u/thedane9

I just added this external hard drive Seagate STKX5000403 Eksternal Harddisk Xbox - USB 3.2 Gen 1. to my series X.

I know this should only be for storage and then moved to the ssd drive when I want to play a game.
However I can start a game that is installed on this external non-ssd drive.

The games that are installed on the external drive has no tag either that indicate anything.
Has something change or just a temporary fluke?

Have you all changed the thermal paste or considering it?
I have a slim Star Wars model - used very little. Now it has been made ready for gaming again. Some have explained to me because of age that the thermal paste need to changed.
What is your experience?

This morning at 9am CET cloud gaming worked perfect - then at 4pm CET it is very very slow. I am connecting from Europe. Direct or Better Cloud does not make any difference.
Anyone else experiencing this?

Turkey is one of the countries where Xbox Cloud is not available.
However using a vpn service solves the problem.
But is there a risk that you might be banned by Microsoft or get your account locked?