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I have this model of IdeaPad PRO 5 16APH8 with the R7 7840HS (freshly bought) with the Radeon 780M GPU and my Wifi card seems to be broken. I tested Ethernet using an Ethernet cable and the speed is constant and in conformity with my internet subscription, whereas the wifi card seems to...

I have a main PC which I use for gaming and personal stuff and I have a laptop which I use to work from home. I want a way to switch between my PC and laptop at a press of a button so I can use my monitors, keyboard and mouse easily between both devices without having to use my laptop. My PC is...

I purchased a JBL 1000 soundbar and I am having issues connecting it to my current setup. I have a Gigabyte G5 KD laptop with the hdmi out connected to my soundbar's hdmi input and a cable from the hdmi output/e-arc of the soundbar to an Epson Powerlite 1040 Home Cinema projector which has no...

I noticed my laptop randomly makes a small popping sound maybe 1-2 times a day whether I'm doing something or not. It's fresh out of the box only about a year old and I make sure to at least clear any dust or debris from the bottom of the laptop and the surrounding area. I haven't noticed any...

Hey folks, I need a replacement for my laptop primarily for my work, as a medical illustrator. I work with very large Photoshop files (easily reach over 1,5 GB with well over 50 layers) and usually have over 50 tabs open at any given time. Second only to gaming FromSoftware titles. I need to...

Hello, I own a laptop equipped with an Intel i5 8th gen 8250u processor and an MX 150 4GB VRAM graphics card. Normally, when performing tasks such as browsing and general computing, my CPU boosts up to 3.4GHz. However, as soon as I start gaming, the CPU frequency gets locked at 1.6GHz, which is...

Hello everyone, recently I've noticed a quite uncommon behavior on my laptop, it started with an old M.2 SSD I had which was quite bad and I thought maybe the SSD was the reason so I switched to a Kingston 1TB NVMe SSD. It started off nice but then when I unplugged my laptop the usage got...

1. What is your budget? -- Around 1000 dollars. Preferably on the budget side. 2. What is the size of the notebook and screen resolution that you are considering? -- Doesn't matter 4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? -- Doesn't matter, Build quality could be good so that...

sometimes its just the W key or the Q and E or R keys as well but most of the times its the W key its either not working or when i press the key it registers twice so instead of typing the W letter one it does it 2 times for example i am going to type "word" a lot of the times it will type...

I didn’t properly connect the power-brick to my new Asus Tuf Gaming A15 laptop. As a result,the power to the laptop kept connecting and disconnecting and the laptop was constantly switching between silent and performance mode .After connecting and disconnecting for a few times , the screen...

Recently I've been getting very low gaming performance on my Asus Strix GL503GE laptop. My specs are: CPU: I7-8750H GPU: GTX 1050ti 4GB RAM: 16GB Storage: Windows 10 on 128gb Adata SSD and a 1TB HDD for games. What happens is I run a game like Dark Souls or Elden Ring (not the most demanding...

I have Lenovo Ideapad Gaming 3 15IMH05 Specs: View: https://imgur.com/a/dWSz5QB I've been playing and suddently got BSoD. After reboot I discovered that my GTX 1650 vanished from task manager, there is only integrated Intel UHD. Device Manager shows Code 43 for dedicated card. There are no...

Hello everyone, I'm currently in the process of assembling a high-end PC and am also looking to purchase two high-end laptops. The primary use for these machines will be running AutoCAD and other demanding applications, with a focus on efficient rendering and overall quick performance. My...

Hello, 7 years ago with the help of this forum, I built my first computer: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/TjWj9c AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz, ASRock AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard, EVGA SuperSC 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL15 Memory, Western Digital WD_BLACK 1 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive...

Hi there im currently trying to find a wifi 6/7 card for the above mentioned laptop. Does anyone have any soloutions to this apart from using a usb one? Alexander

Laptop: Acer Aspire E5-576G External monitor: Acer Nitro VG240Y M3 I just want to know what's the problem with my laptop? I did try the same HDMI on another laptop and it gives the option of max 180hz that the external monitor supports. but not with my Acer laptop. This is my Acer laptop with...

Hi everyone so I am using an Acer Predator Helios 300 with a 180w charger that came with it. I've had it for about 6 years now and I'm always using the "High performance"power plan, but suddently my charger stopped working. So i unplugged and did everything to make it work but nothing did until...

Laptop model: Asus Swift 1 SF114-32 The device previously had a cup of coffee spilled on it. Since this accident, it refuses to stay on without the charger plugged into the laptop. I have replaced the battery with a verified and worked batter from iFixit's website. Even with the new battery, I...

Bit of a tricky one here but am hoping I can get some advice. I installed a windows 11 update yesterday and now I am unable to get my taskbar/start button back. To make matters worse, because there is something going on with my display (when my laptop starts up it's only in a black screen) I am...

Hello, & thank you in advance for advise. Laptop model: Asus Visio 16X I am currently helping a friend with her laptop because she broke the screen, you could still see the image with the spider web cracks.. After recieving a compatible replacement screen I dismanteled the laptop carefully and...

