Questions tagged [laptop]
Laptops (also called notebooks) are portable personal computers with an integrated screen and keyboard. They come in a variety of sizes.
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Samsung phone won't charge from laptop
I recently switched from iOS to Android (iPhone 13 Pro to Samsung Galaxy S23 to be exact)
On the occasion I use my laptop to charge my phone through its USB-C port. It's a Lenovo Yoga 6, and with my ...
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Ram Installation and Cable Management
So I just upgraded my laptop’s RAM spec from 4gb ddr3 to 16gb ddr3(max). Everything went smoothly there’s just a slight issue…
Speaker cable ON RAM
This cable that connects the speakers, has been ...
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Is it possible to use an external monitor with a laptop without the dedicated GPU? [closed]
I bought a new monitor to use with my laptop and I noticed that it is using the Nvidia GPU in my laptop.
I'm using the Acer Nitro AN515-57 along with the HP Omen 24.
If I'm not mistaken, I'm pretty ...
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Rog Strix Scar III (G531GV) - No video signal to external monitor through USB3.1C port (DisplayPort)
As title says, I own a ROG Strix Scar III (G531GV 2019 model) and I want to connect on it two external monitors, first one through the HDMI port with an HDMI to HDMI cable (works without any problems) ...
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Vertical lines on laptop screen caused by the FFC cable
TL; DR: Vertical lines appeared on my laptop screen, it's most likely the FFC cable on the panel and I'm looking for a way to fix the issue without replacing the screen
Recently I've been working on a ...
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Why HP Windows 10 laptop is not starting without charging cable
I have a HP Windows 10 laptop. I was reinstalling Windows yesterday so I left the charging plug on and today when I was using it, it suddenly got shutdown so plugged the charger. As you may know ...
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Incorrect reading of battery status after wake up (linux only)
My computer is a Thinkpad X1 Extreme Gen 2. OS is OpenSUSE Tumbleweed / Slowroll, dual boot system with Windows 11.
I am having this issue since around February. In Windows everything works fine, but ...
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replacing a battery in the Lenovo Ideapad 3
I'm replacing the battery for a Lenovo Ideapad 3. The label fine print seems to show the model is 15IML05. When I search for that part in an online marketplace 2 batteries show up.
45 Wh battery ...
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Troubleshooting and fixing laptop battery charging issues [closed]
My HP laptop battery does not charge. It only shows 0% available all the time. The following is what I tried to do so far:
I installed a BIOS update.
I removed the battery from the laptop and opened ...
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Black screen or Delayed screen on 144hz
My laptop screen randomly started going black or VERY,VERY delayed when it’s anything above 60hz.
It started on 144hz, then 135, then 130,etc.
It also has Horizontal lines on top and only 2% of top of ...
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Laptop wont start on battery but works fine when adapter connected
We have Lenovo Y50-70. Original old battery went dead, so we bought new battery from Green Cell.
But the problem is that laptop cannot boot to windows on battery. It shuts down on windows boot screen. ...
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Fast Startup (Hibernate): Windows failed fast startup with error status 0xC00000D4
The windows Fast Startup feature has a problem in my HP Victus 15 laptop.
i have it enabled from control panel, if i shutdown the laptop and leave it for like a day, when i turn it on, it is doing a ...
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Why does my LiPo (lithium-ion polymer) battery capacity diminish with each charge? [closed]
My laptop’s battery capacity, which is a lithium-ion polymer battery, gets just the tiniest bit smaller every time I charge it.
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Unknown Memory Hog in Windows 11
I have an HP Omen gaming laptop that recently struggles with memory use hitting close to 100% when playing. Tried restarting to get a fresh picture, checked TaskManager and RamMap and there's lots of ...
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Can’t connect to this network in Windows 10
I can’t connect to my wireless connection in my hp laptop I already tried everything like updating my computer updating the drivers forgetting the network rebooting my router the cmds commands almost ...
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My laptop (a Dell Inspiron) has started boot looping after I Connected a 12v power source to my Arduino that was connected to my laptop [closed]
My Dell Inspiron has started boot looping after I connected a 12v power source to my Arduino that was connected to my laptop.
