Recent content by Funktapus

My laptop headphone volume is usually very limited: often times I can still hear people talking on the opposite end of the office with the volume turned all the way up. Occasionally, when I boot the computer, the volume has a much greater range and my comfortable listening volume is well below...

Hey guys, I am getting really slow speeds on my WiFi connection and I'm not sure what the problem is. Over the past couple days, my internet speed has dropped from about 14 Mbps to 2 Mbps as measured in the Ookla speedtest. Netflix/HBO Go streaming has been having problems as a result. Last...

Ok guys, I am about 90% sure it was the hard drive. Found an old laptop and swapped the drives and its running like a dream. Thanks for the ideas, I will definitely use these next time something inevitably goes haywire.

I have been have a very annoying problem for the past few months: my computer has "fits" where it freezes periodically every couple seconds. While it freezes, I can still move my mouse around, but applications go non-responsive. This is what my CPU usage looks like: The laptop is a Thinkpad...