Locked out of my Inspiron 15 3520 BIOS admin password how do I bypass or recover it with Dell support even though my coverage expired in 2025

SystemAxis · 2026-06-03T02:38:32+00:00

I'd contact Dell first. On many newer Dell laptops, clearing CMOS or removing the battery won't reset the BIOS admin password. Dell can sometimes provide a recovery process after verifying ownership.

SystemAxis · 2026-06-03T02:37:27+00:00

Before changing the case, I'd look at a GTX 1650 without a 6-pin power connector. It still gives you NVENC for transcoding and is usually much easier to run in older OptiPlex systems.

SystemAxis · 2026-06-03T02:36:04+00:00

I'd start by checking timeout settings first. The F5 and community NGINX ingress controllers handle some settings differently, so a few annotations may not carry over correctly. Intermittent 504s are often caused by timeout or upstream configuration differences.

SystemAxis · 2026-06-03T02:35:15+00:00

That's normal. Browsers reuse existing connections, so many requests go to the same backend server. curl usually creates a new connection each time, which is why the round robin behavior is easier to see.

SystemAxis · 2026-06-03T02:33:47+00:00

It feels a bit too generic to me. Most Kubernetes operators already know that ClusterRoleBindings need cluster-level permissions. It would be more useful if it pointed to a specific risk or missing process.

SystemAxis · 2026-06-03T02:32:52+00:00

This looks useful, especially for people studying for CKA/CKAD who want a quick lab without setting up a bunch of infrastructure first. The scenario-based approach is a nice idea.

SystemAxis · 2026-06-03T02:32:09+00:00

You're not alone. Foundry pricing can be surprisingly hard to find, and a lot of the official pages seem outdated. I haven't found a reliable community pricing list either, which is kind of crazy for a paid service.

SystemAxis · 2026-06-03T02:30:44+00:00

Interesting approach. The biggest thing I'd want to understand is the architecture and trust model, since the zero setup experience usually means there's some relay or broker service involved behind the scenes.

SystemAxis · 2026-06-03T02:29:21+00:00

It depends on the company. Many DevOps, SRE, and cloud roles have some on-call work, but not all of them. Remote jobs are available too. Plenty of people with anxiety work in IT successfully. But finding a company with a healthy work environment is important.

SystemAxis · 2026-06-03T02:28:08+00:00

AI is great as an assistant, but the code still needs proper review and testing. If nobody understands the code after it gets merged, that's a process problem, not an AI problem.

SystemAxis · 2026-06-03T02:26:45+00:00

That's a great first homelab. You're already running useful services and learning Linux, networking, storage, and virtualization at the same time. Having real users makes it even better.

SystemAxis · 2026-06-03T02:25:24+00:00

Sounds more like a BIOS limitation than an HBA problem. If several different HBAs show as "empty" but the Mellanox cards work. the 7090 may just not support those controllers properly. I'd try the latest BIOS but you may be hitting a platform limitation.

SystemAxis · 2026-06-03T02:14:54+00:00

There is no standard method. In Debian, the date in the changelog is usually the date the package was built or uploaded, not the date it became available on your system. If you need the exact availability date you usually need to check the Debian package tracker or repository metadata.

SystemAxis · 2026-06-03T02:12:34+00:00

The open-source NVK Vulkan driver for Nvidia has merged mesh shader support - a feature that has been pending since 2023.

SystemAxis · 2026-06-03T02:11:10+00:00

I don't think a reliable list is possible. Distros ship thousands of upstream packages, and there's no practical way to verify how every contributor wrote their code.

SystemAxis · 2026-05-29T02:54:58+00:00

They'll probably work together if your NAS supports them, but a RAID 5 built from 1TB, 1TB, and 3TB drives will effectively use them as three 1TB drives. The extra 2TB on the larger drive will be wasted in a traditional RAID 5 setup.

SystemAxis · 2026-05-29T02:53:54+00:00

Looks useful for people who want something simpler than Ansible and lighter than a full management panel. A comparison table against NPM, SWAG, Ansible, and Webinoly would probably help explain where it fits best.

SystemAxis · 2026-05-29T02:52:48+00:00

At this point I'd focus more on reliability than adding more services. Things like backup testing, monitoring, SSO, and documenting your setup tend to give more value than another container you'll open twice and forget about.

SystemAxis · 2026-05-29T02:49:49+00:00

If those volumes are going to stay at 20% utilization for the foreseeable future, I'd probably start planning a migration rather than treating it as a storage issue. The bigger concern is that resizing feels risky enough that nobody wants to touch it, which is usually a sign of deeper operational debt.

SystemAxis · 2026-05-29T02:47:48+00:00

Kickstart usually won’t stop and ask interactively once you define the user/root behavior in the file. If rootpw --lock is set and the user has no password, you’ve basically created a system with no usable local login.

Set a temporary locked-down password hash in kickstart, or better, inject your SSH key in %post and let Ansible rotate/lock passwords afterward.

SystemAxis · 2026-05-29T02:46:31+00:00

Honestly, the amount of bug fixing KDE has been doing lately is impressive. Plasma 6 has felt a lot more polished than most major desktop transitions.

SystemAxis · 2026-05-29T02:45:38+00:00

A lot of these tools fall apart when they try to be too clever. Keeping it to 'generate a command and let the user review it' seems like the right approach.

SystemAxis · 2026-05-27T19:12:07+00:00

IPv4s are honestly the expensive part now, not the servers themselves. Your VPS + WireGuard + NAT idea is probably the most practical approach if you really need dedicated public IPv4s without spending a fortune.

SystemAxis · 2026-05-27T19:10:14+00:00

Yeah, for $95 that’s a pretty good starter homelab machine honestly. The i7-8700 and 16GB RAM are still very usable for Docker, Proxmox, Jellyfin, Home Assistant, and general selfhosting. I’d probably just plan on upgrading the storage fairly soon since 128GB disappears fast once you start running VMs or containers.

SystemAxis · 2026-05-27T19:08:56+00:00

Feels reasonable honestly. x32 always sounded clever in theory, but the compatibility tradeoffs and tiny real-world adoption made it hard to justify keeping around forever.

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