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No the CMOS battery does not recharge like the other batteries which power up laptops. CMOS battery is the one located inside your laptop, not the one you could easily remove. The CMOS battery does not recharge. It is used to provide constant power to the CMOS settings which are necessary for...

In which applications is the mouse lagging? Also try changing the mouse sensitivity.

Most probably you need to replace the CMOS battery, as the BIOS settings are lost. Happens if a computer/laptop is not turned on for a long period of time. If you do not replace it, the BIOS settings will be lost again. Rebooting will bring back the WiFi and Ethernet.

If the computer crashes after a few minutes, and then it crashes immediately after it is turned on again, then it is safe to assume that the CPU is overheating. Open the case, remove the CPU heatsink/fan, clean the computer with a blower, remove any dust clogged inside the fans/heatsink, and...

Start Google Chrome as safe mode, basically find your google chrome shortcut, copy and paste it, right click on the new copied shortcut and click on Properties. You should see the Target (which points to the Google Chrome .exe file). At the end of the string input " --incognito" (including the...

Hi not sure about this, but if you install Windows 8.1 with the same edition of your Windows 8 OEM license, meaning that if your OEM license is for Windows 8 Pro then you have to install Windows 8.1 Pro and if your OEM license for Windows 8 then you have to install Windows 8.1. Windows 8...

Even if dual 760 s did not cause any problems, it does not mean that the PSU was not being overloaded. I suggest upgrading the PSU with one having more output wattage (1k - 1000W or perhaps more), even if the documented specs for both cards do not exceed the output wattage provided by the PSU...

Try activating using the license key with which the computer had. If the license key was OEM, then you have to activate it through phone. If it didn't come with a license key, then the computer was installed with a non-geniune Windows copy (cracked or illegal license) before the above hardware...

SSDs making static (quiet) noise during operation is normal. However a loud and distracting noise would not be normal. Also check that the SATA cable is connected properly or try replacing the SATA cable entirely just in case. But if the noise not to loud or distracting, it's normal.

Hi, had the same or similar issue, my issue was that the computer was checking for updates and was stuck in that state, and the CPU was being stuck at 25% on the svchost.exe (an executable on which the Windows Update service runs). I searched online and found that after turning off Windows...

Is there a cable running freely, and maybe it is hitting the CPU fan or any other fan, hence making a noise when the computer system is put under a heavy load/task (that is when fans rotate faster, hence make more noise)?

You do not actually need a Microsoft Account. Even if you have one and you did not upgrade your computer to Windows 10 before the Upgrade expiration date, then it won't activate as you have lost the opportunity to take advantage of the Windows 10 upgrade offer. In fact the Windows 10 digital...

2001 computer, after 15yrs the hard drive dies eventually. Hope you did not have any data / documents on it which was / were not backed up...

Remove all the RAM as ss202sl and put them 1 at a time. Also try changing the RAM slots. It could be that a RAM was not seated properly, and that might have damaged a RAM or a RAM slot.