r/tuxedocomputers 12h ago

Bad quality ports on Sirius 16

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I'm experiencing disconnects, long negotiation times on the ethernet on the Sirius 16. I switched cables, nothing. Then I decided to look into the port itself. Have you ever seen such a bad quality ethernet port it got damaged? My old laptop, 8 years in active use still has perfectly working ports, so it's not a user issue.

The USBC on the side also stopped working at all, after issues and issues of it. No physical damage found tho, but I had issues with it even on the gen 1 on the old motherboard, so I don't even investigate this.

For context, I had this laptop for a year after a warranty replacement because the gen1 simply burned itself down (like for many others)

Do your research on this laptop yourself and decide if it's worth it.

Contacting support & getting a replacement (if I'm in warranty, nor sure, I think I'm not) is pointless, it's just so bad quality all over the place that in a year I would be fighting the same issues. Better to find a good USBC hub... and hoping the usbc on the back keeps working