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Thanks! Have you heard of anyone using a screen protector on these units? My 7680 has the non-touch screen and it looks like a plastic, anti-reflection surface. It seems that wouldn't be conducive to a good seal for the "gorilla glass" protectors like we use on cellphones. I might be better off with a thin microfiber between the halves when closed since it's screen protection I'm after. Thanks again to all for the amazing amount of info here! JT

Many thanks! The experts here have been a great resource already!

Has anyone seen a difference in performance with the 7680 on a power supply higher than 180W (original for mine)?

Sage advice and much appreciated! JT

Thanks! I pulled the empty secondary 500GB SSD and replaced it with a SN850X 2TB and was able to clone the boot drive to it. When I changed the boot order in BIOS, it still booted the original 500GB drive. I wanted to boot from the newly cloned 2TB as C: and then wipe what was the original boot disk (500GB) but somehow, my selections didn't affect it. Win Boot Mgr was first in boot order (not that I know how it affects boot order) and that probably messed it up even though i moved the 2TB drive above the 500GB. I'll try again downgrading the WBM or just take the original drive out and save the on the heat. I don't need an additional 500GB unless I load a different OS on it. 🤔 Thanks again for all the great info! JT

For the 7680, I am assuming that since it has 2 m.2 SSDs, the one under the "quick access door" is the secondary. I'm reasoning that when shipped with only one, the "quick access" bay would be empty for upgrade. Makes no sense otherwise, I'm thinking. We are talking about Dell tho... 😉

Oh, that's good news! Thanks! Samsung Magician wouldn't recognize them other than "other" drives and said they were not NVMe. I have both as SN850X 2TB and a Samsung 980 Pro 2TB to choose from. I don't think the Samsung migration tool cares about the source disk but it wants Samsung as target. I'll have to go find the WD tool for the other. Thanks again for the help! JT

Another question, if i may. It seems that the two Samsung PM9F1 512GB SSDs in this 7680 are not nvme. Since they are not raided up as a single drive, I am considering pulling the empty one (D:), putting in an empty 2TB nvme I have, migrating the 512GB system drive (C:) to the new 2TB drive with Samsung Magician or the like, and replacing the 512 GB boot drive (C:) with the newly cloned 2TB drive. Now, my question: Is there some sort of microcode on the boot drive that carries any important info? I assume that the Dell restore image/recovery tools reside in a separate partition that would be brought over to the new drive when mapped by the reputable tools? Thanks again! JT

Great, thanks!

I'm new-ish to laptops as a species. I haven't tinkered much with them other than add ram, change wifi cards, change drives, and swap a processor on an E5430. I've used them for years as desktops mostly. Recently, I am volunteering in the field and picked up a Dell Precision 7680 to support my efforts. With how packed with tech they are now, I've read the heat seems to be the biggest issue but I haven't done any stress testing yet. Thanks to all! JT

I certainly appreciate finding this resource for my new 7680! I'm not sure I'll take it to the edge as many of you do but we'll see. Per my title, has there been any chatter about undesirable updates that might limit our capabilities or lock things we can't recover? Dell is offering a slew of updates including FW, BIOS, etc. Many thanks! JT