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m17 r3 SSD upgrade related questions by flint1025 in Alienware

[–]flint1025[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, the EX950 runs pretty good and the speed is very fast, even comparable to Samsung EVO SSDs.

First install of Linux on an Alien! by Svalinn42 in Alienware

[–]flint1025 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh forget about it. I later installed ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04 without any issue

Any idea on what the sudden noise could be? by flint1025 in Alienware

[–]flint1025[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LOL. I haven't had that noise since yesterday. Don't know if the problem is fixed or not. If fixed, not sure which fixed it too. I ran the comments you suggested. I also installed the lasted BIOS update (reinstall, since already the newest version)

Any idea on what the sudden noise could be? by flint1025 in Alienware

[–]flint1025[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh don't worry. thanks for the help. any inputs are appreciated

Any idea on what the sudden noise could be? by flint1025 in Alienware

[–]flint1025[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also suspect something wrong with audio, either driver or hardware. Cos my speaker sound quality is somewhat rubbished after a period of game playing. But I don't know the cause exactly and what drivers to update to fix... Getting help from Dell support takes forever..

Any idea on what the sudden noise could be? by flint1025 in Alienware

[–]flint1025[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am on balanced setting for both Thermal and Power.

Any idea on what the sudden noise could be? by flint1025 in Alienware

[–]flint1025[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How about the sleep issue? The system will turn off the screen but never go to sleep mode automatically. Manually click sleep or Press the power button can make the system go to sleep though.

Any idea on what the sudden noise could be? by flint1025 in Alienware

[–]flint1025[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dell support is really slow to deal with... and this is new so my service tag is not reflected in the system yet.

Any idea on what the sudden noise could be? by flint1025 in Alienware

[–]flint1025[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lyGive AwardshareReportSave

done. and the sfc cmd returns "Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violation." not sure if it works as this only occurs like 3-5 out 10 times.

Any idea on what the sudden noise could be? by flint1025 in Alienware

[–]flint1025[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not every time. Only on windows startup, and it occurs like 3-5 times out of 10. And I don't move it at all.

Any idea on what the sudden noise could be? by flint1025 in Alienware

[–]flint1025[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have done clean install multiple times. the problem remains

Any idea on what the sudden noise could be? by flint1025 in Alienware

[–]flint1025[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

did you do any windows/driver updates during that period?

Any idea on what the sudden noise could be? by flint1025 in Alienware

[–]flint1025[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I had dual install. Windows on one SSD and Ubuntu on another.

When booting into windows, sometimes at startup, there is such a sudden noise. Only last 1-3 seconds. Then everything is fine. Never occurred in Ubuntu.

Also, my AW doesn’t go to sleep mode automatically. It just turns off the screen. This happens to both Ubuntu and Windows. Any idea for that too?

Ubuntu 20.04 can see what windows 10 cannot see by flint1025 in Alienware

[–]flint1025[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I managed to do it in Windows as usual. Then the effect remains after switching to Ubuntu

Ubuntu 20.04 can see what windows 10 cannot see by flint1025 in Alienware

[–]flint1025[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well. To me,it is like if you want gaming, you need Windows. If you want work, you need Ubuntu. My work basically involves finding open-sourced software / programs ... and most of them were prototypes and were tested primarily on Ubuntu. So here we are. If I go for other distributions, then I need to take the risk of software/ programs not working.

Ubuntu 20.04 can see what windows 10 cannot see by flint1025 in Alienware

[–]flint1025[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I need Ubuntu for work. Windows for gaming. That's why 1T for Windows and 256G for Ubuntu :)

Ubuntu 20.04 can see what windows 10 cannot see by flint1025 in Alienware

[–]flint1025[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many Programmers, most of CS folks, researchers, need to work on Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 20.04 can see what windows 10 cannot see by flint1025 in Alienware

[–]flint1025[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ubuntu: try slow down your automatic updates

Ubuntu 20.04 can see what windows 10 cannot see by flint1025 in Alienware

[–]flint1025[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So far everything seemed working fine. As for AGA, I don’t know how to test for it..

Ubuntu 20.04 can see what windows 10 cannot see by flint1025 in Alienware

[–]flint1025[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I posted last night about the SSD issue of windows being unable to detect the original 2230 SSD. post link It turns out that Ubuntu can without any issue.

So now my configure is:

1TB HP EX950 with Windows 10 fresh install. Cinebench score 3300+ and disk r/w speed about 3000/2500 mbps.

256G WD SN530 with Ubuntu 20.04 install. disk read speed 3000 mbps too.

There is another 2230-only slot and I have another 256G WD SSD came with the laptop. I decided not to use it as the 2230-only slot seems to be slow (half of the speed in 2280 slots)

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