• homes@piefed.world
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    20 hours ago

    Ok, I get this. My first question is:

    Why?

    Why is your solution for such an advanced video output setup to use your phone as an output device? Can you not use something else that is much better suited as an output device? Is that not an option?

    If not, we can move forward. I’m just curious, and asking for practical reasons.

    You can simply answer that it is simply necessary, and we can move on to the next steps

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      1 hour ago

      Well like I stated in my initial comment, my PC won’t POST after I replaced my CMOS battery and I simply don’t have the free time to tinker with it right now (Gigabyte X670E Aorus Master and it just gets stuck @ status code 7b or 99).

      So I figured that I could just pick up a $50 adapter that I can use my phone as a PC in the meantime, until I get the time (and money if it’s a hardware failure) to address the issue. I just wanted a quick $50 fix that I can plug my existing mouse, keyboard, display, and home theater system into, and carry on business as usual to hold me off. Not invest in Bluetooth fucking everything just for a temporary solution.   Problem is that the temporary solution I thought would be simple is actually a lot more difficult in the era of USB-C, thus proving the original point of this post. You have hundreds of different incompatible standards, all plugging into the same thing.

      The fact that my comments are confusing even a tech-savvy social media network such as Lemmy says it all. Things were a lot easier in the old days. If it wasn’t compatible, the cable physically would not fit. That is no longer the case in the era of USB-C.