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NVIDIA graphics driver 517.89. https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=7H7T3

Intel is indicating that the revision value changes when the microcode is updated. https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000055672/processors.html

You can get rid of it, Microsoft even has official documentation (see my most recent post above), or Google around and you will see a simple registry tweak.

I've been looking at Linux for a long time but the "laundry list" of things that I'd have to tackle to switch from Windows is too much for me to handle given my current level of "free time". But getting games to work is honestly among the things that I am least worried about at this point. With Steam+Proton you can play most Windows Steam games with little configuration effort needed (a lot of games are running on Steam Deck this way), and something like Lutris can get you easy access to non-Steam Windows games. Windows programs can run under Wine (with varying degrees of success or tweaking required, depending on the app) — Wine is actually the base that both Steam+Proton and Lutris use to do their thing. But generally I see Linux as a good choice two classes of people at sort of opposite ends of the computing spectrum: Lower threshold — Those who have very limited "computing needs" and can mostly get by with a web browser and basic apps. Upper threshold — Those who have more advanced computing needs and also don't mind spending time learning, experimenting, and tweaking to figure out how to make everything that they need work. ...For people in the middle, they're likely to just end up frustrated. There have been strides made on lowering the "upper threshold" in the last few years but still a long way to go, I feel.

Thank you NVIDIA for having product names that make so much sense and tell you exactly what a product is!

Funny thing is, Precision 7540 is a 15" laptop and those have a GPU power limit of around 80W in that generation? You could get a RTX 4000 or RTX 5000 for it, but it would have the same 80W power limit; so unless you need the extra vRAM from those GPUs, you probably wouldn't be seeing that much of a performance uplift from the RTX 3000. GeForce RTX 2060 (mobile version) and Quadro RTX 3000 (mobile version) both have a TU106 GPU chip with the same specs (CUDA core count, vRAM, etc.). If there is any reported performance difference, it would basically come down to the power limit set by the OEM. (Rated clock speeds don't matter much anymore; in the Precision 7000 line at least, these GPUs will just operate at boost speeds up to the power limit as long as the cooling system working properly.)

I'm not in a rush to update but I will probably do it with other patching in a few weeks (I typically time this stuff with MS Windows patch drops — if I can get by with only rebooting once per month, I am a happy guy); I'll do some before-and-after temp testing when the time comes.

If I'm not mistaken, the "revision" field in CPU-Z indicates which microcode version is in use. If anyone updates to 1.9.1, please report the revision number displayed.

BIOS update 1.9.1. https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=PRMCF - Firmware updates to address security vulnerabilities including (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures - CVE) such as CVE-2022-30704. - Fixed the issue where the system cannot boot after the BIOS update. - Fixed the issue where the Dell logo is displayed incorrectly when the system boots to the operating system and the system lid is closed. - Fixed the issue where the system auto wakes up on days not selected by you in the Auto On Time function in the BIOS setup. Note — If they updated the Intel CPU microcode, undervolting support may be disabled. According to the release notes, downgrading the BIOS down to a version as early as 1.6.3 should still be possible after installing this update.

1. No. Actually, I tried it, and I found that it seriously impacted GPU/gaming performance, so I turned it back off. 2. It was not on by default. 3. It shows dynamic boost, but it doesn't have a separate entry for Dynamic Boost 2.0 which I have seen on my Precision 7560. 4. Yes. 5. 12950HX 6. 3080Ti 7. 1.8.0

Here's a new one... If you use SMS for two-factor authentication for Twitter, pay up for Twitter Blue or they will deactivate this feature on March 20. ...You can still use a physical key or authenticator app (which you should be using anyway) without paying extra. https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/17/23605073/twitter-blue-charge-sms-2fa https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/product/2023/an-update-on-two-factor-authentication-using-sms-on-twitter

We also have DMTF certifications for Precision 3580 and Precision 3581. (5000 series is completely absent, so far...) https://registry.dmtf.org/products/dell-precision-3580 https://registry.dmtf.org/products/dell-precision-3581

I got some China knockoff aftermarket fans from an eBay seller when I was trying to get Delta fans for my M6700. I imagine that is what the Landalanya ones are. The brand that I got was "DJBJA" or something like that. They may well work fine and be suitable for you, not too hard to make an OK fan I would think... You should do some before-and-after performance measurements though, they might seem to be working fine but fail to cool your CPU as much and result in lower turbo boost speeds.

