend $1800 on a high-end OLED for no reason. I want to be* able to use every feature it has.
How do you "convert" content to HDR? You have to generate something that doesn't exist.
Did you pay 2 grand for a high-contrast mode?
Yes I'm aware the added information is fake, but I don't care cause it still looks better than SDR. The additional fake details especially look good in the highlights. Clouds are a lot more realistic, for one. Looks a lot closer to real life. SDR clouds are much duller, less detailed, and closer to light-gray than white.
Ok. I guess I'm more of a purist, meaning I prefer to view content as neutral and close to what it essentially is, as possible.
It's fair to prefer a more saturated or subjectively better-looking image, but I guess this is just not on many people's list of top priorities.
I have no solution here, except maybe use that display solely for media consumption and do serious work on a more traditional display. That's at least what I do, except with a projector in that case.
I can't understand where something so trivial and minor like hdr would be more important than not having copilot and one drive shoved down your throat. Personally if I never had any hdr features I wouldn't bat an eye. Not saying you don't have a point.
HDR is not "trivial and minor". It's a make or break feature for me. I use it every day.
Really? Just for HDR?
Yes, really. HDR is a make or break feature for me.
I didn't spend $1800 on a high-end OLED, only to be unable to fully utilize every feature I paid for.
That's an outrageous amount for a monitor. How big is it?
It's a little funny that windows 10 had a massive bug with 100% disk usage with hdd's. There were "fixes" out there, but they would stop working after awhile. They wanted to make people upgrade their PC back then too.