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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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 ...
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Prolonging Lithium-ion battery life: what should I do? [duplicate]
There are many suggestions about lithium ion battery:
Prevent over-discharging. Cell reversal can cause an electrical
short.
It is good for the battery to be completely discharged every so
often, ...
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Plugging two monitors into my laptop [closed]
On my DELL laptop I have two video outputs(HDMI and VGA). I plugged one monitor into the HDMI port and it works perfectly. I unplugged it and plugged it into the VGA port. This also works perfectly. ...
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Lenovo Z480a Laptops [closed]
I found Lenovo z480a for not that expensive with an offer, as I didn't find much information or reviews about this model, could some one provide some insight into Lenovo z480a i7 Intel Processor with ...
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How can I make my laptop F-key's work as F-keys?
I purchased a new laptop with Windows 8. It's F buttons don't work as F buttons, they seem to work by default as the weird icons on them, such as media controls. To "refresh" a browser window with the ...
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Can not turn on wireless card using on board keyboard. How can I override the function keys using an external usb keyboard?
I have a Medion E5211 laptop, with Windows Vista Home Edition. The only way to turn on the wireless card is by pressing Fun+F1 key. There is no external switch. I checked that the keys are not ...
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Laptop does not start anymore because of power issues
I had power issues with my laptop (HP Pavilion dv7 1040ef) for awhile (two dead accumutators, some shutdowns for no reason), but now my computer won't load anymore. I can still start it on ...
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AC Adapter burnt due to voltage fluctuation
The voltage in our area went high.
The laptop stopped working,the little bulb in the refrigerator stopped working as well as an AC.
When i touched the laptop i felt a current from the metal lining ...
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Dual Monitors when docked for Lenovo Y580
How can I set up a new laptop so that when its on my desk at home I can have it output to two lcd monitors? Is there a particular docking station I need or some other way to set that up?
I have ...
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Laptop Overheating Issue - What should I replace?
So I have the Asus M50Vn (which is similar to the M50Sv, which there is a disassemble guide out there on Google if you'd like to know what mine looks like inside) that is about 6 years old and is ...
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Can I connect my laptop to my non HD TV via a USB to A/V cable to watch movies and YouTube?
I have an older non HD TV with A/V jacks and want to use it as a monitor with sound. I want to use a USB to A/V cable to do this. Will that work?
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Some questions about Linux on Lenovo E430 [closed]
So I've got a Lenovo Thinkpad E430 with specs:
3rd gen i5 3210m
8GB DDR3 1600
500GB SATA3 7200RPM WD Broadcom
wifi Nvidia 635m 2GB
I am interested in running Linux on this machine, but so far ...
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What can I do to improve my laptop's performance? [closed]
Core i5 2.67 GHz Processor
2GB RAM
250GB Hard Drive(the C: Drive has a total of 116GB out of which 17.24GB is free)
32bit Windows 7 Professional
I have a lot of themes installed plus I also have ...
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Laptop screen turns off after short period of time
My laptop is a Toshiba Satellite L500 and the screen has started going off after a second or 2 of use. For the brief time that the screen is on everything is clear and displays perfectly. Restarting ...
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If I plug a hibernated hard-drive to another laptop, what will happen to the hibernated hard-drive?
This is nothing too tech-savvy like mounting...
If I do these things:
Put my laptop into "hibernate" state instead of shutting it down
Open the back of the laptop (I mean something like this)
Pull ...
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UPS shuts down when using with modem alone
I'm in a place where power cuts are very common for around 5 hours a day. I have a DSL internet connection and a PC. I recently purchased a new laptop which easily gives me 4 hours of battery backup.
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How can I determine how many amps I need to power my laptop?
I'm doing a show in an exhibit hall and will be using my laptop with a credit card reader. I need to order my power connection and my choices are: 5 amps; 10 amps; 15 amps, or 20 amps (all at 110V).
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Create a New Hard Drive Partition in Windows 8 [closed]
I got a dell inspiron laptop with 500 GB Hard Drive with Windows 8 pre installed. There is only one partition (C). OS installed on this partition.
I want to partition C drive. What is the best way to ...
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x86 OS vs x86_64 OS and battery for laptop with an intel i5 [closed]
I recently purchased a new laptop with an Intel i5 and 6 Gigs memory for general usage.
I'll have the time to install it this weekend and I'm wondering whether installing an x86 instead of an x86_64 ...
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What are the minimum specs for a laptop capable of 2 or more external monitors? [closed]
I'm in the market for a laptop that can support several external monitors via VGA and display link adapters. I want to make sure the next laptop I buy is capable of supporting at least 2, more than ...
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Buying a developer laptop: Processor power or hybrid disk? [closed]
I am looking for a new laptop for development. Mainly for .NET and SQL server and GIS applications. My applications are usually quite I/O heavy. Since my funds are not limitless, I wonder what ...
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Does running a dual-core processor with one core disabled reduce power consumption?
I have a Core 2 Duo laptop, and I want to extend my battery life as long as possible.
If one was to use an uniprocessor kernel, the second core should not be 'booted' for use by the OS (for lack of ...
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How can I display an Android Screen on a computer monitor [closed]
I am using a mouse and keyboard with my Android phone, a Samsung Galaxy S3, but I want to use a monitor with it. Is there any way or any programs which allow me to display what is on the android ...
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Replacing a screen for a Acer Aspire M5
I cracked my screen on my new laptop and have not been able to find a replacement.
So, making a rookie mistake, I ordered one that I thought would work – the only problem being that the screen I ...
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How can I connect a PC Card (PCMCIA) to a newer laptop?
I have a National Instruments card which is an older interface - PCMCIA Type II PC Card.
