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I'm planning to buy a new laptop and I'm unsure how much RAM I should get. My main uses will include web browsing, Microsoft Office, streaming, multitasking, and possibly some heavier tasks like photo/video editing, programming, or gaming in the future. I want the laptop to remain fast and...

Hi, first time ever posting here. I've got a laptop that I bought about 6 years ago. It first came with Windows 10, then upgraded to 11. Whenever the summer would come, it would often go in thermal throttling in high-load situations but, after I switched to Debian back in 2024, I never ever...

Hi everyone, My friend in Canada is looking to buy a new laptop with a maximum budget of $3000 CAD. He’s an academic student, but he also needs a powerful device for: Structural analysis software Running AI models locally Some gaming His main priorities are: Long battery life Lightweight...

Need help!! Laptop Model: MSI GV62 7RD CPU: Intel Core i7-7700HQ (Kaby Lake-H) RAM: 16GB DDR4-2666 (2 x 8GB Crucial Dual-Channel) Primary Storage: 256GB XPG SPECTRIX S40G NVMe SSD (Health: 99%) Discrete GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile (Currently Non-Functional) Integrated Graphics: Intel...

Hi, I have an Acer Nitro V 15 ANV15-51 Laptop and I’m facing graphical artifacts in Windows after installing the Intel graphics driver. After a clean Windows installation, everything works normally using the basic display driver (no artifacts at all). However, as soon as I install the Intel...

Hello everyone, I'd like to request for some guidance on how to fix this issue regarding nvlddmkm with event IDs 13, 14, & 153. How to fix this problem? I had a vague recall of how it started but i think it's when I updated my Windows from 23H2 to 25H2. I tried doing a complete reinstall of...

Laptop Model: Asus ROG Strix 16 G614JV Help I'm on my wits end. My laptop shuts down abruptly from time to time, screen goes black, fan goes off. It usually happens when gaming but not neccesarily heavy gaming, like in main menu. But also it sometimes happen when idling on desktop or browsing...

Laptop Model: ASUS ROG Strix Scar 16 It turns on, lights up, but then after a minute without showing anything on the screen (fans also start to spin), it reboots. (No logo, no BIOS screen). I've tried pressing the power button for 30 seconds and other things like removing the battery and the...

Hi everyone, I’m looking for advice on the best laptop choice considering my current needs and a future upgrade plan. My current situation (next 1–2 years): I want to buy a computer now mainly for: editing Instagram reels / short-form content editing 4K videos shot on my smartphone basic photo...

Good morning everyone, A few weeks ago, the hinge on my laptop screen (an MSI Prestige 14evo) suddenly broke, detaching from the inside of the chassis, and the plastic was in pieces. Today I opened it up (warranty expired 3 years ago anyway) and saw the hinge is deformed, so every time I...

Laptop Model: LG Gram 17 17Z990 (1st gen) Thunderbolt 3 port is used for a hub that runs dual monitors, USB HDD and other devices, etc... Started having problems with an external drive periodically disconnecting on this laptop and being unavailable to other devices on the network. Then started...

Hi Everyone I have an HP Probook 440 G8 Laptop with motherboard DAX8QAMB8D0 Rev-D. This laptop, once connected, only take 0,007 amp (see the picture below) and the light starts blinking (image below). I don't know what it could be, maybe something with the BIOS I don't know. I hope you...

Hi guys thanks for your time. :) I'll give a description of the laptop's specs first (MSI Katana A15): AMD Ryzen 9 8945 HS Nvidia RTX 4070 Mobile 16GB DDR5 1TB Samsung SSD (dual booting Reunion7 [Win10 kernel] and Ubuntu 24 [or maybe 25]) The issue started when I was playing NSMBU using the...

Hi everyone. I'm travelling to the USA (Orlando and Miami) in 2 weeks and I'm looking for a new notebook. I'll only play Diablo IV as something that requieres "good" specs. I've been recommended notebooks with 4060, 4070, 5060 or 5070. Also I was looking for 32 GB ram and 1 TB SSD. But I'm not...

greetings, ive had an annoying problem come out of nowhere, yesterday early morning the laptop was fine, went out, when i got home the laptop's monitor had visible horizontal darker lines (similar to filters) ive watched a youtube video and thought it was an effect in the video, only to realize...

Hello, i have a very old IdeaPad laptop (around 10 years) and the fan has been acting up recently so i took it to the repair shop for replacement but they said that they couldnt find the fan for this specief version and the guy told me that other fans wont work because of very different...

My friend has a Gigabyte G5MD Laptop that has just been running games awfully since about a year after he bought it in 2019 or so. The stuff we tried helped a bit sometimes, but it always returned after a couple hours or days. We have tried just about all of the common solutions, cleaning and...

Laptop model: Asus G15 Advantage Edition CPU: Ryzen 9 5900HX GPU: Radeon RX 6800M My laptop's CPU fan started making weird noises recently then one day it just stopped working.Armory crate showed zero RPM from the cpu fan and their was no exhaust from the corresponding vent. Since it wasn't...

