Re:I am a person who will look at the Steam Machine and cry
by drdexebtjl on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @07:18PM
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This is very true. I had a Ryzen Mini PC up until a couple of months ago, when it broke. Low quality VRMs, needed board repair.
Support says I need custom molds to reapply the liquid metal thermal compound, or it would 100% leak. Regular thermal compound just isn’t good enough. It was true. I could send it to China and they would fix it for free, but it would take 60 days and I would have to pay tariffs.
I just cut my losses and harvested the RAM and SSD for something more dependable.
Support says I need custom molds to reapply the liquid metal thermal compound, or it would 100% leak. Regular thermal compound just isn’t good enough. It was true. I could send it to China and they would fix it for free, but it would take 60 days and I would have to pay tariffs.
I just cut my losses and harvested the RAM and SSD for something more dependable.