I was trying to run a DC motor using the L293D motor controller, and I was ...
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Are there any ways to wake up Linux laptops with the closed lid from suspend?
Any suggestions for this question will be fairly appreciated.
We are trying to make an 'update date': scheduled wake-up and some commands (such as apt update && apt dist-upgrade) execution. ...
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Windows 11 - Screen goes black for an instant when changing volume or brightness when Minecraft is in Fullscreen and it's using integrated GPU
When Minecraft is in Fullscreen and running in the integrated graphics and I change the volume or the brightness, the screen goes black for about half a second, after that, the screen looks normal (...
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Electric noise when changing power governer [closed]
I use arch linux on IdeaPad L3 15IML05 laptop
the cpu driver in use is intel_pstate as stated here:
~ λ cpupower frequency-info
driver: intel_pstate
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Dell Inspiron 15 power cable port is loose; what are my options?
My Dell Inspiron 15 laptop power cord has been yanked and jerked so many times that the interior plug has come loose, and now it is increasingly difficult to plug in the power cord. (I suppose that's ...
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Laptop needing a more powerful power supply?
I have chosen a laptop to use both for university use and gaming: Lenovo Yoga Pro 9 16IMH9. It is quite expensive and has great specs and features, but unfortunately has a major flaw.
According to one ...
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Are there technical reasons why a laptop with a 360Hz display only has 60Hz and 360Hz modes but no intermediate ones?
I don’t know if all manufacturers do this, but Gigabyte in their Aorus 17 2022 lineup made only two screen modes available: 60Hz and 360Hz.
I know about the existence of programs like CRU for creating ...
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Will some laptops not boot without the proper charger?
So, I'm the person who asked about that Compaq Presario 2500 laptop.
Well, guess what I found at another garage (well, it was smack dab in the middle of our local copy/paste American city) sale? ...
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HP Omen laptop: identify 2 tiny cables
I had to replace the fans in my HP Omen laptop. It went well. Before I put the case back together I've noticed two small wires with tiny connectors (yellow arrows) that aren't connected to anything. ...
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Can I run a laptop with no OS from a bootable USB thumbdrive
I have a HP Stream 14 with windows 10 that's useless because windows takes up the entire 32 GB hard drive. Can I wipe it and run from a bootable thumb drive?
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Black bios screen with non blinking underscore on laptop
I've been trying to access my BIO settings, in order to change the boot order to boot from USB first.
When booting the computer and holding down F12, the BIOS menu comes up fine, and I can access the &...
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Laptop shuts down a few seconds after booting (not a power issue)
I recently received an old acer aspire 8920G laptop.
Processor: Intel centrino Core 2 Duo T8300 2 x 2.4GHz
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS - 512 MB
Memory: 4 GB DDR2
Display: 18.40 inch 16:9, ...
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Why does my laptop have high power consumption in sleep mode (10-80 watts)?
So I recently bought Asus ROG Strix G16 (2024) laptop but I noticed a high power consumption in sleep mode (10-80 watts).
It jumps periodically from 10 to 80 watts but it should only power RAM and ...
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Can I water wash my laptop keyboard?
There is a lot of dirty dust went into my keyboard or near it. I opened my laptop and try to took the keyboard off. But turns out it's welded on the panel, so I took off the panel and wondering if I ...
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Device Manager - Windows changes power settings without my permission
I have a touchpad problem with my settings in Device Manager in Windows 11.
I have drivers that control the touchpad on my laptop (Dell Precision 7780). I have set the "Allow the computer to turn ...
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Is there a way to change keyboard backlight key combination?
My old Dell laptop's keyboard backlight key combination was fn + right arrow which was a super easy combination. On my new Dell laptop, it is fn + f10 and I have to struggle to press it when it gets ...
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Laptop BSOD ACPI Thermal Windows 11
My laptop is blue screen, and i go to safe mode to see what's issue in my laptop and then i see ACPI Thermal
ACPI thermal zone _TZ.TZ00 has been enumerated.
_PSV = OK
_TC1 = 0
_TC2 = 0
_TSP = Oms
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Temperature vs Power has strong positive correlation
So, I just bought super high RPM fan for my laptop, it's worked fine, it reduced temperature.
