Laptops are functionally identical to desktop computers and are widely used because of their portability. Laptops, however, face multiple issues not found in desktops. For example, they are generally less powerful because of their mobility requirement. Laptops on Wikipedia See also netbook ...
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Can I tranform my dvd drive in Acer TravelMate into hdd case?
I would like to transform my dvd drive into HDD/SDD socket in my Acer TravelMate 5742G (so that I can use 2 hard drives). I have been looking for something similar on the web but unfortunately I have ...
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Laptop, Mobile Phone Electrical Issue [closed]
As I am an ignoramus on electrical issues, I do need explanations I can understand. Would you be so kind as to help me over an issue I am completely confused about?
I have electronic equipment like ...
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FPS issues with new acer aspire 5755G
I've been having some FPS/lag issues with my laptop and I hope you guys can help.
The title is kind of self explanatory, as my new laptop lags and has FPS drops. For example my FPS in Starcraft 2 ...
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“an attempt to compromise security” Only happens for 1 user on this laptop
Error when a particular user is logging into domain, Windows7 laptop. (HP 8460p) Can't map any drives or run the logon script. Other users can log into this laptop, and everything is just fine. He ...
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Why my lenovo laptop isn't taking any special partition
I brought a lenovo laptop with DOS. So, I had to install OS on my own. So, when I was installing it, Windows, Lenovo took some special partitions.
I had some problems with the OS so, I thought to re ...
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Can I use my laptop keyboard for a PC?
I've had an unused laptop for over a year now (the motherboard's all messed up) and I've been thinking if it is possible for me to use the rest of it other than its hard disk and optical disk drive.
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Will 3.0 gigabit HDD work on a 1.5 gigabit controller?
My laptop has a 120 GB HDD at 1.5gigabits/s. Actually it has some bad blocks and is very slow. I'm planning to buy a new hard disk. My question is if I buy a HDD with 3.0 gigabits/s speed, will it ...
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Keyboard stops working when booting into Windows Vista Home
Two days ago I saw that MS Security essentials was prompting for a reboot on my wife's laptop in order to finish a clean-up. I have no idea how long MSSE had been waiting for a reboot, and like an ...
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Which sound driver should I install on my laptop? [closed]
A friend of mine fragmented my laptop and now there is no sound in it. People say that I need to install a sound driver on it? Where on the internet can I find this sound driver and how can I know ...
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Dig a couple of files from the restore partition
I got a couple of system libraries corrupted because of bad sectors on my Windows 7 Packard Bell laptop.
The libraries are present, but exactly 4Kb in each is garbage now.
They belong to certain apps ...
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What is “hybrid graphics card”?
I am considering buying laptop, capable for semi-professional graphics/3d works. Is ATI hybrid graphics card an advantage or not? What difference does it make?
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Does it hurt a laptop if I take off its screen? [closed]
Does taking the top part of a laptop off (on a laptop with a fluorescent screen and wi-fi antennas and no webcam) ruin the laptop if it is used this way? If not, are there any other risks to doing ...
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Can a DELL Latitude E6420 run 3 external monitors?
I am trying t find out if there is a way my DELL E6420 can run 3 external monitors?
I currently run 2 with the laptop screen as the third using a Dell docking station. The docking station still ...
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How can I run a shell command in Windows without the shell closing itself automatically?
According to this post, I run that command but a black page flashes and disappears. What should I do to see the result?
I rebooted but it doesn't take effect.
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Installing linux (Lubuntu) through PXE boot?
I am completely lost here. I'm trying to install linux onto a very old laptop that has no CD drive and won't boot from USB. My only option is a network (PXE) boot. Except... I have no idea how to ...
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Laptop GAINS time, why?
I have a Toshiba satellite P25-S607 laptop, which works fine in general, but has one issue where the clock runs fast. For example, after running for a day or two, the clock will be ahead 2 hours or ...
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How could I install Linux to the hard drive of a different computer (one that won't boot from cd)
I have a really old Dell laptop that is beyond slow with its current WinXP installation. I want to make it usable again by installing a Linux distro (such as Xubuntu) but there is one big problem: It ...
