Technical Issues - TPU Main Site & Forum (2022)

[BlaezaLite]

Site just gave me a bad gateway 502 error. @W1zzard , what you doing now?

 

[Mussels]

I've encountered a bug on the forums

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

I've encountered a bug on the forums

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Being from Australia, it probably could kill you 3 ways...

Is there a way to resize inline photos on mobile? Every time I post from my phone, the pics come out HUGE. And without a mouse, there is no way to drag the edge to shrink.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Is there a way to resize inline photos on mobile? Every time I post from my phone, the pics come out HUGE. And without a mouse, there is no way to drag the edge to shrink.

No, but there is another solution: use a PC to access TPU.

 

[qubit]

Being from Australia, it probably could kill you 3 ways...

Is there a way to resize inline photos on mobile? Every time I post from my phone, the pics come out HUGE. And without a mouse, there is no way to drag the edge to shrink.

Does pinch to zoom work?

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

No, but there is another solution: use a PC to access TPU.

You're joking!

It's just that a bunch of stuff that I post on the Funny Pictures thread is from my mobile device. I was curious to know if anyone else had a solution.

Does pinch to zoom work?

Sadly not.

 

[Mussels]

the TPU app is discontinued, so this would be a feature of whatever browser you use - you'd need to investigate the options

 

[lexluthermiester]

You're joking!

I was being a bit of a smart-alec, but no I wasn't joking. Use a PC(Windows, Mac, Linux). Cellphones are cellphones. They are not meant or designed for use as a primary computing device. While there are a growing number of people who use cellphones as their only computing device, such does not change the fact that it is not their purpose. They are meant to be a mobile supplement to a main computing system.

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

I was being a bit of a smart-alec, but no I wasn't joking. Use a PC(Windows, Mac, Linux). Cellphones are cellphones. They are not meant or designed for use as a primary computing device. While there are a growing number of people who use cellphones as their only computing device, such does not change the fact that it is not their purpose. They are meant to be a mobile supplement to a main computing system.

Yes - I was being a major smart-ass. Sorry about that.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Yes - I was being a major smart-ass. Sorry about that.

No worries.

 

[Chomiq]

Getting this on main forum page when using my phone.

And on desktop:

I think it's one of the embedded links in the comments section.

 

[lexluthermiester]

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Getting this on main forum page when using my phone.

And on desktop:
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I think it's one of the embedded links in the comments section.

Simply turn off/disable DRM content playing. I've never allowed it and have never had issues with TPU.

 

[Solaris17]

I wonder if it’s the Spotify embed some user posted. In the profile post thing that everyone can see.

 

[Solaris17]

@W1zzard the “recent discussions” box does not appear to show topics originating from the intel arc sub forum of graphics cards. I can see other topics shown in the recents from nvidia and AMD but not the Intel one even if a thread is dated newer than what is displayed.

IE: 7730m not working

Is showing which originated from the AMD/ATI sub forum.

The Intel GPU drivers that are pulled also seem to just go by version number instead of architecture. The links for the stable and beta are here until they unify them.

Stable:

ARC:

Download Intel Drivers and Software

Download new and previously released drivers including support software, bios, utilities, firmware and patches for Intel products.

www.intel.com

iGPU:

Intel® Graphics – Windows* DCH Drivers

This download installs Intel® Graphics Driver 31.0.101.3790/31.0.101.2114 for Xe Dedicated, 6th-13th Gen Intel® Core™ Processor Graphics, and related Intel Atom®, Pentium®, and Celeron® processors. Driver version varies depending on the Intel Graphics in the system.

www.intel.com

BETA:

ARC:

Intel® Arc™ & Iris® Xe Graphics - Windows*

This download installs Intel® Graphics Driver 32.0.101.6739 for Intel® Arc™ B-Series Graphics, Intel® Arc™ A-Series Graphics, Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics, and Intel® Core™ Ultra Processors with Intel® Arc™ Graphics.

www.intel.com

iGPU:

Intel® Graphics - BETA Windows* DCH Drivers

This download installs the Intel® Graphics Beta Driver for Xe Dedicated, 6th-12th Gen Intel® Core™ Processor Graphics, and related Intel Atom®, Pentium®, and Celeron® processors.

www.intel.com

The "Latest" 31.0.101.3413 that were posted this AM on the site, are the unified drivers for the iGPU only. These dont include ARC.

@W1zzard

 

[W1zzard]

recent discussions

this should be fixed now

are the unified drivers for the iGPU only. These dont include ARC.

bah, these people.. will fix later today

 

[cvaldes]

The Intel GPU drivers that are pulled also seem to just go by version number instead of architecture. The links for the stable and beta are here until they unify them.

