Hardware Busters

Steam Machine Red Line of Death: Valve's Fix Is a CMOS Reset — and the LED Code Is Backwards

It isn't a dying GPU. Valve says the console's front-panel diagnostic code shipped flipped horizontally, and an interrupted BIOS update is the real culprit. The recovery is a five-step CMOS reset — no tools, no RMA.

Steam Machine Red Line of Death: Valve's CMOS Reset Fix - Hardware Busters Valve's fix for the Steam Machine Red Line of Death is a five-step CMOS reset - and the front-panel diagnostic code ships flipped horizontally.

"Bad Epoll" Linux Kernel Bug Lets Any User Become Root — And an AI Walked Right Past It

CVE-2026-46242 is a race condition that has been sitting in the Linux kernel since 2023. It lets an unprivileged user gain root, and proof-of-concept exploit code is now public.

Bad Epoll: Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Any User Gain Root - Hardware Busters Bad Epoll (CVE-2026-46242) is a Linux kernel bug that lets any user gain root on desktops, servers, and Android.

China's Tianwen-2 Reaches Earth's Quasi-Moon and Beams Back Its First Portrait

After 400 days and a billion kilometres, China's first asteroid sampler is parked ~20 km from quasi-moon Kamoʻoalewa and has sent back its first close-up portrait.

China's Tianwen-2 Reaches Earth's Quasi-Moon and Beams Back Its First Portrait - Hardware Busters China's Tianwen-2 has reached Earth's quasi-moon Kamoʻoalewa, sending back its first close-up image before a 2027 asteroid sample return.

AMD Brings FSR 4.1 to the Radeon RX 7000 Series — RDNA 3 Finally Gets the Good Upscaler

AMD's FSR 4.1 INT8 build is now live on RX 7000 across 300+ games, with RDNA 3 APUs — Steam Deck included — next in line.

AMD Brings FSR 4.1 to the Radeon RX 7000 Series — RDNA 3 Finally Gets the Good Upscaler - Hardware Busters FSR 4.1 RX 7000 support is here: AMD's INT8 upscaler is live in 300+ games and boosts RDNA 3 frame rates, with Steam Deck and RDNA 3 APUs next in line.