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Archive for October 25th, 2024

Is there a an official playlist of music played during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics yet?

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/25

A few months ago [Wayback/Archive] Paris Olympics: will there soon be an official playlist of music played during the opening ceremony? – Sortiraparis.com

There was a preliminary list of original songs at the same site: [Wayback/Archive] Paris 2024 Olympics: the playlist broadcast during the opening ceremony – Sortiraparis.com

--jeroen

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Note that Dell 3060 and 3070 Micro MFF have M.2 PCI-e x2 (the 3070 documentation is correct; the 3060 documentation indicates x4); same for mini and tower machines

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/25

Now that Dell 3060 and 3070 Micro MFF have become available quite a bit  cheaper than before, please note that both only support M.2 PCIe x2 (though the 3060 documentation indicates x4, the 3070 documentation correctly states x2).

This is a board electronics issue, as the chip-set does support x4.

The M.2 connector however is more versatile than I expected and does support a variety of M.2 keying of which not all “big connector” PCI-e or USB M.2 adapters support:

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