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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My Dell Laptop is not connecting with wifi router
One of my Dell laptop is not connecting with wifi network, once i troubleshot, then it show message to restart your WIFI router, but after restarting the router its not connecting.
Earlier, this ...
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Why are there multiple wireless driver for one notebook model
Today one of my friend called to ask me about installing wireless drivers on his freshly installed Windows system. I guided him to his notebook's manufacturer (Acer) where we discovered that there ...
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Power button of my laptop keeps on blinking even if the laptop is requested to shut down
I have problem that when I try to shut down my laptop it goes in a normal fashion of shut down with everything well but the power button along with fan keeps on running.
One of my seniors suggested ...
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Laptop so hot, it auto-shuts down while booting
I recently re-applied thermal compound on my Dell Inspiron laptop (link to teardown process : ...
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Can you recommend a laptop which definitely supports 2 external as well as the laptop monitor? [closed]
There are a few similar questions to this, but none which quite answer the question I'm asking.
Basically I'm trying to find a laptop which will support 2 external displays (both of which have DVI, ...
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Is there any way to adjust the backlight?
I bought an ASUS laptop, it does not have a DDC/CI screen. I found that while using it in reasonably bright light, say a cloudy day, I had difficulty seeing the screen.
Is there a way to change the ...
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Does the Sony VAIO VGN-AW11Z/B laptop (Intel PM45 chipset, 2 memory bays) support 16GB of RAM?
I do know that Intel suggests PM45 supports 8GB, but those are rather old specs when 8GB sticks were not available. I wonder if anyone has tried 2x 8GB sticks on the VAIO? or even 2x 16GB sticks for a ...
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Samsung Chronos 7 unable to boot up after installing Windows 7
I just bought a new laptop Samsung Chronos 7. I have wipe the Windows 8 and recovery partition off from the SSD.
I installed Windows 7 on the laptop, however upon starting up. The laptop keeps ...
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Which is better, A8 or i5? [closed]
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I am doing some research on what laptop to buy, and I am ...
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Can Lenovo yoga 13 power 2 HDMI monitors
I'm considering getting a Lenovo yoga 13
I see the processor is a 3rd Generation Intel Core i7-3537U Processor( 2.00GHz 1600MHz 4MB)
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Closing laptop lid and using external display causes mouse to move on it's own
I plugged my ASUS Taichi Laptop into an external monitor via the VGA Adapter that it comes with. It was working fine, but then I configured a power option so I could shut the lid without it going to ...
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HP Compaq 610 Battery not charging
my mother has a Compaq 610 running Windows 7 Ultimate. The problem here is that it is not charging when it is plugged in. It does take power from the power supply but the battery is not charging. The ...
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Backup entire data and migrate
I have been given promotion in the office and hence given a new laptop. Now I have to move from my old system to the new laptop. I am currently working on many projects and have many dependencies ...
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my HP laptop knocks other laptop off wireless network
I have a work HP laptop and my husband has an IBM. When I logon to wireless and VPN it knocks his connection off and we have to reboot (and unplug) the router for his to work again. It's like my ...
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Using a laptop as a server [closed]
I assumed that there would be a lot of information on this on both the Web in general and on Superuser, but to my surprise I can't find direct answers to these questions about using a laptop as a ...
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Resetting a BIOS password
I was recently given a laptop off of a family relative, and they said they have set a password trying to be secure, however they have forgotten the password :I. It is an Acer 5750G laptop, and I am ...
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Toshiba laptop suddenly has no internet connections
I'd had my new laptop for a month and it had been working fine, when suddenly it said there was no internet connection (while I was using it). I checked the router, turned everything (laptop and ...
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Modding new style 'buttonless' touchpads
I'm looking to buy a new laptop, and perhaps I'm old-fashioned, but I really hate these new button-less touchpads that seem to be on 90% of current machines. E.g.
My biggest peeve with these things ...
