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May ltsc report, concerning nothing to report :O) 1809 update done, no changes, no ads, no MS plagues, no problems, just works.

The Stooges - Funhouse

https://www.hivesystems.com/blog/are-your-passwords-in-the-green https://www.ghacks.net/2024/05/09/how-long-does-it-take-to-crack-a-password-in-2024/ Interesting too see those jumps from millions to billions, trillions.

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Neil Young - Four Strong Winds

Within Temptation - Bleed Out

☺️ 8.1 ? + classic\open shell = 7 Mk2

The Animal State - Pantheon

Completely crazy band indeed. But making a good living out of it :O)

Hello, am not using a dock or high W usb chargers, so can't provide any specific info. Am sometimes charging with some low W Samsung phone chargers directly to usb-c, works. Charges slowly but reliably, and laptop needs to be off. Starting up the laptop the charging (correctly) stops, and resumes as soon as the laptop is turned off. Make some tests with different usb-c chargers \ cables directly to 5540 usb-c, and it may be 'something' with the dock, it's communication \ interface \ setup. I'd 'guess' the 100 W charger you mentionned 'should' manage to charge correctly with 5540 on and off, but it could still be too low W's, and charge only with 5540 off. Also could be as simple as bad \ wrong usb-c cable, high W's needs compatible \ quality cables. And make sure all relevant drivers are installed \ updated.

From the old days. Uriah Heep - Sunrise

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/08/europe/chechnya-music-ban-scli-intl/index.html "Minister of Culture Musa Dadayev announced the decision to limit all musical, vocal and choreographic compositions to a tempo ranging from 80 to 116 beats per minute" So this may not fit the bill :O)

Some details about extended support. https://www.ghacks.net/2024/04/03/microsoft-reveals-windows-10-esu-pricing-starts-at-61/

Nice for early mornings :O) Five Finger Death Punch - Got Your Six

Thanks for replies. Looks like there is nothing basically wrong, except that the thing runs quite hot by design when stressed. No real problem in practice here. Surfaces looks flat \ good contact, screws \ springs all ok. Did a few more repasting tests, with more or less paste, differences were of no practical importance > cool enough (silent) with low utilization, more heavy demands the usual jumps to 100 with fans then bringing it down in the 80s. Am leaving things as they are ftm, will someday try another brand \ type of paste. Yes, a good thing, access very easy. A picture of the complete cooling setup.

Here you go. Fans\vents clear. At first sight, can't spot any obvious catastrophy, either pasting or contact surface. Pushing on top of cooling conduits, the contact surface to processors seems to be mating very well, flatly. Maybe too much paste? Appreciating any input. The paste, enthusiastically named "Plexgear MX990 Carbon Freeze", claiming 11 W/mK2 Nvidia left, i7 right. The heat figures posted earlier, only i7 in use. Edit, pic of cooling system (looks well designed, but...?)

^^^ Replies appreciated. Will investigate..

Thanks for the hint that it should\could be improved. Will do some new pasting test in the future. Am suspecting this Precision of not having any audience-awing cooling\fan capacity by design. Anyway, not often I need to stress it (does the job, apart from heat+fan noise), but highly appreciating the total silence \ lowish temp under normal\medium daily use.

Hotspot 5g mobile, travelling, currently in Norway, French roaming sim. So a 'far away' + "all the way back" test. And 'only' 66 ping, which is of no concern. Lots more than needed, and the evolution from not that long ago!, was more like 30\5.

Recently repasted i7 9850H (Dell precision 5540) with some not-big-brand stuff. 100% cpu spikes to 100c then quite quickly settles in lower 80's, sustaining good turbo values. Near-idle ok. Results decent? Any reason to try another paste? Thanks

^^^ Caution Running Driver Verifier could cause the computer to crash. You should only run Driver Verifier on computers that you are using for testing and debugging. Quite clear :O) I'd never venture into this unless very serious, very specific reasons. Surely useful in corporation setups with maybe 100's of machines before deploying any mass updates, 1st the period of hard-testing on dedicated, friable pc's. Am trusting the manufacturer (Dell in this case) provided drivers (for Dell, Intel, Nvidia), updating a while after they become available. Giving them some real-world test time before committing (like another version comes 5 days after the initial release), maybe with a little reading in manufacturer's support forums, any reports of unexpected behavior. ------------------------- And this month's 'nothing to report' report, another perfect ltsc update from MS.

Insomnium - Songs of the Dusk

Blackberry Smoke - Whatcha Know Good

LTSC february done. All smooth, no changes, all stable. & no update to 11 ad plague.

Cat invasion https://packaged-media.redd.it/xvz7j84e6ndc1/pb/m2-res_852p.mp4?m=DASHPlaylist.mpd&v=1&e=1707692400&s=cb22ba0ffecc94d9b6cadfb0cfb4d600a4eecf5a#t=0