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    Question R6 siege and all other games drops to 10-15 fps every 10 seconds sometimes about 5 seconds

    I have a laptop with a gtx 1060 gpu and a i7 8th gen intel cpu i have been noticing "device window manager" taking up cpu usage while i play games but to be honest every game i play pretty much unless it takes like nothing to run it has this problem... i have recently clean installed my gpu...
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    Question Display problems on MSI Bravo 15 laptop ?

    Tech noob here. I’m running Linux-Tumbleweed-Gnome-Wayland on a 3 yr old MSI AMD Bravo 15 Ryzen 7 laptop. My screen is acting up. See a video sample here: → Imgur: The magic of the Internet Any idea what the source of the problem could be? Hardware? Connection cabling? Circuit board going bad...
  3. CM138

    Question Terrible gaming performance on Rog Zephyrus g14

    I have ROG Zephyrus G14 GA401IV-BR9N6. According to steam I meet the minimal requirements for Black myth Wukong yet when download the free demo the FPS is erratic (i.e. from 60 -> 40 -> 50 -> 20 ->40 you get the picture). This is just one of many examples I have, the laptop can barely emulate...
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    Question Limiting CPU to 1.06Ghz does not solve absurd heat on chassis, hwinfo says OK (details below)

    I know I know, I'm a maniac downgrading that much of a CPU but this is my wish. Lifespan and heat is a number 1 priority to me so I want to cool as much as possible. Everything seems okay with this laptop at the moment, just wanted to know limiting the CPU can also lower the heat in other parts...
  5. HaXeR

    Question Need Help fixing my Laptop

    I have Helios 300 PH315-52 Recently i corrupted my bios. so today, i flashed new bios using ch341a programmer. but my graphics card is no longer working Need help fixing this i might have damaged the winbond chip containg the gpu data while trying to desolder it (thought that it was the bios chip)
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    Question Can I exchange a Laptop 60W fan for an 80W fan?

    Good afternoon friends, I have an HP Victus 16 and my laptop's GPU fan is malfunctioning and I need to replace it. Where I live there is no HP support so I found this fan on Chinese websites. There is the option of a 60W - 5V fan (for RTX 3050 which is the one I have on the laptop) and an 80W -...
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    Question Laptop models with 4 ram banks

    Hi guys, I am searching for laptop models with 4 ram banks. Which models do you know? The following is a must have: - Intel CPU - i3/i5/i7 6000-series or newer Thanx
  8. Flak_0

    Question laptop cpu undervolting

    CPU voltage in throttle stop is 'unavailable'? Ive tried everything for it to show locked or let me use it, its just saying unavailable and im confused Edit:HP laptop Victus 16-r0245TX i7-13620H and RTX 4060 and throttle stop 9.6
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    Question Can I use the Elgato Game Capture 4K X with my laptop if all I want to do is record gameplay at 1080p, 30fps?

    Hello, I'm planning to purchase the Elgato Game Capture 4K X. I want to know if my laptop is compatible with it considering my use case. Here's what I intend to do and not do with it: Record gameplay at 1080p, 30 fps, including in-game audio. Use it with my PlayStation 3 (via an HDMI...
  10. dannish

    Question Cpu constantly overheat when turn on turbo boost

    I'm using 2019 hp pavilion 15 gaming with i7 9750H and GTX 1650. The laptop always freeze and buzzing at the same time when heavy gaming and only figure recently that the cpu constantly overheat. Im using throttlestop to monitor the temp and it shows that its thermal throttling even when idle...
  11. Babel_SW

    Question Sony Vaio SVE14A2M6WE won't turn on. What can I do?

    Hi, I'm working on getting an old laptop (Sony Vaio SVE14A2M6WE) into a great condition- I put in an SSD, new RAM and a new CPU (i7 3630QM). However, when I hibernated it today, it seems to have totally bricked itself- both the Web and Assist buttons can't seem to turn it on (the original...
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    Question Laptop fan won't spin unless I run fan diagnostic from Asus application

    I repasted my dad's laptop and now the fan won't spin unless I run Asus fan diagnostic tool, the fans reach its maximum rpm and the diagnostic tool doesn't find any problem. But when I'm not running the diagnostic, the fans would sit at 0 rpm. The CPU temp sits around 50-60°C after 10 minutes of...
  13. NExtaaa

    Question Unable to open MBR SD Card on my laptop

    Hello everyone I have very strange situation I want to update my Nikon 5200 firmware To do so I need to take out the sd card and put the firmware using my laptop The problem is that my laptop won't show the sd card in my computer it will make the sound etc Found that the card is formatted in...
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    Question Battery not charging in HP laptop even after changing the battery?

