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Hi everyone, I’m looking for suggestions on a reliable laptop for work, light narrative/game design, and occasional gaming. My budget is around CAD 3500 (tax included), slightly higher for a new model. I’m based in Canada but may move to Asia soon, so repairability and parts availability matter...

Hey all, Laptop model: Dell Latitude 7420 1080p touch display Intel Iris Xe graphics Windows 11 24H2 I’ve been running into a weird issue on my laptop. All drivers are up to date, and using the latest Intel Graphics Command Center software. What’s happening: I’m getting slight flickering or a...

Hi, I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to hardware repair. The trackpad is not clicking. From the little research I've done so far, this is usually because there is some dust or food blocking the trackpad from making contact with the "button" underneath. But I think I'm having a different issue...

I have a Lenovo Ideapad Gaming 3 15ach6(1650 4gb and ryzen 7 5800h) as well as 16gb of ram which due to laptop i can only use around 13 or so rest is reserved for windows about 1 year ago i used to have heavy stutters but constant fps but very big stutters even when watching youtube or listening...

Hi, I have tried to get clarity searching online but am having a hard time getting concrete clarity, and you guys here are always the best! I am looking at two laptops, almost all the specs are the same, the one performance related difference is the CPU. One is a Lenovo V15 G4 with a Core i5...

Hello guys, I've recently found my old laptop and wanted to game League of Legends on it since I'm not at home and am in another country. The laptop model is MSI GE60 2OE. - CPU: I7-4710MQ - GPU: Nvidia 765M I know it's an old laptop but I think it's sufficient for playing LoL with OK fps...

I saw this laptop on Amazon? Can it run league of legends? At least 60fps at medium maybe? https://amzn.eu/d/hnuaLG0 Edit: maybe this one? https://amzn.eu/d/hXcwzLX

Laptop model: Asus ROG Strix G614 CPU: i7-13650HX I'm a little curious about overclocking and I'm just starting to learn. The default bus speed on my laptop is 99.76 and I want to lock it to a full number because I'm running it stably at 52 multipliers but unfortunately it can't go above a...

I've had this problem with my Alienware M15 R3 Laptop for as long as I can remember. It doesn't seem to be just an Alienware problem as others online have posted the same issue, but I cannot find any solution for it. I've had both where the laptop's Nvidia 2060 GPU is just stuck at 300mhz, and...

Hello, I bought a new Gigabyte Aorus 16X 9SG Laptop 2 days ago. I replaced the ssd and ram modules, but there were black foils (probably a seal?) on the two screws in the middle. The laptop works perfectly. I'm happy with it except for the charging. Unfortunately I didn't notice the charging...

I'm looking for a laptop for college that can also handle competitive games like CS2 and Tarkov, plus singleplayer games like RDR2 or Elden Ring and medium settings are fine. Also need it to run multiple programs smoothly for schoolwork (unfortunately I don't know what programs yet but I'm...

Hello. I just got a used HP 14s Laptop, and after fresh win 10 install, my wifi options are not showing. What i tried: Turning airplane mode on/off. Not sure if this laptop has some kind of physical wifi activation other than F12 key, but i couldn't find it Troubleshooting, but it finishes in...

Hi, my issue is that whatever audio playing from my laptop can at anytime become really bad and distorted for seemingly no reason. Straight from startup -> edge -> youtube and audio fails, even though no other apps are in use. Sometimes it does not fail, but usually does. I have checked drivers...

I don't know what to do, repaste, wait, burn the laptop. I should've researched more but I never knew pump out was a thing. 🥲

Hello friends, How are you, I am a technician of laptops and computers and I would like to do a project with my laptop. People in my country say that I do not know anything, that does not work the world as I think, so I decided to resort to TomHardware for the last verdict to tell me you. I...

Hey guys, In the past week or so, my laptop has started having this strange issue. When I turn the laptop on, it boots up with minimal fan noise. About 2 minutes into booting, the fans will suddenly start going super fast for about 30 seconds- 1min, then it will power off. I thought it was an...

I have a really odd question that I am having trouble finding info about and I'm at my wits end! I have my laptop permanently connected to a monitor, using a USB-C to Display Port cable. The weird thing with this, is every time I turn my laptop back on, I have to unplug and re-plugin the cable...

Hi all, I recently bought a SanDisk 1TB SSD to use as a secondary internal drive in my Dell Inspiron 2019 laptop. It already has a SATA 256gb M2 drive plugged in. I installed the SSD, it is connected to the motherboard by a ribbon cable, which was provided inside the laptop. Everything worked...

Hello everyone, I was recently looking for a ThinkPad and came across the T480. I'm wondering if this laptop model is actually good, because I've seen people say it's a beast and works well for various tasks. I will be using it mainly for studying and programming. The features that caught my...

Hello! To be upfront I have no idea what I am doing so would really appreciate some help troubleshooting. I will try to be clear and give as much info as possible but please let me know if I need to add any more info. (Please don't mind my messy desk) Short version of the issue: My screen is...

Hi At one point, whilst trying to sort out a laptop, everything appeared to be fine. Now, whenever I try to boot the machine, it turns off after a few minutes. It doesn’t just shut down, it just turns off completely. The screen goes black and the green light goes orange. I have a multimeter...