Stable:

ARC:

Download Intel Drivers and Software

Download new and previously released drivers including support software, bios, utilities, firmware and patches for Intel products.

www.intel.com

iGPU:

Intel® Graphics – Windows* DCH Drivers

This download installs Intel® Graphics Driver 31.0.101.3790/31.0.101.2114 for Xe Dedicated, 6th-13th Gen Intel® Core™ Processor Graphics, and related Intel Atom®, Pentium®, and Celeron® processors. Driver version varies depending on the Intel Graphics in the system.

www.intel.com

This illustrates why I keep a browser bookmark for the Intel iGPU driver hosted on the Intel site. I can't be sure that a third-party site (TPU, Guru3D, et al.) gets this right.

Same with Nvidia, AMD video card drivers, AMD chipset software, etc.

In my opinion, there should ALWAYS be a link to the original source, even if it's hosted locally. The nomenclature should be cut and pasted from the source.

At least one site refers to Adrenalin Optional installs as Beta (or worse doesn't mention that they are Optionals); just call it Optional if AMD calls it that. And sites everywhere need to be crystal clear if something is beta.

TPU does a nice job at packaging up Visual C++ packages and offering DLSS dlls though.

 

[W1zzard]

At least one site refers to Adrenalin Optional installs as Beta (or worse doesn't mention that they are Optionals); just call it Optional if AMD calls it that. And sites everywhere need to be crystal clear if something is beta.

"optional" means "beta", amd is just afraid of using the word "beta" and hides it behind something else, which misrepresents it imo

 

[cvaldes]

"optional" means "beta", amd is just afraid of using the word "beta" and hides it behind something else, which misrepresents it imo

It's your site, you're going to do what you want.

For what it's worth, I completely agree that in this case, AMD's "Optional" = "Beta". However it should be up to the individual reader to do that interpretation themselves. Not have to read someone else's assessment and then decide whether or not it's the correct conclusion or not.

Facts should clearly be facts. Opinions should clearly be opinions. In this case, it's opinion not fact.

There are other well known tech sites that make no obvious distinction about AMD's Recommended and Optional software which is even worse. If everyone just used what the manufacturer writes, it wouldn't be an issue but this is the Internet in 2022 and I'm powerless to do anything about it other than use browser bookmarks rather than click through hyperlinks on third-party articles. That's twice the work since I read one posting on a third-party site, then have to go to the AMD site to read their post. Clearly I am making some poor decisions on the sites I frequent.

Nvidia doesn't get into this conundrum since they don't post GeForce hotfixes on their main driver page.

I just thought this thread would be a place to air such feedback regardless of whether or not you agree.

I apologize for taking up your time, I won't do it again. It's a waste of everyone's time: yours, mine, and everyone who read this conversation.

 

[W1zzard]

However it should be up to the individual reader to do that interpretation themselves. Not have to read someone else's assessment and then decide whether or not it's the correct conclusion or not.

I feel like AMD is betting on people to be uneducated, the files used to be stored in a folder ".../beta/.."

Also their own datasource for the driver updater uses "beta": https://download.amd.com/drivers/xml/gz/driver_09_us.xml.gz

Facts should clearly be facts. Opinions should clearly be opinions. In this case, it's opinion not fact.

The fact is that the files are marked with WHQL test signing, not actual WHQL, which means they do not go through WHQL tests, which makes them "beta"

I apologize for taking up your time, I won't do it again. It's a waste of everyone's time: yours, mine, and everyone who read this conversation.

Not a waste of my time, I very much appreciate feedback from my readers, especially if they disagree with me, and always happy to explain why I'm doing something a certain way

Intel GPU drivers

This should be fixed now? I create a 2nd download for Arc specifically and moved the Arc drivers

 

[Solaris17]

This should be fixed now? I create a 2nd download for Arc specifically and moved the Arc drivers

Thanks! Makes much more sense now!

 

[ZeppMan217]

Is this empty date thing normal?

 

[lexluthermiester]

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Is this empty date thing normal?

It's a placeholder that shouldn't be visible. Someone likely set it live without linking any articles to it.

 

[W1zzard]

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Is this empty date thing normal?

This is a bug. Not even sure how this can happen, probably has to do with the sticky EVGA post will investigate

 

[lexluthermiester]

This is a bug. Not even sure how this can happen, probably has to do with the sticky EVGA post will investigate

Or this.

 

[W1zzard]

Fixed