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I got hands on an almost brand-new MS Surface Pro 11 OLED, but i fear that no current Linux distro will be able to support a detachable with current hardware. Even the Linux on Surface project hasn't done any reliable testing on this model I will throw a couple of distros at it and will see, if something is working. If not, i can always switch back to Windows 11. Fedora has a Mobile Spin version available, but this is intended mainly for smartphones. Ubuntu is already a track record of supporting touch&pen on some devices, but none with current hardware. I'll keep you posted on my journey, but my hopes are dim.

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some, it confirms storport.sys + iaStorVD.sys were interfering before (a clean fresh windows install after the BIOS change is highly recommended for perfect driver stack) did you uninstall the Intel Intel Rapid Storage / RST drivers and revert to using windows native drivers? In Device Manager > Storage controllers > uninstall any remaining Intel RST entries (right-click > uninstall device (select to also delete drivers), reboot). Let Windows use its standard NVMe driver. > Rerun LatencyMon - storport/iaStorVD spikes should drop significantly. ACPI.sys and kernel stuff here point to throttling. Disable CPU features like Intel SpeedStep or C-States in BIOS to keep things steady during benchmarks. also for your NVME controller, look for firmware update for it or if possible test with alternate drive just for validation purposes. as for NVIDIA involvement clean reinstall drivers with DDU tool, and check for power saving modes in NVIDIA Control Panel that might be interfering. Quick tweaks (do these anyway): Power plan - High Performance (disable all sleep/USB suspend in advanced settings, in particular look for and sleep features for the NVME drive or power saving nonsense). Update BIOS + chipset drivers straight from Dell's site for your your exact model (do not count on the drivers that shipped with the default system). NVIDIA Control Panel > Manage 3D Settings > Power management mode = Prefer maximum performance. Uninstall Dell SupportAssist / Optimizer if installed (known latency contributors). Rerun LatencyMon after each change to confirm drops.

I've had it fail exactly once. Dell Precision 7560. Dell replaced the motherboard and I ran the BIOS update tool to get it up to the then-current BIOS. It appeared to complete successfully, but it never booted up again after that, it just showed a black screen forever. Dell had to replace the motherboard a second time.

Thanks! Yes, I have the RTX 4000 Blackwell GPU. I've disabled it but still experience the same issue. Do you think the ACPI.sys error points to a hardware or software issue? I've attached the LatencyMon results after disabling the Nvidia GPU.

This is great, thank you very much. I've switched to AHCI but I unfortunately still experience the same problem. This is the LatencyMon results after changing to AHCI:

on laptop have less issues then on desktop 😄

Hello everyone i need to use a gtx 1070 to work with rtx 3080 what is the method? ..and rtx 3080 has a latest nvidia driver 591.86 and gtx 1070 stuck with 582.28 .. what i do ? i already installed them at mxm slot with pwr cables i am using a modded p870tm bios for rtx 30xx but i want to use a gtx 1070 in a slave mxm slot and i didn’t see 1070 in bios only the laptop see rtx 3080 in Bios and device manager .. but i see other devices it’s called ( 3D video controller) when i open it i see error code 28 and the details of hardware ids is the 1BE1 what is the problem and how i can fix it to use the two gpus together thanks ……

absolutely agree! this is the main reason i didn't suggest more steps atm and was carefully building up to it from the logical starting point. (i did notice both the ACPI issue and NVIDIA potential)

The biggest offender on there by far is ACPI.sys. That value 43ms is way too high. (I care about "highest execution" more than "total execution". This is saying that there was at least one time where ACPI.sys grabbed control of your system for a full 43ms straight. A high number in "total execution" is fine — a driver can do a lot of work as long as it is returning control quickly.) ACPI is power management. Unfortunately, even having a starting point like this, it can be difficult to figure out "what to do about it". Question, though. Does your system have an NVIDIA GPU? Can you go without it for a while (assuming graphics switching is turned on)? Try disabling the NVIDIA GPU in Device Manager and see if you still run into the stuttering behavior. @MyPC8MyBrain is right, disabling RAID in BIOS can help if you don't actually need it. But I don't think that's going to be the main problem here.