I have an Anker Powerhouse 90 battery for recharging my Asus laptop, which needs a round tip plug charger . Fortunately, this Anker model an AC outlet. The Asus charger gets plugged into the AC outlet, and then into the laptop. What worries me, however, is that the Asus charger gets hot. When I...

Hi everyone, I'm having an issue with my Lenovo Legion Y720 gaming laptop. The GTX 1060 6GB (Mobile) GPU is consistently running at very low core clock speeds — typically around 500–600MHz, only occasionally jumping to around 1200MHz under load. This is severely impacting gaming and performance...

I own a Dell Latitude E5570 laptop and I'm looking to upgrade the storage with an M.2 SSD. I've been getting conflicting information about whether my laptop supports M.2 NVMe gen 3 SSDs. I've confirmed that my E5570 does have an M.2 slot but don't have the holder case bracket, but I want to...

Hi I'm not sure what the proper name is for these. Perhaps someone can clarify...? Does anyone have any experience with gluing these washer-like screws back into these holes you would find on the underside of a laptop case/screen? I'm not able to get the LCD screen back into place securely...

Hi, apologies if this question is too vague, but my partner wants a laptop with the primary use being 3DS Max, she does game design at university. She has asked me to help her find a laptop appropriate but i know nothing about 3DS Max. These are the 2 laptops I got sent over to evaluate but I am...

I've been doing some research for the past couple of weeks on alternatives to spending upwards of 5-6 thousand dollars upgrading from my 2.5 year old 3080 Ti laptop to another more mobile solution for my work/gaming. I see new mini-PC solutions coming with oculink and thunderbolt 5 support...

I have an Aorus 7 gaming laptop specs(i7 9th gen, 16gb ddr4 2666mhz ram and GTX 1660TI) I recently had it shipped from one place to another because I relocated but suddenly the laptop is not turning on or showing the charging light. The charger shows a green light, which I think is a good...

I have a 2018 Asus ROG Strix Scar edition gl703ge. It currently has 16 gb RAM. I'm considering upgrading that. Is it worth doing on a 7 year old machine?

Hi all, i have MSI Raider Laptop with: RTX 2080 i7-8750H 32GB RAM 1TB M.2 SSD In all games I get 60-70 fps max on low setting, and on ultra same fps, maybe it's a cpu bottleneck? I need laptop for low details gaming and high fps 120+ Games like: Hunt Showdown, CS2 & Fortnite. i can sell my...

Hi. I'm having a problem with an old laptop. I have a Cyberpower PC laptop that I bought sometime ago now. Back in 2016, in fact. It's a Fusion Pro 2000 model apparently. Model No. W650RC. I've since given it to my sister. She mentioned she was getting a blue box appear on startup, which turned...

Acer Laptop Screen Glitch (Flickering Lines & Taskbar Issue) – Tried Everything, Still Not Fixed! Hi, I've been dealing with a flickering issue on my Acer laptop screen (photo attached). It happens mostly after the screen turns off and back on, or after waking from sleep mode. The only...

As stated above, I recently shattered the screen on my laptop and replaced the screen with an exact match from AliExpress. The new screen shows the startup logo and works in Bios, but wont work in windows. More details below. -Everything works fine on an external monitor. -Screen shows startup...

hi, i have laptop Msi raider i7 8750h six core RTX 2080 180W 8gb 2x sdd samsung evo 970 2tb 32gb ram windows 11 i tested new game on steam name is schedule 1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS MINIMUM: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64-bit) Processor: 3GHz 4-Core or...

For reasons unknown to me, Asus has discontinued the W7604 model. I cannot find it anywhere—it is completely sold out. I did come across a used unit, but it is priced the same as a brand-new one was. I also noticed that Asus released the H7606 as a replacement for the H7604, so I assume they...

Hello all -- I have a M2 screw for the internal SSD slot that's not coming out. I tried the following thread's solutions (hammer, rubber band. pliers) but those didn't work. So I finally arrived at drilling out the head with a 2mm drill bit thinking it would split the shaft. The head has been...

Hey! So the gaming laptop I am using right now is the Colorful X15 and after 3 years of usage now I feel the performance is slowly falling down. I wanted to know if the HDMI port or the Mini DP port are connected directly to the discrete GPU. If anyone has any idea it would help me out a lot...

Hello. I have two slots in my laptop where I installed a 16GB and an 8GB RAM stick. While the total should be 24GB, it shows only 16GB in the BIOS and in Task Manager. So it only sees the slot where the 16GB stick is installed. I'm already getting 16GB in performance, but in the CPU-Z utility...

I'm planning to buy a new laptop primarily for full-stack and mobile app development. I'm also a beginner in machine learning and AI, so I may explore those areas over time. My Requirements: Primary Usage: Full-stack and mobile app development Learning Focus: Beginner in ML/AI Budget: Not...

Hello. I am trying to profile energy usage of all components in a laptop when running a simulation. I know that fans don't draw that much power but is it possible to estimate how much power fans draw in a laptop? As in are there built in sensors similar to those that estimate gpu and cpu power...