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I have a old LG R480-3010 Laptop from 2010. For some reason it started to "power surge" randomly, it "shutdown/boots up" by itself, not sure how to describe. It's been happening for months now. The screen goes black for 2 seconds, and the laptop starts booting up from scratch. The power AC...

Hi, I, a noob, am once again coming on here to get help from professionals😆. so to put things into perspective shortly, i have this old laptop, while using i ran into a keyboard issue (where some keys stopped working except they worked when i pressed Fn + That Key and then that also stopped...

I have a really old laptop, it's a HP pavillion dv6 and has core 2 duo T6600 as CPU. I searched it up and it has PGA478 socket which is as far as I know supports CPU upgrades, I want to upgrade my CPU. Can anyone tell me what CPU would be a good upgrade and how can i do it?

Greetings, I want to ask what's the best I can do for my slow old HP 14-AC156TU P3V45PA Notebook. I'm mad at this piece, really. When I look at the memory it only has 2GB RAM and the card is 2GB 1Rx16 PC3L 12800S. I am thinking to buy a pair of new RAM (the old one can be detached) and new...

So I have a Dell Latitude D630 and this model is intel CPU. i want to put an external graphics card on it but i want a low powered card that can run on the laptops battery (or a 12v battery) and it has to use the laptops internal display, and yes i seen the big razor boxes but thay cost too...

Is it possible to disable just only the trackpad of the Laptop? With the Keyboard working... In our old laptop, The TrackPad is not properly working, better disable it. How to do that? Possible. Thanks. With Hope, Prabhakaran

I have an old laptop Asus R202CA and I want to make it go faster by installing a SSD hard drive. Before I buy a replacement hard drive, what should I check in order to make sure I get something that is compatible? Do I just buy any 2.5 inch SSD? (Note: I'm running Linux, if that's important.)

Hey there! Recently updated from Lenovo Ideapad 3 Gaming (1650, 256 gb ssd and 1tb hdd) to Asus Tuf Gaming f15 (3060) which came with 512gb ssd. Wondered if I could take out the hdd from ideapad and fix it in new one.

I updated my age old laptop to latest windows 10, but now the ram usage is just to high, the CPU usage is high too and it's barely usable. How can fix this? I have seen seen videos of "Decrapifying" windows, how effective are they and are they safe? or is there anyway to downgrade my windows to...

Hi all. I have an old Toshiba Satellite A205-SP5815 laptop and I'm trying to change the old HDD for a new SSD. The problem I have is that once I change the SSD, the BIOS does not recognize the new SSD, so I'm not able to install a new OS from USB-stick. With the old HDD the system works properly...

So while clearing my passed aunt’s apartment I found this laptop. It’s old (2013), but new and apparently untouched since the purchase. I wonder if it might be worth anything these days or should I just donate it somewhere. It’s runs obsolete Win 8, but I can always wipe the drive. Here are...

Hey Guys, Sorry if the title is vague, didn't knew what to right. Soo, here is the problem. My friend has an old Dell Vostro 1550 (2gb variant), it was his old man's, now he wanna use it for college work and college work alone. He's willing to get a 240gb ssd to replace his old hdd and add 4gb...

Can i install window10 (64bit) on my old laptop? Software will use : Zoom, google meet, skype and teams Chrome/Microsoft edge Microsoft Office 2019/2016 Questions : What is the maximum resolution can i play on youtube. The three list on software can i encounter lag? What is the maximums Ghz...

Hello people. I'm a total newbie to these things, I'm wondering if I could use a processor from a laptop that haven't been used for years. So here the case. I have an old laptop with a core i7 processor that I have stopped using for approximately 4-5 years, 'cause the screen was broken and the...

Hello, I am converting an old laptop into a home media server. I already did a clean windows 10 install on it and my HDD is set to MBR. My old laptop is a legacy bios, therefore non-uefi (confirmed using system information). I am running less than 2TB and using an HDD not an SSD. Does it...

So I have an old dell inspiron 1545 laptop and want to upgrade some of its components so that it runs faster. I am aware that upgrading is not worth it and it is better to buy a new laptop but I can't buy one for while. I have currently upgraded the ram from 2gb to 8gb. And I upgraded the wifi...

So I have an old Sony Vaio FS115S bought in 2005. I would like to use it somehow so that my kid can use it for school. Do I have any hope that it will still work or should I just give up and put it in the trash? I tried putting Windows 7, Windows 10 and Windows Thin PC, but it seems like...

Hi there. My Fujitsu Lifebook SH560 broke. I turned it on andbit displays nothing. Power indicator is on. Then, it beeps. It's 1 long, 2 short, a pause/break and another 2 short (1-2-2???). The BIOS is Phoenix 1.13. So, I tried removing the CD drive (since it's removable), but something else...

It was working fine until I left it sitting for about 9-10 months, now when I press the power button nothing happens. I’ve already put in a new battery and reset the PRAM and SMC. I got a new laptop about 6 years ago to replace this one. I didn’t get around to trying to sell the old one for...

So i have an old laptop. It's a Compaq CQ43 and it's equiped with Intel Pentium B940 on G2 socket. Question is, can i upgrade my latop to core i5 2520m because it's using the same socket with my motherboard. And if it can, will it caused any Problem to my laptop, power consumption maybe, my...

Hey guys, i am new to this forum. although i kept searching for a solution to my problem on this forum and other i did not find any. To make it short, i own an HP 625 laptop with 4gb ram, 320gb HDD storage, integrated ati radeon 4250 video card and AMD Turion II Dual-Core P540 2.4GHz processor...

Recently my computer has been dropping a lot of frames. It has something to do with my cpu. I also mixed 2 4gb ram sticks with 2 1gb stick to get 10gb of RAM (I've done that about a year ago). If you guys need more info let me know. Thanks. http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/6180705

Been experiencing a lot of PC system crashes while gaming, there is no sign showing why this would occur. The crashes do not come with any lag, or anything noticeable. Just one second playing, next im not. Trying to diagnose the problem. Any help would be appreciated. Here is a link to a...

My sandisk cruzer fit cannot working properly in windows XP professional. it shows Code 28. Is there anything I should do / should down load to solve this problem? Regards, Joni

Hi , I have GA-B75M-D3V motherboard and I want to buy Corsair Vengeance Pro Series DDR3 2x8GB, 2133MHz, CL11 ( CMY16GX3M2B2133C11 ) RAM . Does my motherboard supports this ram and speed ? My processor is Intel Core i5-3570 Currently I'm using (CMX4GX3M1A1600C11) 2x4Gb

Hey Guys, Just built a new pc and everything came out great when it came to putting it together. But now after I installed the os and tried to connect to the Internet via wired connection, My system says there are no available connections. The ethernet port on the back doesn't light up. I...

Does having both an amd cpu and gpu make for better performance.