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What kind of SSD does my laptop use?
I have a Dell Studio XPS 1340 which is around 2 years old but I really like it and would like to wait a year or two more before I get a new one.
However, I can see the harddrive is slowing it down ...
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Disabling the internal microphone of a Laptop
My laptop is an Alienware m5500 with Windows Vista 32 Bit and it has a built-in mic. The issue with this is that I have an external mic that I need to use.
Whenever I try to use Skype or Ventrilo it ...
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Laptop screen is suddenly rotated
I turned my laptop upside down to get some dust that had gathered under the keyboard to fall out. But then suddenly, everything was sideways. The entire desktop had turned 90 degrees, the trackpad ...
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Laptop's Intel GPU - Screen is scrambled (sometimes), what to do?
I have a Lenovo T500, and my applications are scrambled sometimes (with the Intel GPU). Is there a way to fix this, or the GPU is dying?
Tried downloading a new MHD4500 driver from the Intel ...
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Toshiba L655D-S5066 laptop wireless intermittent
I am working on a Toshiba L655D-S5066 laptop, with Realtek inside. I believe it was working fine for a long time, but not is seems intermittent.
When you turn the unit on, there is an LED on the ...
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Dual external monitors on laptop with two video outputs
I've got an Asus N82Jv laptop with a nVidia GT 335M video card. This card has two outputs, a VGA and an HDMI. I'd like to know if a can use both of them (I mean at the same time) to use two external ...
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How to turn on Wifi for Toshiba Satellite E305
I can't figure out how to turn the wifi back on... I've been to Google with no luck and can't even find a product manual. Can someone please help me figure this out? Here's the page on Toshiba's web ...
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How can I determine the fastest RAM I can put in my laptop ?
I would like to add some RAM to my laptop but I have one small problem: I would like to know what is the fastest speed I can put inside it.
I know from CPU-Z that I use DDR3 RAM:
One piece of RAM ...
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Certain keys on my keyboard stopped working
Ive never spilt anything on my keyboard and they do work some of the time. All the keys that aren't working are on one side of the keyboard, but its not the entire side...
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How to uninstall Rapiddrive Driver from Lenovo Y470
I bought a Lenovo Y470 laptop last week with high configuration such as i7 2G processor, 8Gb ram, 1Gb Nvidia Graphics, 750Gb HDD.
I updated the drivers from Lenovo. Unfortunately I installed the ...
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How do I reinstall Vista from CD room on a HP Pavilion DV9000?
i already have windows 7 on my laptop , i want to remove it and install windows vista , how can i do that from CD room? , someone kindly tell me the steps.
p.s : i need to do that without formatting ...
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7 year old Vista laptop keeps trying to connect to wireless networks (despite instructions not to)
This one is puzzling me. A friend on a trip is having this issue with a vista laptop.
He can connect to a paid wireless network fine, and surf normally with IE.
He can't connect to his hotel's free ...
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Computer lags an unreasonable amount after recent wipe and load; specs and details inside
Laptop specs:
i7 Q720 @ 1.60GHz
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series (this is what device manager lists it at but it should be 5830 to be exact)
6 GB of RAM
It's an HP Envy 15-1000se CTO, other specs ...
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How do I get rid of / replace MS word old trial version?
The trial version of Microsoft word is expired which was included as an additional software on my laptop when I bought it. I bought a MS office live CD and removed the old version from control panel. ...
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will older laptop screens work to replace broken newer laptop screens?
For example, if I have an old p4 acer laptop with a perfect screen, and a newer dual core acer laptop with a cracked screen, can I swap the screen in to the newer unit (assuming it's the same size)? ...
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Extremely powerful, extremely portable laptops that greatly exceed that of “Ultrabooks” [closed]
I'm potentially expecting this question to be closed but I've run out of ideas.