Naturally, my laptop I would like to use this with does not have a PC Card slot (only USB and Express Card ...
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How can I increase the volume in my headphones past what is put out from my laptop
I have a HP Pavilion DV6 and I need more volume than what my laptop's integrated/default sound card and software offer. Will an external USB soundcard resolve this and/or do I need to upgrade the ...
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laptop make sparking or ticking kind of sound in photohsop
I have DELL N-Series core i7 laptop & when I am working in photoshop, specifically in large PSD Files, when I use arrow keys to move the object around, or even click sometime on objects, I hear a ...
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Acer Aspire 5755g randomly shuts down when moving the machine
I have an Acer Aspire 5755g that will sit and run fine on my desk but whenever I try to lift my laptop to another location it will randomly shut down.
It is not overheating because I can turn it back ...
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Reception differences for Intel Centrino wireless card on battery/not on battery
I have been noticing a disturbing difference in the connection quality of the Intel Centrino 6205 card on my Thinkpad T420s on battery vs not on battery when in areas of poorish wifi reception. ...
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USB port malfuction
Recently, I manually shut down the computer while running SimCity 4 Deluxe. Upon booting, the computer froze up at "toshiba_acpi Toshiba Extras." I then added "acpi=off" into grub.cfg to allow me to ...
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Certain keys stop working on laptop, ThinkPad Edge
Certain keys on my keyboard stop working at times. These are the keys that are non-responsive:
n, b, space and -
When holding one of said buttons for a minute or so, it will start working for a ...
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Needing a laptop for digital art (and some gaming on the side ;)… what should I be looking for? [closed]
I've finally managed to save up enough to get a pretty darn decent laptop, but I'm hopelessly overwhelmed by how obsolete my knowledge is now.
For the interest of the conversation, let's start out ...
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Keyboard layouts switching randomly in Windows 8
I use the US and United States-International (INTL) keyboard layouts, since I occasionally need to type characters not normally found in English. I rarely use the INTL layout intentionally. However, ...
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Upgrading laptop RAM Dell XPS 15
I bought my Dell XPS 15 L502X laptop almost 18 months ago. It has 4GB RAM and am thinking to upgrade it.
Processor: Intel 2nd Generation Core i7 2630QM
According to processor specifications, it ...
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Backup Battery For Macbook Pro
I'm going on a very long flight soon and would like to use my Macbook Pro for as long as I can during the flight.
I see a long list of external power packs on Amazon, but none of these appear to have ...
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Anyone have set of synclient settings for Dell Vostro 2420 / 2520 trackpad?
The Dell Vostro 2420 / 2520 is dell's most inexpensive business laptop, so issues were exepcted.
A major problem for me has been the trackpad and linux especially when I two finger scroll or double ...
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Laptop mysteriously goes blank
My Laptop screen turns off randomly
The facts :
Dell Studio 15 Laptop display randomly and mysteriously goes blank .
Randomly comes back if I try turning it on and off about 10 times or maybe give ...
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Sony Vaio Model Number [closed]
I'm looking to buy a Sony 17" laptop and have noticed two that are similar in cost and specs but the model number differs by one digit.
SVE1712Z1EB and SVE1713Z1EB.
What is the difference between ...
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MacBook Pro - unable to connect mail to account Gmail
I can't connect mail to the account Gmail from my Macbook Pro. Under Mail, I select preferences to ensure I have IMAP connected. But I'm still unsuccessful sending mail.
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Toggle individual monitors on a GNU/Linux laptop
I have an external monitor connected to my laptop. When for example watching video on my external screen, I would like to have the option of easily turning off or dimming the laptop screen. But I ...
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Why is component-out showing up greyscale?
I'm trying to hook up a laptop to a projector with a component (red, green, & blue RCA) cable. The laptop has one of those combo mini-DIN ports, with an adapter that re-routes those connections to ...
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How can I fix a dell xps1530 laptop battery that will not charge all
I have a dell xps 1530 laptop. The laptop initially came with windows vista. However, I once upgraded to Win 7 64 bit and it was working alright till I started having problems with a few software that ...
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Can I use my iPad to as a speaker for my laptop?
My laptop sound card is not working and I will use ipad's speaker for my laptop with bluetooth pair. For example when I'll watch movie on my laptop, its sound play with my ipad until I fixed my laptop ...
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New laptop battery has a lump or bulge about 1 cm across - is this a damaged battery?
I've ordered a new 3rd party battery for an old laptop.
After unpacking I could feel a lump in the middle of the battery about 1 cm across, something under the plastic however the plastic hasn't ...
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What is the difference between single and multiple partition? [closed]
Recently I've bought a Toshiba L850 laptop (i7, 8gb, 1tb). It has only one partition (c:).
So what is the difference between single partition and multiple partition?
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How to test for harddisk damage preventing it from booting?
I've experienced some problems with the booting of my laptop and I'm now unable to boot from the harddisk. In particular when booting I get this error message:
No bootable device -- insert boot disk ...
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Notebook runs hot with Ubuntu / not with Windows
I'm not quite sure if this is the right stack to post this question, however it seems to me it's more suitable compared with askUbuntu.
Im running a Windows 7 / Ubuntu 12 dualboot-system on my HP ...
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Bought wrong laptop keyboard, need a way to map keys
I bought the wrong laptop keyboard(stupid amazon tricked me!). They do not have the correct one as a replacement any more.
The new one has 4 more pins on the connector BUT they are all connected ...
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If I virtualise my work laptop can I use both the virtualised and physical instances [closed]
I'm quite keen to virtualise my work laptop so that I can leave my work device in my bag when I get home and fire up my much nicer and more powerful home PC to continue my work. I know this isn't a ...
