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Direct weight surgery from Qwen-4B to 0.8B on an 8GB RX 580: why editing all layers breaks everything, and how 4 anchor blocks fixed it

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  1. 2026-10-02 18:01 · r/deeplearning
    Direct weight surgery from Qwen-4B to 0.8B on an 8GB RX 580: why editing all layers breaks everything, and how 4 anchor blocks fixed it

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