I am looking for a replacement for my Sony VAIO Z that meets ALL of the following criteria:
Lightweight (like the Z)
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Laptop Power Supplies- AMPS Confusion
I've got an old fujitsu Siemens AMLO pro v3515 notebook with a dead power adapter to use it. The power measurements of it is
Power Details
Output Power (Max): 65W
Output Voltage: 20V
Output ...
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Second HDD automatically stops after 30 seconds of inactivity
I have ASUS G53JW notebook with two HDDs (2x500GB Seagate ST95005620AS). Second HDD automatically stops after 30 seconds of inactivity. Always. I'm using Windows 7 x64. If I run a game from this HDD ...
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Use internal speakers without unplugging headphones?
At work I have a Lenovo X220 in a docking station running Windows 7. I have my headphones plugged in most of the time. Occasionally I want to enable the speakers so a co-worker can hear something. To ...
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Can't find drivers for my WLAN laptop card
According to:
http://www.pcidatabase.com/search.php?device_search_str=4220&device_search=Search
My laptop has the folloiwng WLAN card:
Device Id:
0x4220
Chip Description:
Intel 54 MBit/s ...
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Using my work laptop on my home network
If I use my work computer from my home wireless network, will they be able to see what I access from my home computer using the same wireless network?
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What's the best laptop for Rs 35,000? [closed]
I've looking for a laptop and my budget 35,000 RS. (may be 1500/ 2000 more. depends on product).
So, as far as I found, HP is cheaper than DELL. Even samsung prices are fine but I am afraid whether it ...
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X200 Tablet notebook won't start after BIOS Update
I have LENOVO X200 Tablet and I ran the BIOS Update and the computer won't start after the BIOS update. When I ran the BIOS update utility it ran everything fine and asked to restart
the computer but ...
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I cant install a NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT in windows XP
I am trying to install a NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT on windows XP home edition SP3 but unfortunately when I try to install the driver I get an error as pictured below. This is a laptop.
Any help will ...
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Linux and wifi on hp 6735s
i hope you can help me.
I have an hp6735s laptop with gentoo installed, and the following wireless device:
Broadcom Corporation BCM4312
The wireless works pretty well, but i have 2 problems with ...
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Which laptops use the same displays as MacBooks? [closed]
In reviews, Apple's MacBooks always get very good ratings for their displays. As far as I know Apple uses LG and Samsung displays for most of their products.
How can I find out which displays the ...
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Install Lenovo software on clean ThinkPad X301 with Win 7 Ultimate?
I just did a clean install of Win 7 Ultimate to my ThinkPad X301. Windows seems to have drivers available for most of the system devices, if not all of them.
If I choose not to install the Lenovo ...
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Should I be replacing my laptop's LCD, or its internal LCD cable based on these photos?
I received an Aspire One 10.1 inch laptop after a friend dropped it and it became unusable.
The screen looks like this:
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Basically four sections, the left and right sections are repeated, and the ...
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“boot error” Message When Booting From USB in Laptop
Trying to boot Linux Mint 12 in laptop from USB. When I prioritize BIOS to boot from USB, I'm getting a "boot error" message [no other messages]. I press any key and Windows 7 starts booting.
The odd ...
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Can I use a toshiba 19v 3.95 amps adapter in my toshiba 19v 3.42 amp laptop
Can I use a toshiba 19v 3.95 amps adapter in my toshiba 19v 3.42 amp laptop
can it cause any illeffect please answer
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How can I get my computer to allow hibernate again?
My computer used to allow me to hibernate. Then my System Admins installed full disk encryption and it does not give me the option now.
I know it is not a domain restriction because two of my ...
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How To Stop Laptop From Waking Up?
I never scheduled wake up for my laptop, but after scheduling Auslogics Defragmenter to run on Sundays, 6:01AM and laptop to wake up at 6:00AM in Task Scheduler, it was waking up. Auslogics ...
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Some keys not working when I power up laptop
I am using a Thinkpad R61i.
Some keys does not work properly when I power up my laptop; I have to hit with a hammer force so that it works.
But after a while everything is OK.
Is that related to ...
