HCL - DELL XPS 17 9730 rtx 4050

---
layout:
  'hcl'
type:
  'Notebook'
hvm:
  'yes'
iommu:
  'yes'
slat:
  'yes'
tpm:
  '2.0'
remap:
  'yes'
brand: |
  Dell Inc.
model: |
  XPS 17 9730
bios: |
  1.19.1
cpu: |
  13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700H
cpu-short: |
  FIXME
chipset: |
  Intel Corporation Device [8086:a706]
chipset-short: |
  FIXME
gpu: |
  Intel Corporation Raptor Lake-P [Iris Xe Graphics] [8086:a7a0] (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
gpu-short: |
  FIXME
network: |
  Intel Corporation Raptor Lake PCH CNVi WiFi [8086:51f1] (rev 01)
memory: |
  97988
scsi: |

usb: |
  4
certified:
  'no'
versions:
  - works:
      'yes'
    qubes: |
      R4.2.4
    xen: |
      4.17.5
    kernel: |
      6.14.4-1
    remark: |
      rtx4050 had to be detached from dom0 or some hangs on start/shutdown
    credit: |
      FIXAUTHOR
    link: |
      FIXLINK

Remarks

Video, audio (in and out) work. Nvidia RTX4050 card was getting a bit in the way (Cannot disable in BIOS) so in order to get to the login screen had to disable gfx screen at luks password entry press esc), once I followed the steps to do GPU passthrough into a different qube - that problem went away (GPU itself works for llm inference with cuda and all as the result).
4K screen is still a hassle, so had to drop the resolution in settings as a workaround for now.
suspend to RAM works.
I self-upgraded the RAM to 96G (2x48G ddr5-5200 dimms), a configuration not listed as a supported by Dell, but listed as supported by Intel for this CPU.

Attachments

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