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  1. Aaron44126
    It does make sense that the PCIe4 drive would run hot. There's basically nothing there to cool it off...
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    This issue is caused by a change in NVAPI behavior in newer NVIDIA driver versions. I just found out about it this morning. I will be investigating next week. In the meantime, you can roll back to an earlier NVIDIA driver, or run a program that uses the NVIDIA GPU to keep it powered on while Dell Fan Management is running.
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    Another thing on browsers... Google is transitioning Chrome to their "manifest v3" system for extensions and will eventually be phasing out "manifest v2". This is causing some "controversy" as manifest v3 extensions will significantly limit the ability of ad/content-blocking extensions to do their job. This change will eventually trickle down to other Chromium-based browsers (Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, Opera, etc.). https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/mv3/intro/ Manifest v2 will be phased out in 2023. https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/mv3/mv2-sunset/ I use uBlock Origin and it looks like it will be impacted. https://www.ghacks.net/2019/01/22/chrome-extension-manifest-v3-could-end-ublock-origin-for-chrome/ (This is an older article; maybe there have been developments since then. I couldn't quickly find anything of note.) Firefox has committed to keep supporting the "old way" of content blocking. https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/10/23131029/mozilla-ad-blocking-firefox-google-chrome-privacy-manifest-v3-web-request I saw this note indicating that Brave intends to continue supporting v2 extensions. They'll have to stand up their own extensions "store", as the Chrome Web Store and Microsoft Store will both be pulling v2 extensions eventually. (...Not sure if this will remain feasible long-term as the Chromium engine itself continues to change over time, making it harder for other projects to continue to shoehorn in v2 support.) https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/20059
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    With audio pops, the first thing to do is to download LatencyMon and run it in the background for a bit, while you go about your business doing whatever you do when you notice these pops. This is a very annoying problem which I fought with for a while on my Precision M6700. There have been multiple causes but I was always able to chase them down starting with LatencyMon. LatencyMon will measure how much CPU time each driver gets before returning control to Windows. If a driver runs for too long, the audio buffer could underrun and that causes an audio blip or "pop". Here, a "driver" is basically anything that runs in kernel mode (.sys files) — it could be hardware device driver, or a piece of security software, or just some core Windows component. So, after LatencyMon has been running for a while, check the "Drivers" tab which should be sorted by "highest execution time". I'd say anything with a value over 2-3ms is suspect, though really it would have to be a good bit higher than that in order to start causing noticeable audio pops. (My M6700 has the storage driver pop up to around 3.5ms and I don't experience audio pops there. I definitely notice them sometimes if something is hitting up around 10ms though.) Anyway, the next action depends on what you see using the most time. If you try this and see nothing reporting more than 2-3ms "highest execution time" then I guess the problem lies elsewhere...
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    I've been using DuckDuckGo as my default for a while now. For a lot of stuff, it's fine. For very specific technical searches (...software developer here...), I find that Google just does a better job. (The article makes a similar point.) Also, DuckDuckGo doesn't seem to take double quotes for exact terms as seriously as Google does. So, I'm bouncing between the two pretty often... Can't get away from Google Maps (on both desktop and phone). Nothing else compares.
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    Yes. They release two cumulative updates per month. Towards the end of the month you have the PREVIEW update which has bugfixes and functional changes. This is an optional update and it is not pushed out to systems unless they manually "seek" for updates. Then, on the second Tuesday of the following month you have the "REQUIRED" update, which includes changes from the previous month's preview update (...with tweaks for stability if needed...) and also a batch of security updates. (I generally avoid the preview updates...) Occasionally there are out of band updates that do not follow this pattern, generally for emergency security issues.
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    Are you trying to find a specific update? If you just want the latest one, search the catalog for something like "windows 10 cumulative", sort by date, and download the latest one that applies to your system.
  8. Aaron44126
    There is an internal cable between the motherboard and the display. It would be odd for it to become loose (it is secured quite tightly on both ends), but possible I guess...
  9. Aaron44126
    The QR code on screen has your service tag in it, might want to block that too.... Anyway, this reinforces a bad display panel I think.
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    This might be officially released very soon. (PC & Xbox? Switch might get it as well, but that might be the original N64 version on NSO.)
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    BIOS / pre-boot screens are probably running at 60 Hz. Seems like a likely display issue to me; I'd contact Dell support and explain the "symptoms", they'll probably just want to ship out a replacement display panel. I think you can get away with turning graphics switching on or off without having to mess with drivers each time now. I recently noticed that on Precision 7X60 and 7X70, the NVIDIA GPU hardware ID does not change when you toggle this setting (contrary to prior systems), so I think the way that Windows sees the GPU devices should be "stable" between modes.