    Hello everyone, My sister has a computer that sometimes won't charge. It starts charging normally when being removed and reinstalled, for about 24 hours. Before not accepting the charger anymore, if we do not reinstall the battery... We started with trying the obvious, another OEM charger...
  15. samanjoon

    Question No Screen/Image when turning on the laptop only RGB lights work - Lenovo Legion 7i 11980HK - 3080 RTX

    Hello Dears, I really need some serious and technical advices. going to explain the scenario with as much as detail as I can provide so that It might help someone with knowledge or experience to help me get rid of this issue. It's been 3 years I've been using this laptop for both work and...
  16. KillerReaperCZ

    Question Performance issues ?

    Since i've bought this laptop, it was performing way worse than it should. After 2 years the issues got so bad that i can't play most of my games, even on lowest graphics without getting huge fps drops. They happen about every second or 2, my fps goes from 60 to about 5-10, could anyone help me...
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    Question Unusual battery readings and sudden very fast battery wear on my brand new gaming laptop

    My battery has had weird fluctuating design capacity readings and then suddenly the wear level on it went flying up to 18.8%. To be clear I’ve owned this laptop for only one month and half to 2 months, from everything I’ve read most people don’t even have a 18.8% wear level on their battery...
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    Question Expected wear level on a brand new gaming laptop battery

    I just bought a Brand new gaming laptop 2 months ago and It's been great so far (although a little hot:LOL:), however I was using Hardware monitor one day to check temps and noticed that my battery wear level was at 18.8% which although I didn't know what was the average wear level for a new...
  19. SamHan3001

    Question Installing windows 11 after doesnt detect gpu, but for awhile it goes back ?

    So when i newly upgraded to Windows 11 it shows Microsoft Basic Display Adapter in Device Manager. So i go to download amd a4 6210 from amd site, and when i download it and installed. It shows some error, i think like package error, then when i force end task my laptop screen went black and...
  20. Arturovski

    Question Where can I find a new motherboard for this laptop ?

    Hi, I'm trying to fix an HP Pavilion dv6-1350em laptop with an Intel Pentium CPU and a dedicated ATI Radeon GPU. For that I need a new motherboard, but I can't seem to find any online, not even the part number. Only when I asked ChatGPT it gave me a part number for it, 570509-001, which is...
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    Question My laptop is drawing nearly 30000 milliwats while idle , is that normal ?

    i have a dell precision 5680 i7 13800H Nvidia rtx 2000 ada generation 1080p Oled somehow when starring just at the dekstop this laptop is drawing up to 30000 milliwats of power. is that normal ?
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    Question Laptop freezes whilst Windows 10 is loading ?

    Laptop model: Acer Predator Helios 300 N20C3 CPU: Intel Core i7-11800H Graphics: RTX 3060 RAM: 16GB Storage: 500GB M.2 The other day, this laptop was suddenly unable to boot past the Windows loading animation. I see the boot Predator logo, the Windows 10 spinning loading dots start up, and...
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    Question MSI laptop hinge broke

    MSI Raider GE66 12UHS The right screen hinge broke. How can I fix it? (It doesn't have to be pretty afterwards). See the image. In the middle, the top 3 screws are no longer attached. The bottom screw is. At the bottom, I've removed the screws and pushed the (now free) hinge downward)...
  24. NixyPCbuilder

    Question Will adding 32GB of memory still work in dual channel with 16GB on board?

    Hello everyone, im trying to max out the laptop ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 GU603ZV-N3009 Eclipse Gray and noticed that it come with 16GB ram and its max capacity is 48GB. I want to add the 32GB memory to have 48GB in total but unsure of dual channel performance and if it will even work. Thanks for...
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    Question Laptop suggestions between these ones?

    Hi, I've been planning on buying my first gaming laptop after owning a PC. I know a thing about PCs but only a bit on laptops. I'm from the Philippines and it's too difficult to find a really good deal around here. I play DotA2, Valorant, some RDR2, and some other AAA games. Some coding here and...
  26. viqzz07

    Question Laptop Shutting down randomly

    Hi, I have a ROG Strix G513RW, but when I run certain games like GTA V or CS 2 it randomly shuts down. I've added a cooling pad and disabled the CPU performance boost mode. I tried everything, updating the graphics driver, updating Windows, and even changing the CPU, GPU, and Mosfet thermal...
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    Question Laptop fan with ball bearings, where to buy?

