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Information in this opening post is kept up to date with the latest developments. Alder Lake HX CPUs ("Intel 7" process / 55W base TDP / up to 8P+8E) NVIDIA Ampere refresh workstation GPUs (RTX A5500 at the top; GA103S chip with 7,424 CUDA cores; 16GB vRAM; similar performance to GeForce 3080 Ti mobile version) DDR5 support — up to 128GB (non-ECC) via CAMM, or up to 64GB (ECC or non-ECC) via SODIMM PCIe4 support in all NVMe slots Four NVMe slots in Precision 7770; three in Precision 7670 performance chassis; two in Precision 7670 thin chassis Chassis refresh 7670: 16" 16:10 7770: 17" 16:9 Release date (available to order): July 7, 2022 (now available) CPUs: 4P+8E: Core i5-12600HX 8P+8E: Core i7-12800HX, i7-12850HX, i9-12900HX, i9-12950HX No Xeon CPUs. Select Core CPUs support ECC memory. Note as of 2022-05-18: 12800HX and 12900HX might be pulled from the lineup. 2022-05-27: 12800HX and 12900HX have been removed from the spec sheet. GPUs: NVIDIA Ampere refresh workstation GPUs (see table below), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, Intel Arc A770M (later) Full list of Precision systems confirmed for this generation: Dell Precision 3470 • Announced 2022-03-31 • Available to order 2022-05-19 • Spec sheet • Support Dell Precision 3570 • Announced 2022-03-31 • Available to order 2022-04-19 • Spec sheet • Support Dell Precision 3571 • Announced 2022-03-31 • Available to order 2022-04-19 • Spec sheet • Support Dell Precision 5470 • Announced 2022-03-31 • Available to order 2022-04-19 • Spec sheet • Support Dell Precision 5570 • Announced 2022-03-31 • Available to order 2022-04-19 • Spec sheet • Support Dell Precision 5770 • Announced 2022-03-31 • Available to order 2022-04-19 • Spec sheet • Support Dell Precision 7670 • Announced 2022-04-26 • Available to order 2022-07-07 • Spec sheet • Support Dell Precision 7770 • Announced 2022-04-26 • Available to order 2022-07-07 • Spec sheet • Support See also: Legacy NBR 7X70 pre-release discussion thread

If you come across any particularly interesting posts with technical details, part numbers, fixes, or how-tos, let me know and I will include them on this list. Many of these link back to the Notebook Review forum, which is going offline on January 31. I will change the links to point to the NBR Precision archive once I have it ready. Upcoming systems: Precision 7670 & Precision 7770 CPU — Intel Alder Lake HX (12th gen) – Intel 7 process, hybrid architecture, 8P + 8E cores, bump up to 55W TDP GPU — NVIDIA Ampere refresh – RTX A5500 with GA103S chip; 7,424 CUDA cores; 16GB vRAM; similar performance to GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU DDR5 (up to 128GB) PCIe4 support — Alder Lake S-BGA supports 36 lanes of PCIe4 (20 at CPU and 16 at PCH), so all NVMe slots in the system should be PCIe4 enabled Expected to be available to order in mid/late second quarter 2022; could be earlier, primarily depends on release timing of Alder Lake HX CPUs, which is currently unclear Pre-release discussion thread Driver / BIOS RSS feeds See: Dell driver RSS feeds General Windows tips for newer Precision systems Dell Precision / Windows 11 information Switching from RAID to AHCI/NVMe mode (same process can be used to return to RAID mode) Switching from AHCI/NVMe mode to RAID mode, if the Windows instance has never seen RAID mode before (...specific to 7X60, will need to be tweaked for other systems) Remapping keys to get dedicated Home/End, PgUp/PgDn Bluetooth fix Precision 7560 & Precision 7760 You can order Precision 7X60 with GeForce RTX 3080 GPU (might support 110W in Precision 7560?) (part numbers) Solving "disappearing drive issue" by keeping the PCIe4 drive slot switch pressed down Display panel and cable part numbers Precision thermals & performance Great interview with Dell thermal engineer Travis North, six parts: one | two | three | four | five | six Notes on disabling the CPU power/throttle limit in modern Precision systems: one | two Notes on undervolting CPU in modern Precision systems Discussion on undervolting GPU in modern Precision systems Insights on Precision allocation of PCIe lanes Explanation of (lack of) performance difference between NVIDIA 4000- and 5000-level GPUs Use 17" GPU vBIOS on 15"/16" GPU to raise the power limit Precision 7560 + NVIDIA RTX A4000 (110W -> 130W) GPU upgrades DGFF upgrades in Precision 7X30, 7X40 Notes on modding NVIDIA INF file Notes on signing a modded NVIDIA driver, so that "test mode" or "disable driver signature enforcement" is not needed Working Quadro P3000 / P4000 / P5000 vBIOS images for Precision M6700, M6800 Dell Precision M6800 / Quadro P5000 vBIOS flash Dell Precision M4800 + Quadro T2000 upgrade Dell Precision M6700 – Quadro M5000M (worked great for me), Quadro P5000 (not so much) Other upgrades Precision M6600-M6800 / M4600-M4800 – different fan types (Sunon, AVC, Delta) Using M.2/NGFF cards in Precision M6700 Precision M6700 45W CPU heatsink replacement Precision M6600 / M6700 IPS display upgrade guide

Current link to 3.0 beta version (GUI) — https://1drv.ms/u/s!AsIwJHFk4EFdqNc2I45BxBqHhwaKIA?e=YjUSPn Please note that this software is not currently under active development and it is released in an "as is" state. Also note that it does not work with Dell systems released in 2022 and later. Requirements: • 64-bit Windows • The program is intended for use with Precision 7000-series systems, but it will likely work with all manner of Dell laptops, and maybe even smaller desktops (with Intel Sandy Bridge / 2nd-gen CPU or better) • BUT systems with 11th-gen CPUs and later (systems released in 2021 or later) are currently not supported. (The program may run, but you will not be able to control the fans.) • Current Visual C++ redistributable (https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe) • .NET Framework 4.8 runtime (https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-framework/thank-you/net48-web-installer) • .NET 6.0 runtime (https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/6.0/runtime, desktop x64) • In the registry, visit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CI\Policy, make a DWORD value called "UpgradedSystem" (no quotes) and set it to 0. Then, reboot. This allows drivers without a Microsoft EV signature to be loaded. (At some point I will have a version that will offer to set this value automatically at first launch.) To run the program, extract the zip file, and then open "DellFanManagement.exe" with elevated permissions ("as administrator"). Source code is here: https://github.com/AaronKelley/DellFanManagement More information regarding previous 2.0 version (command line) — https://web.archive.org/web/20211121044820/http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/dellfanmanagement-dellfankeepalive-–-tools-for-managing-the-fan-speed-in-dell-laptops.833340/