Slight problem… Big problem…

Before the announcement, I’d just like to temper your expectations by reminding you that my PC was never fixed. They did not grant me the RMA, they sent my GPU back and said it was fine. But now I can’t even boot to windows on that machine. It’s been sitting on the desk behind my ever since. I just don’t have enough to take it to the shop. I’m a single stay at home dad because my kids are too young for school and I can’t afford daycare. Their mother buys their clothes and food. That’s how we survive. So I don’t have extra money to get the PC fixed.

Anyway, that’s why I’ve been using my old PC to work in Unreal. It’s got a 2080 which isn’t bad. But here’s the problem. It can’t run ANY AI. I cannot train LORAs or create any useable overlays fast enough to be worth using in that way. It also can’t handle complex scenes. Not in Unreal, not in Daz. Too many objects and poof, shut down.

This is my next problem to resolve. I’m going to see if I can do Uber Eats at night, maybe make $20 a night and in a week I can atleast take the PC to a tech to look at it. Maybe if it’s just settings or BIOS issues I’ll be lucky enough they can fix it without needing a new part. If I need a new part, however, that’s a whole other problem…

So at the moment there’s not a whole lot I can do. I can work on code. And that’s what I’m doing. I’ve been trying to save enough Patreon money to take it to the shop but I don’t make a lot and it’s spread out over the month so it’s been hard. But I’m doing what I can…

Anyway, long story short, I’m trying to get my PC into the shop so I can get stuff done. Just understand that whatever problems I face, I am always moving forward and never giving up.