March 13, 20251 yr As reported in BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgzm1lgv22o Key points (from several sources I've read): Chromecast 2nd generation and Chromecast Audio devices have a factory-set certificate, valid for 10 years. These certificates expired last Sunday, rendering all these Chromecasts (mine included) INOP. 1st-gen devices had certificates that lasted longer, and are thus unaffected by this problem. 3rd-gen ones have their certificates slated to expire next year. So far, they aren't affected by this outage. Google asked users not to factory-reset the device. In the meantime, they are working on a fix for this problem. The fix would be very hard to implement on factory-reset devices. They would need another fix. After 4 days, I see conflicting reports: ones say a fix is being rolled out today, while others say that the fix is still days or weeks away. I don't watch that much TV (I prefer to sim), but there's some stuff I can't watch right now because of this issue. I hope it's back for the F1 race on Sunday 😂 Apart from me, has anyone of you been affected by this? Edited March 13, 20251 yr by Luis Hernandez Best regards,Luis Hernández Main rig: self built, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D (with SMT off and CO -50 mV), 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 RAM, Nvidia RTX 5060Ti 16GB, 256 GB M.2 SSD (OS+apps) + 2x1 TB SATA III SSD (sims) + 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD (storage), ID-Cooling SE-224-XTS air cooler, Viewsonic VX2458-MHD 1920x1080@120-144 Hz (G-sync compatible), Windows 11. Running P3D v5.4 (with v4.5 scenery objects as an additional library, just in case), FSX-SE, MSFS2020, MSFS2024 and even FS9! Lossless Scaling for all my sims. What a godsend...Mobile rig: ASUS Zenbook UM425QA (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H APU @3.2 GHz and boost disabled, 1 TB M.2 SSD, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro). Running FS9 there .VKB Gladiator NXT Premium Left + GNX THQ as primary controllers. Xbox Series X|S wireless controller as standby/mobile.
March 16, 20251 yr Author On 3/13/2025 at 1:05 PM, Luis Hernandez said: After 4 days, I see conflicting reports: ones say a fix is being rolled out today, while others say that the fix is still days or weeks away. Fortunately, it was the former: yesterday I turned on my TV, just to see what happened. Instead of showing a beautiful photograph, my Chromecast started updating. Less than 10 minutes and a couple of reboots later, it was ready for action. Problem solved, just in time for the F1 race😁 Best regards,Luis Hernández Main rig: self built, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D (with SMT off and CO -50 mV), 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 RAM, Nvidia RTX 5060Ti 16GB, 256 GB M.2 SSD (OS+apps) + 2x1 TB SATA III SSD (sims) + 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD (storage), ID-Cooling SE-224-XTS air cooler, Viewsonic VX2458-MHD 1920x1080@120-144 Hz (G-sync compatible), Windows 11. Running P3D v5.4 (with v4.5 scenery objects as an additional library, just in case), FSX-SE, MSFS2020, MSFS2024 and even FS9! Lossless Scaling for all my sims. What a godsend...Mobile rig: ASUS Zenbook UM425QA (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H APU @3.2 GHz and boost disabled, 1 TB M.2 SSD, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro). Running FS9 there .VKB Gladiator NXT Premium Left + GNX THQ as primary controllers. Xbox Series X|S wireless controller as standby/mobile.
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