I noticed multivariate time series real time graph between temperature and power that they have similarity ...
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How can I make my computer go into "sleep" mode when no apps are in use, without shutting down display
I want to save power consumption and preserve my components, without locking my screen and without shutting down the display. Basically just show the desktop but running with minimum power. It could ...
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Laptop locks screen automatically whenever i connect the MX keys keyboard
The initial days of purchase of mx keys worked fine. That is around 1 year. Now, whenever i connect my mx keys keyboard to laptop (tried with other laptops) the screen locks
automatically and one of ...
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Omen laptop and 144hz external monitor
I have Omen laptop (15-dc0005ne) which has
1 USB 3.1 Type-C Gen 1 (Data Transfer up to 5 Gb/s, DP1.2, HP Sleep and Charge)
3 USB 3.1 Gen 1 (1 HP Sleep and Charge)
I tried to connect it to an ...
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Changing screen brightness after disabling GPU from Device Manager
I am in a scenario where I need to disable my GPU to work on something. I want to be able to change screen brightness after disabling the GPU from device manager. Though, after disabling the GPU, I ...
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Why do PCs and gaming laptops require graphics cards when phones can render without them?
Can you explain why PCs and gaming laptops have large graphics cards with high power usage when phones can render without them?
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4 display modes across 3 displays and 2 computers
I have a laptop and a PC and three displays. I need to switch between the computers and the displays and sometimes be working in each computer simultaneously. I have already tried a 4 by 4 by 4 KVM ...
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Why is my CPU utilization limited to 0.4 GHz?
I've seen other similar questions, but none meet my exact circumstances so I wanna make sure I do the right thing before investing money in a new fan/charger or potentially messing something up trying ...
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Can I replace the duo of 4GB DDR3 (1333MHz) cards with 8GB DDR3 cards in my ACER 5750G?
So, I have an old ACER Aspire 5750G-9821 laptop that I use for recording with my Digital Audio Workstation. It's all I use it for, as I have another laptop for my other work.
From the back panel, it ...
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Acer ES1-512 Laptop Won't Even Turn On After RAM Replacement [duplicate]
I have an Acer ES1-512-C88M Laptop that I am trying to upgrade it's RAM. The first time I put the new RAM in there, it worked for a 2 or 3 restarts, but after leaving it on sleep mode for about 2 ...
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Can my employer track files if I copy files saved in my computer to my local network storage?
Can my employer track files if I copy files saved in my computer to my local network storage.
I'm working at home so I'm using my own local WiFi. I also don't think my computer has VPN on my computer.
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SSD Enclosure Overheating
I recently purchased a Lemorele M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure Adapter for my old laptop's SSD. Initially, I didn't install the thermal pad that came with it, and my SSD ran at a moderate temperature; however,...
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ASUS laptop not starting: battery LED blinking green twice then pause
ASUS laptop GL552V not starting. Power LED 'on', Caps lock LED 'on', fan working, battery LED blinking green twice then pause... blinking green twice again (one-second interval) then pause, etc, etc......
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Laptop fan runs in sleeping mode: Can anyone teach me how to set up my power plan?
My laptop fan never runs when on battery supply. But if I plug in power, then it will run sometimes. But when I leave laptop a few minutes without action, it will run loudly, and I know it has ...
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Stop my laptop from freezing/overheating when gaming
My laptop frequently overheats when I'm gaming. Some games it overheats in are VALORANT, Tom Clancy: The Division 2, The Finals, and Resident Evil 2. Not sure if this is connected or not, but ...
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How to access advanced BIOS (UEFI) on Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7 Pro
Before I start writing anything, if you have answers, please make them really clear. For example; at what point do I need to hold or release the FN key? I have tried many methods such as;
-FN+R+N ...
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Why is my CPU always at 150+ watts power usage
I just bought a new motherboard for my Alienware x17 r1 and everything seems to be working just fine but then for some reason I noticed that my CPU was being throttled. Reset the system and everything ...
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What kind laptop do I have?
My serial number is xc20662r , it's a Toshiba I know that but I wanna know the year and stuff like if I tried to search for it what would I type in? I can't for the life of me find it anywhere please ...
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