Question Build Advice - Gaming/flight sim/VR New Build ~$3000 for Tower, mostly complete, LOTS of questions - Updated 7/21

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well itll have to wait till i reinstall windows. turns out the fan controller stopped working again. lian li suggested updating chipsets and BIOS if there was one. well there were chipset and bios updates so i did them...it went to boot into windows and well...it asked for my bitlocker recovery key. which i didnt save to microsoft account. and didnt take a picture of. and didnt store anywhere else yet. so. guess im getting that fresh reinstall after all.
 

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unplug the damned cable and install offline. Or use something other than the home version. I don't get most of this BS by using an enterprise version and blocking MSFT domains in pi-hole to completely cut them off. If "I" want an update I'll go fetch it off their portal based on any security alerts/news RE something they've done yet again to FU the OS ad leave a gaping hole somewhere. Any time I let them do anything automagically I usually end up spending a fair amount of time figuring out WTF they jacked up in the process.

If I have to use W then I want it to work properly w/o all of the gimmicks they've been rolling out the past couple of years like ads int he start menu, disabling key options, removing things, adding crap, and so on. After a fresh install I tend to go about running scripts to disable a ton of stuff and then boot into Linux and rip the guts out of certain things to make sure they don't come back.

If I could port a couple of key things over to Linux I would have been done with this dumpster fire long ago. Unfortunately being well versed in both OS options helps figure out F-tards issues as well when they start whining about something not working.
 
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unplug the damned cable and install offline. Or use something other than the home version. I don't get most of this BS by using an enterprise version and blocking MSFT domains in pi-hole to completely cut them off. If "I" want an update I'll go fetch it off their portal based on any security alerts/news RE something they've done yet again to FU the OS ad leave a gaping hole somewhere. Any time I let them do anything automagically I usually end up spending a fair amount of time figuring out WTF they jacked up in the process.

If I have to use W then I want it to work properly w/o all of the gimmicks they've been rolling out the past couple of years like ads int he start menu, disabling key options, removing things, adding crap, and so on. After a fresh install I tend to go about running scripts to disable a ton of stuff and then boot into Linux and rip the guts out of certain things to make sure they don't come back.

If I could port a couple of key things over to Linux I would have been done with this dumpster fire long ago. Unfortunately being well versed in both OS options helps figure out F-tards issues as well when they start whining about something not working.
I have a win11PRO installer and key. full retail. it required me to go online to install it. its BS because i do NOT want to use my MS account for login.

also FWIW that stupid memory error is back with a fresh install and just windows updates run. it appeared after windows updates. again disabling the game service fixes it.
 

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They sell keys online for $20. It's a scam as if you've ever bought a machine with it installed already.... Nevermind.

It will install offline and there's a key sequence you can do to get the local account prompt as well.

While offline disable WU and manually get the latest bulk patch instead of wasting time with tons of reboots. Google patch Tuesday and some results will come up and I think XDA has a link to the latest patch revisions for each build.
 
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Well im back online mostly. all updated done, windows installed, games redownloading now, all support software and drivers done.....L connect 3 version 2.0.17 is installed because 2.0.18 had issues. Well, im still having issues with my TL fan controller being detected. It was working and then after a reboot isnt working.

ive tried two TL fan controllers, and switched USB headers on the motherboard. hasnt made a difference. both TL controllers are just intermittently connecting and recognized by windows. the SL fan controller works flawlessly whcihever USB header its in
 
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Well im back online mostly. all updated done, windows installed, games redownloading now, all support software and drivers done.....L connect 3 version 2.0.17 is installed because 2.0.18 had issues. Well, im still having issues with my TL fan controller being detected. It was working and then after a reboot isnt working.

ive tried two TL fan controllers, and switched USB headers on the motherboard. hasnt made a difference. both TL controllers are just intermittently connecting and recognized by windows. the SL fan controller works flawlessly whcihever USB header its in
You're using a pice power connector for the TL fan controller correct?
 
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You're using a pice power connector for the TL fan controller correct?
Yes- 6 pin PCIe connector for power and USB headers for control

The fans have power and spin. the LED fans have no lighting, the LCD fans have the screen lit with the Lian Li logo, they spin but dont have any RGB and the controller doesnt show up in the device manager.

I could buy one bad controller...but it seems unlikely that two would just be bad?
 

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Yes- 6 pin PCIe connector for power and USB headers for control

The fans have power and spin. the LED fans have no lighting, the LCD fans have the screen lit with the Lian Li logo, they spin but dont have any RGB and the controller doesnt show up in the device manager.

I could buy one bad controller...but it seems unlikely that two would just be bad?
It's possible that you have a defective firmware causing your issues. Or maybe Lian Li had a batch of bad controllers. Hard to say really.

Or maybe just a firmware software mismatch?
 
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It's possible that you have a defective firmware causing your issues. Or maybe Lian Li had a batch of bad controllers. Hard to say really.

Or maybe just a firmware software mismatch?
based on reddit, there seem to be a number of people ever since the recent firmware/software updates having wonky issues. for the fuck of it i just swapped the USB headers again and now it works. who the hell knows. it sure doesnt.

with the headers swapped (again) now the TL controller reconnected and is recognized.
 

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based on reddit, there seem to be a number of people ever since the recent firmware/software updates having wonky issues. for the fuck of it i just swapped the USB headers again and now it works. who the hell knows. it sure doesnt.

with the headers swapped (again) now the TL controller reconnected and is recognized.
Hopefully you don't have a flaky USB header on the motherboard.
 
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Hopefully you don't have a flaky USB header on the motherboard.
i could buy one...but both of them? and if so why would the SL controller not be affected at all. its been plugged in the same USB header as the TL controllers have been. i just switch them back and forth, and the SL controller works on either header without fail.
 
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So far on the downgraded firmware the fan controller seems to be fine

Newest issue is I have a bad fan. Tl led fan number 2 has started making an awful noise



Just outside return window too…so now need to do RMA

Anyone else feel like there’s a ghost in this machine
 
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So far on the downgraded firmware the fan controller seems to be fine

Newest issue is I have a bad fan. Tl led fan number 2 has started making an awful noise



Just outside return window too…so now need to do RMA

Anyone else feel like there’s a ghost in this machine
I blame the black GPU in an all white build! 🤣
 
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