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^^^ :O)

Black Rainbows - Superskull

Time to leave this troubled planet for a while... Outpost Theta: Dark Ambient Sci Fi

And this month's ltsc update report: nothing to write about. Just a perfect OS.

"I tested the 100 most popular free VPNs in the Google Play store and found significant security and privacy flaws affecting Android apps that have been installed over 2.5 billion times worldwide." https://www.top10vpn.com/research/free-vpn-investigations/android-vpn-security-flaws/

Space, Experimental & Stoner dept :O) Maha Sohona - Endless Searcher Yuri Gagarin - At The Center Of All Infinity

https://www.androidauthority.com/shut-down-google-ai-overview-3446038/

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.

lol+

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.