Hey everyone, I recently bought an ASUS TUF F16. beautiful laptop, great performance, suits all my work and gaming needs. It came with a 512GB NVMe SSD and it's got an extra M.2 slot for another SSD. I already had a 256GB Netac NVMe SSD lying around, used it a few times to run tests on another...

So I already have a PC which I game on and I'd like to buy a laptop for studying. Main use scenario will be browsing, watching videos and basic programming, which means it should have a nice screen and keyboard. After a lot of looking around it has come down to two laptops, the ASUS Vivobook 15...

My mom's looking to buy a laptop but doesn't need anything extreme, like a gaming laptop. She currently has an i7 HP Omen but the ram is giving her issues, plus it's also a 10 year old laptop. She says she wants to stream videos, like Netflix or Hulu, but also be able to do office-type tasks on...

Hi there, I'm starting work from home tomorrow as a real time / data analyst after being in office for the past year. At the office, I have a laptop extended on to two monitors. I could use another screen and luckily have 3 monitors at home. The issue I have is my monitors have 1 display port...

Long story short, my MSI Thin 10sc GF63 fell about 50cm to the floor. Landed on it's open side, screen and keyboard. Didn't notice anything wrong until the fans ramped up. Turns out core 3 was constantly at ~90°c while the others were at 50-60. I tried retightening the cooler since I didn't have...

Hi everyone! I have a question and did a simple drawing for it below. The products/KVM I found have most of the time for the "2nd PC output" which would be the laptop in my case, as well three DPI/HDMI outputs and not a a single USB-C output. What I am searching for is the most simple solution...

Hi! I have an MSI laptop that's getting old (more than 6 years), and its screen unexpectedly died. Display still works fine when using an external HDMI cable so it's not an software issue. I bought a replacement screen and cable to try and fix it but it unfortunately didn't solve the problem...

Hello I’m trying to repair a friend’s laptop and could use some help. The issue started when the laptop suddenly crashed one day. After that, it would only POST intermittently — sometimes it would reach the BIOS, but then crash shortly afterward. My friend tried running a BIOS recovery, but...

Legion Pro 5 Intel, 40.64cms - Core Ultra System Specs: Processor: Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 255HX Processor (E-cores up to 4.50 GHz P-cores up to 5.20 GHz) Operating System: Windows 11 Home Single Language 64 Microsoft Productivity Software: Microsoft Office Trial Memory : 16 GB DDR5-5600MT/s...

Hello, I am getting my employee a work computer. My employee will be dealing with multimedia and professional video editing. In addition, the computer should be able to run modern video games at 60+ fps. The budget is $5000. My employee asked me to get him this bee link computer. I am...

I have a bricked Fujitsu U939X Laptop, mostly because BIOS file is corrupted. It was hard bricked, LED flicker with 0.1s and plugging power will automatically cut off everything (and BIOS idle with 3.3V). Fujitsu website have BIOS file in exe, when extracting the format is just .bup file with...

# Purpose On-premises intermediate devops learning. Note: All prices are worst case. I assume I will get few thousands discount while buying physically by bargaining. Option-1(Laptop): # Lenovo Thinkbook 14 Core Ultra 5 225U 15th Gen |16GB RAM |512GB SSD | 14″ WUXGA IPS | Backlit and...

Hey everyone I’m having a weird issue with my ASUS X571GT laptop and I’m hoping someone here might have seen this before. The problem: I recently upgraded my SSD from the original 250GB to a SanDisk WD Black SN7100 2TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 (M.2 2280). After installing it, the laptop won’t POST or...

It's been almost 2 years since I bought a laptop from Asus, namely "Asus Tuf Gaming F17 FX707VV_FX707VV". It's practically new even though I bought it almost 2 years ago, because I don't really use it that much. So I had the great idea to reignite it's usage by downloading some games from steam...

Hi everyone, since yesterday after changing the thermal paste on my Asus TUF A17 Laptop I have been getting crazy FPS drops as low as 10. I get normal FPS for 2-3 minutes and then 1 minute drops to 10 and then again back to normal. My specs are Ryzen 7 6800h ,RTX 3070ti and 16 gb DDR5 Ram. Can...

Hello everyone. I have an HP 15-db1025nw laptop with HT03XL battery. The battery has 3 cells and approx. 12 volts. I have two identical new batteries, one with only faulty electronics. Cells are fine. My question is: Can I connect the new cells in parallel as shown in the diagram and will the...

I have a pretty old laptop (about 10 years old) on which I have made few replacements and enhancements since then to keep it in good shape. No hardware changes done recently. Since last few weeks, the laptop suddenly hard crashes, as in sudden loss of power to the system. Something like you...

I updated my GPU drivers, but now my laptop boots to a black screen. I want to reinstall drivers or use windows recovery, but the built-in display of my laptop is physically damaged, so I can only use an external monitor via HDMI. But due to the driver failure, the external monitor receives no...

Hello, I've been having some interesting performance issues from my laptop and I am curious if it is just because it is a laptop and this is the performance I can expect or if something is killing my fps. Pretty much all games run mediocre, CS2 runs at around 180fps on a smaller resolution...

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...