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HP Pavilion G7-2325 Notebook PC Drivers Windows 7
I just bought a brand new HP Pavilion G7-2325 Notebook, removed Windows 8 and installed Windows 7. On HP's website they only offer Windows 8 drivers. The problem is that not all of the Windows 8 ...
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Install too much RAM - and then? [closed]
I saw some already asked if its possible to install more than max. specified RAM capacity.
I want to go a bit further.
I have a laptop (Vaio VPCF11C5e) with currently 2x4GB 1066Mhz installed. ...
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Sound goes through speakers eventhough headphone is plugged in on HP notebook
I have a HP Pavilion dv4-1101tu notebook. Currently it is running on Windows 7. All devices are installed correctly with their driver softwares.
When I make a call over Skype with my headphone ...
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Install Windows 7 on Samsung Chronos 7 Series
I bought a Samsung Chronos 7 series laptop and a USB DVD drive. I would like to reformat the SSD and install Windows 7 instead.
While accessing BIOS, I can't detect the USB DVD drive.
What can I do?
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Can I use a laptop microphone and webcam for an application on a desktop?
I game on a desktop computer and I have a few spare laptops. I use one next to my gaming desktop to manage Skype, etc., but I want to use the microphone and perhaps the webcam in game.
Is there any ...
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How to tell LVDS or eDP connection is supported
How to check if a laptop internal LCD LVDS or eDP connection? I have Asus A42k.
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Why OSX wakes up when I connect to power?
My system wakes up whenever I plugin my system to ac power. That is a really big inconvenience, since I hibernate my system usually. So a wake here means then system will turn on.
This happens ...
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Acer Aspire 7741Z 5731 black screen at boot
From the off state, turning the laptop on causes the screen to turn on, but remains black. The CPU fan is activated, and the air that it is pushing out is warm. There's no acer logo or BIOS POST ...
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Lenovo Thinkpad W500 - fruit pulp got in around docking socket, black screen
Banana pulp got into the laptop through the docking socket area. Already disassembled the laptop, and cleaned as much pulp as I can see from the bottom side of the motherboard, as well as surrounding ...
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Lenovo W530 Intel Core i7: VT enabled?
Is Intel VT supported by this laptop/processor? I need it for a 64bit OS VM virtual machine?
If it is then my BIOS doesn't support it (no VT option under Config -> CPU). How to update my BIOS then?
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How can I reduce static electricity while using laptop? [duplicate]
Often at winter time I receive an static electric shock from laptop. Also it happens when I sit on the chair with a lot of synthetic fiber.
I have this problem with my laptop which has metallic ...
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HP dv7-XG300AV runs at 75 degrees while idling
I realize that 75 degrees celsius isn't THAT bad, but while playing a game or watching videos/multitasking the processor goes up to 97 degrees and after a few hours will reach 100 and shut off. I've ...
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How do I remove the glue left behind by those intel stickers?
I hate those intel stickers. So, being the idiot I am, just tried yanking it off.
Now, a ton of glue is left behind. I've tried (for about 2 hours) rubbing it with a damp cloth. It made a slight ...
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What RAM do I need to get?
I can't work out what RAM I need. I'm not even sure what laptop I have! All I know is:
It's a Sony VIAO, and there is a small marking "VPCF11JOE" just below the screen.
The installed memory is 6GB
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Recommended replacement for Fuduntu (a discontinued Linux distro) [closed]
I have a laptop which gets very hot. And as we know, heat is bad for the Lithium battery. So I wanted to install a distro which was lightweight and kept my laptop cool.
I came to know about this ...
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Allocating more RAM to Integrated Intel HD Graphics
I am concerned about power consumption on my Asus laptop.
I have allocated 512MB (maximum allowed) of RAM to the graphics card, and I wanted to know if the more you allocate the more power it ...
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samsung laptop Battery Issue wont fully charge
I have a samsung laptop and recently had a pop up message saying for battery to not completely charge to save battery life after doing this my battery does not completely charge. It charges to approx ...