1080p should be referred to as "2K", not "1K". The name is derived from the horizontal width. 3840×2160 = "about" 4,000 pixels wide = 4K. (The same holds true for 8K and 16K standards popping up.)

At risk of being fired, Twitter engineers have created a "power user multiplier" for their "algorithm" and applied it to Elon Musk's account, to make sure that his tweets get high visibility, which is why he has been dominating many users' "For You" feed. https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/14/23600358/elon-musk-tweets-algorithm-changes-twitter

I saw they have official documentation on how to disable this message. https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/kb5017130-managing-windows-11-system-requirements-not-met-message-in-your-organization-f751d24b-a70c-4a18-9eec-dae0790e41f5

This is on the desktop side, but I just saw this... https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-rtx-4060-specs-leak-claims-fewer-cuda-cores-vram-than-rtx-3060 Desktop RTX 4060 has 3072 CUDA cores — RTX 3060 had 3584. Desktop RTX 4060 has 8 GB VRAM — RTX 3060 had 12GB. Desktop RTX 4060 has 115W TGP — RTX 3060 had 170W. Desktop RTX 4060 is a downgrade from RTX 3060?? NVIDIA marketing at their greatest... (These numbers come from kopite7kimi, a very reliable NVIDIA leaker.)

Most Precision laptop models have multiple fan models in the mix. I found this photo of Delta fans (Precision 7530 and 7540 fans are interchangeable). Here's an old thread about the different types of fans available for the Precision M4800 (see posts by @unnoticed). I ended up sourcing Delta CPU and GPU fans for my Precision M6700 after seeing those posts; Delta was preferred back then, but I'm not sure if that's still the case in Precision 7X40; in Precision 7770, Sunon is generally preferred over Delta. If you do buy aftermarket fans, you should check with the seller because there is no real guarantee that the fan model pictured is the same model that you will get. I personally use ANC headphones when gaming, fan noise becomes a non-issue. (I take steps like disabling turbo boost to limit the fan noise when I'm not running an intensive application.)

Second quarter 2023 ... Can't really pin it down more specifically than that.

I believe there is a setting in the BIOS setup regarding the boot speed which has options like "Auto", "Minimal", and "Thorough". Check and see if it is set to "minimal" and it will skip some POST checks. Also, I have noticed that having external USB storage drives connected can increase the POST time, because the BIOS will check them all to see if they are bootable before proceeding to boot the OS (even if you aren't planning to boot off of them, I think it wants to prep the F12 menu).

Dell Precision 3480, Precision 7680, Precision 7780 have been certified by DMTF. https://registry.dmtf.org/products/dell-precision-7780 https://registry.dmtf.org/products/dell-precision-7680 https://registry.dmtf.org/products/dell-precision-3480 [Edit] Dropping "quotes" from the thread title now that the model numbers for the 7000 series are confirmed.

NVIDIA has five or so mobile Ada GeForce chips launching, I think it is not a stretch to have professional chips a month or two later because they are basically the same…. I agree about the name, that is too much.

Are the external displays connected to the dGPU or iGPU? (They would be connected to the dGPU if you have graphics switching off, or if you have graphics switching on and also discrete graphics output on.) Any change in behavior if you take steps to get the external displays connected to the other GPU?

More "inside scoop on Twitter". Apparently, Musk fired an engineer who offered an explanation as to why his tweets are not getting as much engagement as he would like. Also, there is a looming FTC audit which could result in hefty fines. https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/9/23593099/elon-musk-twitter-fires-engineer-declining-reach-ftc-concerns

Just came to post the same thing. There's a video.