    The majority of laptops are equipped with sleeve bearing fan which wear and tear over a relatively short period of time and start to produce annoying noise and vibration. Is there any chance to buy laptop fan with ball bearings and replace the original fan?
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    Question Asus TUF series, preinstalled Windows or a clean installed Windows ?

    Hey, I was looking for a new laptop and stumbled on the TUF series. I saw on a few threads talking about the ROG series that a preinstalled Windows is recommended as there are tweaks that Asus does that increases performance or allow certain customizations. Is this also true of the TUF series...
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    Question Crucial SSD Running at 70mb/s ??

    I have a G7 7590 15 Laptop, I've "upgraded" to a Crucial ( CT1000P3PSSD8 ) 1tb after my Samsung 970 evo suddenly died. SSD bough on Amazon. I was downloading games on steam and noticed write speed was only 60-70 mb/s, so after pulling up Control Panel I saw the same thing and 97% disc usage...
  30. Herr B

    Question Lightweight solution for a movement impaired person

    Intro Im Looking for a Lightweight Laptop for a Person suffering from Polio. Thus, there are two primary objectives: 1. The Laptop must be as lightweight as possible 2. The Laptop must be easy to handle. Tablets with flimsy finnicky stand (surface) or detachable keyboards which may be an issue...
  31. Lyucto

    Question Can i use a cooling stand instead of the laptop's fans?

    I have some really loud fans on my laptop and i was wandreing if it is ok using a quieter cooling stand.
  32. Adil Mubashir

    Question ASUS Zephyrus G14 - GPU Problems After Getting Repasted and Fans Cleaned

    Hi, I bought my Asus Zephyrus G14 with the AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS and Nvidea RTX 2060 max-q a few years ago. I recently went to get its fans cleaned and repasted but I've been having problems ever since. I took logs before getting the laptop repasted and the recent logs are available as well and...
  33. laz_aats

    Question how to change the Physx engine from CPU to GPU ?

    i have a laptop with a Ryzen 9 7945HX CPU and an RTX 4070 GPU. In games it shows that the Physx engine used is cpu. i have tried to change the settings in nvidia control panel as well but then it won't work. :) i mainly play Valorant and no other game so any help would be appreciated. I do...
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    Question GTX 1060 artifacting and crashing

    As stated above, out of the blue I've started having these problems, I went through all the usual troubleshooting methods (including DDU and a bunch of other things) and what my guess is that one or more of the VRAM chips died or is dying, I dont know how these issues started but I think it...
  35. NokSom

    Question How to make my laptop use only the dGPU for everything ?

    Hi Laptop model: HP Victus 16 e-0xxx OS: Windows 10 I recently I bought an external monitor for my laptop so now I want everything to be displayed via the dGPU and not use the iGPU at all. I prefer completely disabling the iGPU, but if that isn't possible what would be the best way? By the...
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    Question Apple M1 Air versus Samsung Galaxy Book 2 Pro (i5-1240P) ?

    As per the title, I'm looking at some refurbished laptops to replace my 10-year old Macbook Pro. I don't want to spend more than £500. Currently looking at either the M1 Air or Book 2 Pro. I don't have an iPhone, so cross-compatability between devices isn't a need for me. I don't use my laptop...
  37. Painfulll

    Question Laptop SSD concerns ?

    I'm currently using an HP Pavilion Gaming 15 which, according to the HP website, has a multi-format SD media card reader for its expansion. I'm kind of stupid when it comes to these things, so I thought to ask on whether or not this means I would be able to install a second M.2 NVMe SSD or any...
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    Question What do you think of these two laptops?

    Hi friends I'm looking for a 600€ laptop for home usage and I've found these two. https://www.elcorteingles.es/electronica/A46492723-portatil-asus-vivobook-14-f1404va-eb099w-i7-16gb-512gb-ssd-14-w11/?color=Plata&parentProduct=A46492723&parentCategoryId=999.50129135013...
  39. Andrwalwaysontop

    Question Laptop monitor colors washed out every time i start a game and needs restart from intel panel, any fix?

    I have an ASUS TUF F15 , never had problems since i bought it back in late 2022 until yesterday.So here comes the problem: i left the laptop on idle for a while and the laptop screen goes black as it should after some time. But suddenly when i turn it on, i notice that the colors of the monitor...
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    Question Should I buy a vostro or a latitude?

    hello everyone, I currently have a Dell XPS 13 9360 (2017) model laptop. It was having problems and its battery was dead. I got these repaired and I will give this laptop to my brother who is preparing for university exams. I will buy myself a new laptop in a few weeks. I love the Dell brand...