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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...

Merhaba, ASUS ROG STRIX G731gw bilgisayarım ilk 2-3 yıl her şeyi Full Ultra'da güzelce oynuyordum ama son yıllarda işlemci ekran kartında sorun olduğunu düşünüp kendim bir kaç şeyi değiştirip çözmeyi denedim ama olmadı. Her şeyi yaptım termal macun değiştirme, temizlik, 6'lık piller satın...

I'm trying to install a new SSD into an old ACER laptop, which has a 1TB HDD in it at the moment, and in BIOS the only thing that shows up is the HDD, but when I log in, I can format it, which I did, and it shows up in file explorer, but still won't show up in BIOS so I can't set it as the boot...

I want to breathe some life into my old laptop that has an HDD. What would be a good budget SSD that will actually make a difference in start-up times and maybe responsiveness? So far I've come across the Kingston A400 in 240gb, which seems solid, and is a good price for £24. Is that a decent...

Hello, I've been having trouble finding a laptop that could run games, run simulations in programs such as Solidworks and I'd like for it to be able to handle cpu heavy tasks since I sometimes edit. Fyi I am in France and from what I've been looking it seems like I should stay away from brands...

My Laptop is HP 640 G2 , When i plug the charger , the laptop power on and Charger LED is always white but battery status is plug in , only 2% and not charging . if i removed the adapter the laptop shut down So the Adapter manage to power on the laptop but cannot charge it despite the Charging...

Hello all. I run a small project studio where do a lot of video and audio production work (recording bands with external audio interfaces, shooting higher bitrate video with pro camcorders and rendering footage in new edits, ect). I do a lot of this on the go where I meet clients and partners...

I pasted this from the various reddit subreddits I also asked this question in, so I apologize if there are any pasting errors or something. Laptop model: Razer Blade 15 2023 Hello everyone. I am writing this because I am truly stumped and really do not want to attempt to go to a shop/return...

Short description: Battery didn't work and stayed at zero, ordered new one, inserted it, replaced it with the old battery and now the old one is charging. Here is a rundown of what has happened. This laptop has a HDD which I am certain is the reason for it running really slow in Windows 10...

Title pretty much sums it up, its not even showing in Device Manager or Bios. I've done all pretty much everything I could think of... Reflashed the bios time and time again CMOS Reset Cant really do anything in Windows/Armoury Crate since it doesnt see it whatsoever and is stuck on extreme...

Hi everyone! I've recently bought this office laptop Asus Vivobook 16 M1605YA-MB155WS. I am a bit disappointed with the display quality as it has lower color accuracy (45% NTSC); it's making me a bit nauseous looking at it for prolonged periods of time. I looked around for potential solutions...

Hello all, I have a 2024 Razer Blade 16 (RZ09-0510x) Laptop that initially came with 2x 8gb factory RAM cards. I decided to upgrade the RAM and purchased 2x Crucial 48gb DDR5 RAM cards to install into my laptop to bring it to the maximum capacity of 96 GB, which is supported by the laptop (per...

I am using a asus tuf gaming laptop (F15, it has a intel 10500H and a 1650 GPU) recently my laptops fans are rapidly spinning and the noice is quiet annoying and started checking the temp and its reaching 95 C, and I checked which app is utilizing it and in task manager CPU utilization is only...

So, I know is a really really weird to complain about a good temperature, but today I changed the thermal paste for the third time in the life spam of my laptop, keep in mind, when the laptop was brand new and open from the box, the temperature was around 92° C, the first time I changed the...

Wasn't sure where to put this, as it's about prebuilt laptops. So I'm weighing up 3 gaming laptops, but noticed the Acer Nitro V has apparently a 25ms response time on the screen - that sounds crazy to me, considering I usually use desktop screen with around 3ms. Am I missing something? Are the...

I have an HP 17-cp0700dx laptop that I want to wipe and reinstall Window 10 on. I have little knowledge on M.2 drives. This computer has a Western Digital PC SN530 NVMe SDD. I have many questions about how to do this. It has been a while since I work on any new computer. I need to be updated...

Hello, I got my acer nitro 5 and I was just wondering if I should stand it up even if I'm not playing games. Like if I'm just surfing the web ir watching YouTube ir something not using the performance mode will I have to worry about it going crazy with the fans or getting super hot. I can...