I have used very little my RTX5050 since I bought the laptop, at home I have an 3080 eGPU and I am gaming much less than I thought I would when I travel. I mostly did the upgrade for the extra CPU oomph's. If I needed the new model I would not mind omitting the RTX5050, but you get other goodies with it: IPS instead of OLED, 4 speakers instead of 2 and higher Wattage and above all 90Whr battery instead of 77hr.

The bezels on the screen look exactly the same as the new ones on the video. I cannot say about the feel, magnesium alloy never felt plastic to me, I just compared the feel with my 2023 and feels similar, so I guess it is not, but the frame and design are absolutely identical.

I'm pretty sure it's testing once an oled version with X7! And an ultra7 IPS Version in comparison. In some places there is comparison with the old 255h with Nvidia 5050, the X7 seems to beat 4050 Nvidia but Cannot keep up with 5050.

Finally finished prepping the 980M sink from the mXM “B” part of the 8770w sink. Now gotta cook the 8570w sink to remove the old “A” sink. Heatpipes took ages to wiggle free with the heatgun, will reattach with lower melting point solder

@OneSunOne If your BIOS is set to RAID (Dell's default on many models), it ramps up storport.sys latency. Switching to AHCI mode often drops this dramatically and boosts consistency in I/O-heavy benchmarks. After that, uninstall Intel RST drivers and let Windows use its native NVMe ones. to do this change you must follow these steps to the T, if you missed F2 reboot and try again until you get it right (do not change this bios setting in any other order or you risk bricking your windows boot!) from windows admin command prompt issue perform the following in this order Enable Safe Mod: bcdedit /set {current} safeboot minimal shutdown /r /t 0 reboot, enter BIOS (Press F2 during post) Change SATA / Storage mode from RAID / RST → AHCI Save and exit BIOS Windows will now continue to boot into Safe Mode, once in Safe mode, from windows admin command prompt issue this command to Disable Safe Mode and boot back to Windows: bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot shutdown /r /t 0 Windows will now boot cleanly in AHCI mode, if you still have the same issue afterwards report back.

I'm a little confused by that video. At about 5 minutes it shows an internal photo labelled 16Z90U with two fans. Later, at about 11 minutes, there is a thermal image which is typical of the one fan configuration. Which version was used for the benchmark testing?

Thank you very much for the advice. I ran LatencyMon, can you make sense of the attached results?

AI is useful and I have used it for a number of beneficial purposes at work, even deployed some programs around it. Technology is like anything else. It can be used for good or evil purposes, and it can be abused or used in self-serving ways that do not benefit society. I am not against AI. I like it and support the proper use of it. What we are seeing with the frenetic moves by huge companies to turn it into a self-serving cash cow is wrong and needs to be ended through regulatory intervention. Profits earned by it should be capped or taxed at astronomical rates that effectively cap it to remove the secondary gain monetization incentive driving the unacceptable level of insanity we are experiencing right now.

both 7770 and the later 7780 were before they decided in all their wisdom to stack both dGpu and CPU on top of each other for the perfect "easy bake oven" effect.

Run LatencyMon. Go to the Drivers tab. Sort it by "highest execution". After you experience one of these stutters, see which one is at the top of the list. (All drivers should finish their work in less than 1ms, so ideally you wouldn't see anything over 1ms. However, anything over a low single digit milliseconds is especially bad and can lead to audio and system stutters.) Does anyone have one of these systems who is not experiencing problems with it? This sounds even worse than what I was experiencing with the Precision 7770. (Combined issues from Dell, Intel, NVIDIA, and Microsoft on that system is what forced me to rethink what ecosystem I am even using...)

Yeah we certainly will not get as much choice as Koreans. I guess they will put the best sellers from Korea on intl market if the processors are available. I guess X7 will be more about availability Vs want. I don't think 2025 with Aerominum exist, the feeling is very different. But you can easily tell on the edge of the screen. Is it aluminium there or magnesium? The new model has an aluminium strip there. But yeah it's likely possible to just upgrade any old pro and change to the new Aerominum by waiting till the case shows up as replacement. I think the pro has been stiffer Vs non pro. But it's again a pretty major increase in battery life, much more performance Vs any previous gram in case of the x7 (all others much less) and GPU performance for the X7 only that rivals the previous dedicated models... But yeah apart from the X7 model the changes are much smaller.

Good to know that it's possible!