I blamed my cottage walls for Zigbee failures, but a successful fix cost just $8
Rich Edmonds Aug 18, 2026, 2:30 PM EDT Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. …
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Your soundbar won't talk to your TV, and manufacturers act like that's normal
… The problem is that too many companies treat intermittent audio dropouts, handshake failures, input confusion, and power-state weirdness as normal edge cases instead of obvious product failures. …
I added a second SSD just for games, and it fixed a problem I blamed on Windows
… Naturally, I blamed the usual suspects. …
I blamed a firmware update for bricking my laptop, but I couldn't have been more wrong
Rich Edmonds Jul 22, 2026, 12:30 PM EDT Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. …
Most NAS owners waste their USB ports on external drives when they should be using them for diagnostics
… They just need to answer the right question while the problem is still standing there, tapping its foot, waiting for you to blame the wrong thing. …
I wasted half a spool of filament before I touched the one slicer setting that fixed everything
… It also made me less eager to blame hardware. …
3D printing filament got cheaper this year, but that's not where I actually saved money
… A reliable profile for PLA, PETG, or TPU can prevent more plastic waste than switching to a pricier spool, especially if your failures usually stem from flow rate, temperature, bed adhesion, or support settings. …
Linux gaming's stuttering problem isn't Proton and a new kernel patch could reveal what it actually is
… Though it's usually among the first targets blamed by gamers, there can be more to the picture than first realized. …
Synology said it gave us our drives back, but you still can't use third-party drives for SSD caching
Rich Edmonds Jul 10, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. …
I stopped tweaking Jellyfin and started upgrading everything around it instead
… That’s also why I’m slower now to blame the server when one device acts weird. …