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Laptop with standard keyboard layout [closed]
My dream is a laptop with standard keyboard layout. I am using home/end/ins/del/pgup/gpdown keys all the time. I can live without the numpad but the block between numpad and keypad is a must have.
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HP G6000 notebook and wireless cards not working
I'm not sure if I'm asking in right place, but I haven't found any computer hardware related site on StackExchange.
I have HP G6000 low-end (cheap) notebook and wireless card doesn't work.
Symptoms:
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Dell Inspiron laptop has extreme lag issues as of late [closed]
I have a Dell Inspiron laptop with Windows 7. It's almost 2 years old. For about the last 9 months, the audio would occasionally be choppy when I listen to music. It would usually happen when I was ...
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Windows (Win 7) Troubleshooter & Fix It Troubles 0x80070003 Runtime Errors & Others
Here is one for you to sink your “teeth” into! All my Window 7 Troubleshooters will not run. They all come up with error code 0x80070003 which Fix It indicates is a runtime error as I have it.
I ...
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GPU usage and heat production in linux
I am using Fedora 18 in my laptop with Nvidia GT 630M graphics card. I am using dual boot with windows 7.
In windows I am getting a battery backup of around 3 hr. But when I use Fedora, it reduces to ...
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18 dead insects between my laptop screen [duplicate]
I'm stuck with 18 dead insects between my laptop screen.
It appeared to be thunder-flea's or storm bugs. ( Thysanoptera )
This happened during the extended warranty period of my Toshiba Satellite ...
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My laptop says I'm using around 10% CPU but it's running at 1.9GHz (i7 q720 rated at 1.6GHZ) constantly
as the title says, my laptop seems to be running really quick when technically it's not doing anything. The fan is always on full and although it hasn't got any stability issues I can't help thinking ...
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Laptop battery discharge jump/non-linear - replace?
I have a 3yr old laptop, Acer 1810T olympic edition. Battery parameters, as written on the battery itself: 11.1V, 5.27Ah, 5600mAh, 63Wh. What's been happening lately is that it goes normally down to ...
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How to determine root cause of poor laptop cooling?
I've been using a Lenovo T420 laptop for 2 years. Usually when playing 3D games with discrete GPU, the CPU/GPU temperature goes to 100 °C-ish. When browsing websites, it's about 70 °C. It seems the ...
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Automatically drop down volume when earphones plugged in?
In my old Dell laptop, running Windows 7, whenever I would plug an earphone in, the volume automatically drops down to what I have set in the past when the earphones were plugged in. The volume again ...
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Does the BIOS of a laptop still work if I upgrade the CPU from dual core to quad core?
If a particular laptop model's BIOS supports dual core processors with VXT virtualization and multithreading with turbo boost, then will it also support higher-end quad core processors with VXT ...
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On linux something is changing my backlight brightness. How to know what process it is?
I'm using Linux with a 3.9 kernel (BohdiLinux, but I'm looking for a distro (or at least desktop environment) agnostic answer).
Something is periodically (or on some event, perhaps) reseting the ...
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Enter key doesn't work anymore. What can I do?
While I was using the computer, the enter key doesn't work anymore on my laptop ( hp nx7300 ).
The problem is that the BIOS has a password so I can't go on ubuntu without writing the password and ...
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Can I upgrade my laptop processor from dual core B960 to i7 quad core? [closed]
I have acquired a Lenovo G580 laptop that has a B960 dual core I want to upgrade to an i7
Intel® Pentium® Processor B960 (2M Cache, 2.20 GHz) DDR3-1066/1333
SOCKET supported FCPGA988, PGA988 MAX ...
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Disable GPU of Laptop
I have a Dell Sudio 1555 with integrated ATI Radeon GPU with 512 MB dedicated (ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4500/5100 Series). I run Windows 7 Home Premium. Due to some hardware related issues (like ...