Hello, so I have a 2023 ASUS TUF A15 gaming laptop. I tried to turn it on like usual yesterday but it shows no display, the laptop turns on, the keyboard RGB lights turn on but then they turn off, but the laptop stays on, I have no idea what caused this issue except for one incident that...

Hi, I am having a problem with my laptop. The dGPU is being used for apps that I have not selected and that don't even need it. This was never a problem until I recently launched a game on Steam and now a bunch of random apps are using the dGPU. Also, there is another problem that I cannot turn...

Hello Everyone. I have problem like in a tittle of this thread. HWMonitor shows very low CPU frequency. This program doesn't show this very low CPU frequency by all time, but I suppose that 143 MHz clock speed on i7 4700mq isn't something normal, because even if this processor model will turn to...

Hello. I have an ASUS N53SV laptop that I've upgraded and maintained through the last few years and use it regularly. Currently rocking two SATA SSDs two, repasted with Arctic MX4 last summer. Currently typing on it. Good computer but the wireless is bad. The WiFi is tolerable actually but I...

I found an old laptop that I haven't used in years. Just to explore, I started taking apart the hard drive and exposed the platters. I didn't have glove or anything on. Luckily, I was outside when I decided to take pliers and bend them. They shattered into a million pieces. I swept up what I...

Just got a new laptop and installed windows on it... I can't change my brightness, which is a different problem, but when I went to use the F5 key to refresh a page, the Fn function triggered instead of refreshing (I'm not pressing any other keys ofc) What should I do?

I have a Thinkbook 15 G2 ARE motherboard and there seems to be a power switch on the side of it. I plan to put it in a larger case but unfortunately I cant seem to find the pins for the actual power button. Does anyone know where it is or how to identify it? There is also a very small power...

Hello enthusiasts, My old Acer V5-471P-6605 laptop is running really slow these days. It's got an Intel Core i3 processor, 4GB RAM, and a 500GB hard drive. I mainly use it for browsing with Chrome, but even with just 6-8 tabs open, it's struggling. I'm looking for some advice on how to speed it...

I have a MSI GS65 RE laptop. A few days ago i blew up the chipset and that made it completey died, so i brought it to repair center and they replaced the chipsetwith the new one. After i got the laptop back, i tried to play Valorant. BUT THERE IS A POP UP MESSAGE THAT WONT LET ME OPEN THE GAME...

Need a laptop for college, I have a PC so it's not very vital but I need it to use it in college and not have to split my PC with my brother. I need something that should do well in games and last me for a while so I don't want an iGpu unless I can upgrade later somehow. Country: Ukraine, I...

I have upgraded my ram in my Acer nitro 5 laptop from this...

Bought a new laptop (linked below), and it keeps freezing (massive fps drop and my mouse freezes in place, screen freezes) while I play games, mostly League Of Legends. When playing, my CPU stays at around 30-40% usage, ram and 60%, and GPU at 60-70%. Randomly my entire computer will freeze...

I have a ASUS Vivobook s14 x411uf with i7-8550U CPU with 16 GB RAM I turned my laptop off with the keyboard button instead of shutting down, and when i turned it back on the touchpad wouldnt work, the cursor wont appear and it'd only work when i use a mouse. My drivers are up to date, the f9...

I have a laptop with: AMD Ryzen 5600H GTX 1650, 8GB DDR4 RAM 512GB SSD 144hz display Suddenly the FPS in all games fluctuates between ~20 and my normal fps which is 90+, in every game I tried to run this happened besides one game, League of Legends, I don't know what LoL has different but I...

So recently I've had problems with my Razor laptop power throttling which makes my core speeds dip down from 4,1Ghz to 3,2Ghz when stress testing. I don't understand the issue. I recently cleaned and changed thermal paste and my temperatures are in the mid 60s when under heavy load. The power is...

I'm tired of playing games with this laptop I got - I can only get ~75 fps max, with lag spikes... It can be deconstructed for modyfying thankfully. Recommend me things to replace! I was told increasing the RAM would help; IT'S ONLY GOT 8GB, so by how much would it help? I could also buy a PC...

Hello there, new to the whole Apple scene. I'm looking to switch from Windows to Apple for university and I've been looking at the Apple MacBook Pro lineups. Initially I was quite firm on the new base model MacBook Pro M3, with 8GB RAM and 512GB SSD, but then I started watching YouTube videos...

Hello,I work with tech repairs as a hobby, and I plan for it to become a more serious endeavor in the future , like a real work. However, for that to happen, I need more people to reach out to me to solve their issues. Today, I discovered that I gave a wrong diagnosis to a colleague of mine at...

Hey guys, as the title says my laptop's (Thinkpad L460) battery is behaving in a weird way, it's discharging from 100% to 6% when unplugged, normally, it lasts for 3 hours at least, but then it's stuck on 6% and keeps working despite "your battery is running low" notification for 2-3 hours more...

I'm currently still working with my Lenovo ThinkPad X220, 16gb ddr3, 500gb ssd. And to be honest i still love it to this day. my little work horse. However i want to upgrade to something thats: Small/Medium in size. Decent GPU Hdmi, USB C (important) Preferably 32gb ram // Min 16gb AMD or...