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After every few Windows Updates my Pro Max 18 Plus "loses" the camera: IR light is constantly flashing in red - it logs me in with Hello but after that it keeps flashing. The camera indicator stays on (white light) but neither the camera app nor Teams get video from the integrated camera. Uninstalling and reinstalling the latest WIndows Update (I use Windows 11 Insider beta channel, currently 25H2, 26220.8340) combined with uninstalling the camera and camera IR devices from device manager sometimes helps. Sometimes I uninstall & reinstall multiple times and at some point the camera device starts working again. Super time consuming procedure to get the laptop working normally again. Anybody with any idea what could cause such a behaviour and how it could be solved without hassle of uninstalling and reinstalling Windows Updates? Typically directly after the latest Windows Update everything is working, but later on, after a reboot or resume from hibernate that camera missbehaviour starts. BIOS is up to date and as far as I see I've got all relevant Dell driver updates installed.

My friend says the 5070 Ti has better performance and supports 4x frame generation. Both cards are good, but my recommendation to you is the 5070 Ti.

This old lady has an excellent voice. (I say old... she is probably my age. Yeah, I'm old. So is Brother @Papusan. We're still awesome.) Touching song about the loss of her son. Edit: I take that back. She is 10 years older than me. Dang, she looks pretty good for 73. What a voice. (Yeah, it's AI but I have no reason to doubt that it is her voice or image.)

it makes sense. screw holes are in different places

Labrinth - Still don't know my name

Alienware m17x r4 RED NEBULA in mint condition CPU: i7 3740QM GPU: geforce 660m GTX (or Radeon Firepro S7100X 8GB) RAM: 2x8GB Corsair VENGEANCE 1600Mhz CL10 SSD: Kingston DC 240GB screen: 60Hz LVDS FHD HDD: 1TB ODD: DVD burner + BR reader slot in PSU: 240W Battery: as new (wear level < 10%) KB: French AZERTY (but I may have QWERTY available if requested) Can be shipped in western Europe for "cheap" with Mondial Relay by inpost (France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Poland). Other countries possible but it will be via French La poste which is way more expensive. STARTING PRICE: 450€ + shipping

Hello, I don't think that 240Hz will work as the 7720/7520 are limited to DP1.2 signal speeds so that would be 190fps max at 1440p (according to wikipedia). What happens is that when you select that refresh rate the screen artifacts and then windows reverts to 60Hz after 15s (since you can't press the accept changes button) I don't think there are 16:9 OLED panels that support >60Hz. 16:10 they do exists, also from the vivobook line but then you would have to make sure it can actually fit in the display cover of the laptop. Go through 15.6inch OLED panels in panelook to find all the model numbers + specs

Thanks for all the info! Do you know if the 240Hz display (NE173QHM-NZ1) would also work? Or is 165Hz the limit for 1440p? Now, regarding the OLED drop-in replacement screen for a 15.6-inch laptop: do you know if there’s a panel with the same specs but a refresh rate higher than 60Hz? Or is the 60Hz screen from the VivoBook 15 actually the only drop-in option?

I have 1080p 144hz panel in R1. If I bought the whole display assembly for R2 (4K panel). 1) Will the whole assembly fit the R1 (Are the assemblies the exact same)? 2) Will I be able to plug n play the eDP cable from the assembly?

If you are using a 144Hz FHD panel, your EDP port is 40 pins, 2.5cm long and 0.5mm thick. The cable is in the corner. It is the same as before the R2 models. The 4k models in the R2 are usually the middle socket. If you are planning to change the display, let me know and I will guide you.

No worries, i know Bios (.71) doesnt have OC options or an advanced setting page 😞 , not sure if CPU boost apps allow OC or MSI overclock for GPU) seen a few 1866 pop up since RAM got uber expensive. 2133 exist but not seen any for sale. would 2133 make a noticeable difference? i mean proper 1866 aint that bad. Did anyone manage to get Coreboot working, i know there was a 8770W build.

I bought it from China 🇨🇳. A friend of mine was there on a business trip, so I sent him a link from the Chinese Taobao store, and he purchased it for me from there.

Has anyone noticed that lately the DGPU does not turn off and does not enter idle anymore when not used?

This is great to hear thank you! Did you try find a “genuine OEM” panel or go with one of the generic resellers? My concern is that a cheap 3rd party screen isn’t going to be as crisp and my upgrade won’t be too noticeable

Just another A$$zeus gimmick. Different, more expensive, but not really a better product. Something shiny and new for the ROG fanboy club. At the end of the day you still have a failure-prone petite arson connector.

