I tried to install Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Adventure Squad directly on Dolphin but nothing happening and I get this message" The region code does not match the Game ID. If this is because the region code has been changed, the game may run at the wrong speed, graphical elements may be out of place, or the game may not run at all" when I Verify game. The game start in black screen when I play it on Dolphin.

Physical Steam gift cards discontinued

lightwo · 2026-06-10T13:16:39+00:00

After some speculation following a news article by a grey market key retailer, there is now official confirmation that physical Steam gift cards have ceased production, with the stated reason being continued prevalence of scammers using them to steal money: Can I purchase Steam Gift Cards at retailers? Yes, but only for a limited time. We introduced Steam Gift Cards to retail stores back in 2012, and added the digital program in 2017. Unfortunately, scammers use gift cards from major brands like Steam to take advantage of all people all over the world. We’ve responded to gift card scams over the years by taking a number of actions to protect customers, including: Working with retailers Working with law enforcement Making changes to the cards, including adding a prominent scam warning Limiting redemption to be in the currency of your Steam wallet Limiting availability of cards Removing cards from sale when we observed abnormal activity As we have continued to put more and more restrictions in place, scammers have adapted. They continue to have an impact on Steam customers and other unsuspecting individuals. So we've made the difficult decision to end the Steam Gift Card program at retail stores. As Steam Gift Cards run out of stock at retail locations, we will not be restocking them. We expect all retailers to be out of stock by the end of 2026. Though we will no longer be selling physical gift cards, you will still have the ability to use your existing gift cards on Steam whenever you choose, subject to local laws. We also continue to offer Steam Digital Gift Cards, and are working to make this an even better experience. Guest checkout, which we added last year, is another way for family members and friends to gift Steam users with a digital card anytime. You can learn more about gift card scams here. This is a major setback as there is now one less method to purchase Steam funds with cash (in some regions, it was the only method), and the vast majority of games can no longer be gifted in physical form, even if it means redeeming a wallet code first.

Question About Laptop Undervolting

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Brand new to undervolting so let me give you an oversight on what I've been up to... I recently purchased an ACER Helios 18 (PH18-71), it's a 2023 model. Cheaper and brand new in box with a i9-13900HX and 4080 mobile GPU.

It took a bit of fiddling but I finally managed to unlock the hidden advanced option in bios which allows you to unlock the CPUs clocking capabilities which I was playing with a lot yesterday.

I managed to get the CPU core, P-Cache and C-Cache to -280mV, which sounds like a lot compared to most people's experiences online across any CPU. Never experienced a single crash at all and used the laptop normally for a few hours along with stress testing using cinebench. I also set the long and short Turbo Power Limits to 133 and turbo ratios to 48 for all cores.

During Cinebench R23, the laptop scored 27853 in multicore but I can't seem to find any info on whether this is a good score or not. It also had about 10°C headroom average, only touching the throttle TjMax for a split second as it goes between passes. This seems good to me!

I'm considering leaving it like this, but I'm wondering if trying to lower the cpu core & cache voltage more would benefit me? And if my TPLs are set right?

I also want to undervolt the GPU using MSI afterburner, or something else. But I don't really know what I'm doing here. I seem very limited in that software... It won't do an auto clock using the scan feature, constantly tells me that it failed. Plus, only the two central options can be adjusted. I can get into the voltage frequency curve and move points but don't wanna break anything since I'm clueless there ahaha

Any help appreciated![/i]

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