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    New Acer laptop unresponsive at times

    I got this laptop from Amazon by Acer early September for general school and light gaming. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01K1IO3QW/ref=psdc_13896615011_t1_B01LD4MGY4 As of recent, Chrome started to be unresponsive fairly often and it takes a while for anything on the screen to do anything. Is...
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    Need help upgrading my old rig

    Fry's is always having CPU motherboard combo sales and it always has to do with i5 7th generation "k" processors or better since Ryzen is out and they're going for around 300-450. Definitely upgrade to a 1060 6gb with whatever remaining money you can get or have. I had a 7950 as well and...
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    [SOLVED] Need help upgrading to SSD on MacBook pro

    Hi all, I'm trying to upgrade my friend's hard drive to an SSD. I'm a lot more familiar and comfortable with upgrading anything for Windows PC's easy plug and play but not particularly MacBooks or anything Mac related. I looked around online to try and see if there was anything that I need and...
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    Laptop vs 2-in-1

    My old HP laptop died 2 years ago and I've been using my phone while on campus for school work. Now I'm considering getting something so I don't use my phone, but I'm not sure what. I was thinking about getting this Acer 2-in-1 Chromebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01J42JPJG?psc=1 but I also...
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    750D back case fan dying

    The fan that comes with the case is starting to not turn on every time I turn on the computer. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. When it didn't turn on one time, I started spinning it manually while the computer was on and then it started to spin on its own with normal rpm like it needed...
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    Friend upgrading pre-built computer

    He's going with a 1070 instead!
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    Friend upgrading pre-built computer

    Right now he has a Gateway FX6860, link here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883113177 He wants to get a 1080 but he's worried about compatibility issues which I told him not to worry about because it should be compatible. I didn't check on PC part picker but can someone...
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    Purple coloration, black screen

    I restarted my laptop after an update was prompting me to restart and at the same time, my Windows 10 installation was trying to find updates and it was doing that for maybe 30 minutes so I thought maybe the updates it's trying to find is the one my laptop is asking me to restart. So I restarted...
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    58 inch Panasonic TV not turning on anymore

    My parents use a 58 inch Panasonic TV, the model number is TH-58PX60U. I'm the tech person of the family so when it suddenly turned off without warning and won't turn back on, I researched online and tried to look at the problems and it seems its the "10 red blinks of death." I opened it and...
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    GPU experiencing higher than normal idle temp

    It's reading around 35 on safe mode. Not sure what the problem is. @Szaki I usually install the most recent updates just cause so I might have Crimson.