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    When my Precision 7770 order was delayed(/canceled?) yesterday, my rep mentioned that they have Precision 7760 available still ("in case I have a business emergency") so that is not off the table even if the web site is not being cooperative. Multiple Dell sources have put June 16 as the new (tentative) 7770 order date.
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    Looks like part of the display is working, so are those streaks fixed in position? (They don't move around with the Notepad window as you move it, for example?) Agree with @Rinconmike, checking with an external display (try duplicate/mirroring mode) or enabling integrated graphics will help determine if this is maybe an issue with the display, or with the dGPU, or something else...?
  14. Aaron44126
    Yes.
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    Answer: With a four-drive setup, you should be able to do two RAID 1's or two RAID 0's (or one of each) if you so choose. If you have drives that aren't the same size, I think that you can use the leftover space from one drive in another array as well? I.e. With three drives drives of capacity 2TB + 2TB + 4TB, you could use a 2TB and half of the 4TB in a RAID 1 array and use the other 2TB with the remaining space in the 4TB for a second RAID 1 array. I'm not completely sure about this but I feel like I noticed it as an option when playing around with the Intel RAID interface once. [Edit] The Wikipedia article that I linked below also indicates that this is an option. The RAID solution is Intel Rapid Storage Technology, which is used in systems other than the Dell Precision. You can look up documentation on it.
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    And now I just got an email from my original sales rep from yesterday, he puts the tentative order date at June 16.
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    I don’t doubt that it caused disruptions regardless. They’ve got to be close to launch if they are giving out quotes, though…. Wonder what happened that let my order slip through 😛
  18. Aaron44126
    Been getting some calls from Dell customer support today — haven't had a chance to answer but I'll try to pick up the next one. I just called the customer service line for order status and the automated system says that my order is "on hold". [Edit] Actually they left a voicemail, the guy says that the new workstation orders will indeed be canceled, and due to the COVID lockdowns in China, they have no ETA on when the new models will be available. We'll see what happens...
  19. Aaron44126
    No issues, you can plug it in at any time.
  20. Aaron44126
    CPU performance curves look like this. Diminishing returns as the power usage goes up. (This particular chart is showing Alder Lake P cores and E cores plotted together. E cores are more efficient than P cores at low power levels but not at high power levels.) Source (interesting read) https://chipsandcheese.com/2022/01/28/alder-lakes-power-efficiency-a-complicated-picture/
  21. Aaron44126
    If I am reading this right, for example, the 162W figure is the max for CPU and GPU combined on the Precision 7770. So the only way you'll get close to that on the GPU is if the CPU workload is very light. ...Which is fine, but it means don't expect to be pushing 150W on the GPU and then another 50W on the CPU, I guess.
  22. Aaron44126
    This should work up to 10 Gbe easily. (...You could probably push 2.5 Gbe over regular USB-C.)
  23. Aaron44126
    Can you take a look at this batch? Also one more popped in from another user since then: Does the Ethernet port support 2.5Gbe? Thanks.
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    So, I've been informed (by someone who is not a sales rep) that ordering 7X70 is not supposed to be enabled yet, so orders put in now may or may not be canceled. ...Keep that in mind if you try to put a quote through to order right now. (More as I hear it.) It's not a sticker or something printed on, it's embedded in the display bezel. If you managed to get the silver logo out, there would still be a "DELL-shaped hole" where it used to be.
  25. Aaron44126
    There are two fingerprint reader models available. FIPS = more secure, a bit finicky and slow Non-FIPS = way faster FIPS is a gold square thing that sits beneath the keyboard on the right side. Non-FIPS actually integrates directly into the power button. My thoughts on security are, it basically depends on the purpose. Who do you think is going to be breaking into your computer? A girlfriend can snoop on your keyboard password entry but would have a harder time with your fingerprint. An evil nation state agent who hijacked your laptop during travel might have trouble brute forcing your password but no trouble lifting a fingerprint. (I got non-FIPS for mine. I use this in the Precision 7560 and like it a lot. It's very convenient to use and I'm not in a situation where I'm worried about someone trying to lift fingerprints and break in. I used FIPS in a number of prior systems and was generally frustrated by it.) If you have both fingerprint and IR camera, you can set it up to use either to log in. It's well documented at this point. Other than the "SSD door" drive slot, the other NVMe drives run through the PCH which only supports PCIe3 in Tiger Lake. I don't know why the order page is like that, but nothing is keeping them from selling you Gen4 drives and installing them in the Gen3 slots. Maybe they just don't stock Gen3 drives anymore.
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