MyPC8MyBrain

in the same predicament, we make the most with what we have but new employees need hardware so we end up paying these ransom fees.

LMAO Dell knows they wont sell any new hardware to the private sector at these market prices, thats why they didn't even bother to design a new one for the one person who's drunk enough to purchase at current market prices.

first thing the SD25TB5 is brand new model and should still be under dell's warranty if its defected. second, the spesific unit you got has a builtin KVM (which sounds like your stuck on one) and other network management features, i deliberately didn't get that spesific model because of the KVM and extra network and firmware nonsense. make sure you installed the latest firmware for the doc, if that doesn't change much try validating the doc power supply by swapping it with the one from the laptop (that should be 280W vs your doc 300W they will interchange just fine) and see if you still stuck in low power mode which the smart pin could cause if its faulty or cant make contact it will default to lower power mode crippling everything until power is restored. plug your doc power supply to your laptop and turn it on then watch post screen for low power detected during boot.

just add that to the pile... Meta is currently navigating a "perfect storm" of legal challenges. As of early 2026, the company is fighting major battles on multiple fronts: federal antitrust regulators, state-level child safety advocates, and European privacy courts. Monopoly / Breakup FTC (Federal Government) Social Media Addiction 40+ States + Families Child Exploitation in New Mexico Data Privacy EU Courts

this is aimed for creators, most of us hooligans get all the above for free as is.

from my experience dealing with HPE is a can of worm nightmare you don't want open for any price.

The way the current stock market unfolding might actually work in our favor faster than expected. All these companies went all-in on AI when their stocks were flying high. Borrowed heavily, committed to massive infrastructure builds, stripped components away from consumer products. The whole bet was that AI hype would keep going. Now? Stocks cratering, and suddenly that NVIDIA "$100B OpenAI investment" went from a done deal to "optional" and "we're considering it." That's the canary. Here's the thing - when you're overleveraged and the money dries up, you pivot FAST. And what actually makes money? Selling products consumers want to buy. Not burning cash on AI infrastructure that hasn't proven profitable. The market's forcing their hand. They can't keep the AI spending spree going when their stock's down 50% and investors are demanding answers. They need revenue, and consumers are where the revenue is. ASML doing layoffs despite record profits tells you everything - they see what's coming. So yeah, sucks for the companies and investors, but for us? This collapse might actually accelerate the return of consumer products. When the leverage evaporates, they have to sell what people actually pay for. Beginning of the end of the AI bubble might be the beginning of getting our hardware back.

you over complicating things, install WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) and run any distro you like inside windows

im glad to hear that 👍 credit where credit is due, at the end of the day no vendors comes close to Dell's customer service standing behind their hardware.

you're right, i was referencing another scenario in my mind 😅

did you try manually changing PL1 limit?

some, it confirms storport.sys + iaStorVD.sys were interfering before (a clean fresh windows install after the BIOS change is highly recommended for perfect driver stack) did you uninstall the Intel Intel Rapid Storage / RST drivers and revert to using windows native drivers? In Device Manager > Storage controllers > uninstall any remaining Intel RST entries (right-click > uninstall device (select to also delete drivers), reboot). Let Windows use its standard NVMe driver. > Rerun LatencyMon - storport/iaStorVD spikes should drop significantly. ACPI.sys and kernel stuff here point to throttling. Disable CPU features like Intel SpeedStep or C-States in BIOS to keep things steady during benchmarks. also for your NVME controller, look for firmware update for it or if possible test with alternate drive just for validation purposes. as for NVIDIA involvement clean reinstall drivers with DDU tool, and check for power saving modes in NVIDIA Control Panel that might be interfering. Quick tweaks (do these anyway): Power plan - High Performance (disable all sleep/USB suspend in advanced settings, in particular look for and sleep features for the NVME drive or power saving nonsense). Update BIOS + chipset drivers straight from Dell's site for your your exact model (do not count on the drivers that shipped with the default system). NVIDIA Control Panel > Manage 3D Settings > Power management mode = Prefer maximum performance. Uninstall Dell SupportAssist / Optimizer if installed (known latency contributors). Rerun LatencyMon after each change to confirm drops.

absolutely agree! this is the main reason i didn't suggest more steps atm and was carefully building up to it from the logical starting point. (i did notice both the ACPI issue and NVIDIA potential)

@OneSunOne If your BIOS is set to RAID (Dell's default on many models), it ramps up storport.sys latency. Switching to AHCI mode often drops this dramatically and boosts consistency in I/O-heavy benchmarks. After that, uninstall Intel RST drivers and let Windows use its native NVMe ones. to do this change you must follow these steps to the T, if you missed F2 reboot and try again until you get it right (do not change this bios setting in any other order or you risk bricking your windows boot!) from windows admin command prompt issue perform the following in this order Enable Safe Mod: bcdedit /set {current} safeboot minimal shutdown /r /t 0 reboot, enter BIOS (Press F2 during post) Change SATA / Storage mode from RAID / RST → AHCI Save and exit BIOS Windows will now continue to boot into Safe Mode, once in Safe mode, from windows admin command prompt issue this command to Disable Safe Mode and boot back to Windows: bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot shutdown /r /t 0 Windows will now boot cleanly in AHCI mode, if you still have the same issue afterwards report back.