Sorry for interrupting in this forum, even though my laptop is not an X170KM-G , but I’m sharing my experience upgrading the screen on my Clevo P870TM. yes i upgrade my p870tm led to NE173QHM-NY7 - 1440P , 165HZ, 400 nits , 6ms GTG with clevo rtx 3080 mxm it's work great That’s when I realized that G-SYNC limits the FPS output of the GPU. So I started looking for a 2K display with a very good color gamut, (165hz) high refresh rate, and fast response time for AAA games. I found that the NY7 panel was the best option, even though it doesn’t support G-SYNC I chose higher color gamut and nits over the G-SYNC feature. When I used to turn off G-SYNC with others led , I got higher frame rates, but with noticeable screen tearing—especially with a lower refresh rate. However, with 2K resolution, a 165Hz display, and an RTX 3080, playing AAA games on high settings, if you reach around 100 FPS using 9th, 10th, or even 11th gen processors, the overall experience becomes very close to newer generations of GPUs and CPUs. This is based on my personal experience. Don’t be fooled by FPS numbers — all those frame rate monitoring programs have reduced our enjoyment of gaming on laptops. My setup: Clevo P870TM i9-9900KF (undervolted -90mV, 4.7GHz on all 8 cores) RTX 3080 with vapor chamber (max temp 63°C without liquid metal & 2 x 16 32GB Crucial Ballistix RAM (2666MHz 1.35V, overclocked via XMP to 3200MHz CL16

Hey everyone, I'm still using the FHD 144hz screen (mentioned in a fair few places as being terrible for colours/contrast) and seeing as this is mostly an editing laptop I'm not fussed on losing G-SYNC. Has anyone tried any other "unnoficially supported" screens in these? My photos are mostly for social media so DCI-P3 is prefered over Adobe RBG. Both 1440p options are about £80, the B173ZAN06.1 is closer to £200 unfortunately. Current screen - LP173WFG-SPB3 - 1080p, 144hz, 300nits, 800:1 contrast, 75% Adobe RBG/DCI-P3. "Best official screen" - NE173QHM-NY2 - 1440p 165hz, 300nits, 1000:1 contrast, 77% Adobe RBG/DCI-P3 (specs wise they arent a million miles apart but I've seen people say the difference is huge. Very unlikely to fine the BOE09D9 model required for G-SYNC to work. Best unnoficial option (from research) - NE173QHM-NY7 - 1440p, 165hz, 400nits, 1000:1 contrast, 100% DCI-P3 / 88% Adobe RBG. Best unnoficial screen (if I could afford it) - B173ZAN06.1 - 4k, 500nits, 1000:1 contrast, 100% DCI-P3 / 88% Adobe RBG. I'm certain the NY7 screen is going to work fine but obviously its a bit of a "cant go back" sorta swap so just seeing what others have tried. Also any other potential screen candidates would be great. I'm just fed of up having to export photos to my phone and do 5 revisions of every single shot to make it look as it should.

My 115w 2070S in my P870TM has been killing me! I never was able to figure out how to up the power limit because I know it can run at 200w with the dual vapor chamber heatsink. If this works in the future, this would be wonderful! I am willing to do any testing if needed, just let me know. I also have a 1.8v vBIOS programmer if any crazy stuff needs to happen.

^^^ Best \ most innovative phones not coming to North America, stuck with bygone and antique tech from Apple\Samsung\Motorola lol Phoneheads do import from China \ Hong Kong, 'Global' OS, some take the chance with China OS. Am supposing they can supply the camera kit and lens stuff. Need to check 5G bands available, and don't expect timely updates. Then comes the question about lost in the post, or eventual warranty claims, can't just walk into the local service shop. Personally would not risk it for such expensive devices.

Defender found this 'Trojan' today. Ran Eset Online Scanner, reported all clear. Checked it, false positive. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-defender-wrongly-flags-digicert-certs-as-trojan-win32-cerdigentadha/

I let my daughter and teen grand daughters know, but they were too late for the free offer. Not my kind of game, but definitely their kind.

Until May 3 for those interested

I only understand PHP, JS, Node.js, web development. Very hard for me to make random hex into readable data. But yes we need to know what video output is for A/B/C/D/E (type and if it's enabled or not). With GPU-Z we can read them but we don't know which is A/B/C/D... I would pay 20€ to someone who can bypass the eDP checks (if enabled or disabled) when the drivers loads (for 4080 and 4090 MXM cards)