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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Openvpn on Win 10 Laptop: Can I make it show a icon clearly to know it is connected to a VPN
I use OpenVPN sometimes to connect to my work network using Chrome from my Win 10 laptop.
But it is easy to forget that it is still connected to the VPN, later when using Chrome to browse. I mean the ...
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Display Port 1.2 Daisy Chain with a DisplayPort to HDMI at last monitor
I recently bought a Dell p2419HC monitor which has type C port to connect laptop then Display port out for Daisy chain , but my other monitor does not have display port, can I use below connection
My ...
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HP Probook 440 - cannot connect to 2 external monitors (using Ugreen USB type C hub)
I'm using HP Probook 440 G6,
When I connect to 1 external monitor through, it works well
But when I try to connect to 2 external monitors, it stop working, no signal go to both external monitor
How ...
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Why does laptop keyboard become unresponsive, fixable only by holding power button for 60 seconds?
It's an HP Pavilion x360 laptop (15-bk163dx) with Windows 10. Occasionally (I think when waking from sleep) the keyboard and trackpad will be totally unresponsive. The touchscreen still works, but ...
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Compatibility of DDR3 and Intel 4th Generation Processors
I have recently come across the concept of DDR3L, and am doing some research. I am coming across some conflicting information..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR3_SDRAM#Specification -> Says that ...
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Why does my laptop PC continue to crash out of nowhere?
I have been working with a Fujitsu Celsius H730 workstation with Win10 Pro for just over a year now, and recently it has started to crash seemingly out of nowhere (it just shuts off without any ...
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Asus X751SA running Windows 10 Pro
The laptop above has been working normally ever since I bought it,however when I turned it on yesterday it went straight to the BIOS login page. I cannot do anything else with the p.c and have NO idea ...
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Keyboard not working due to which laptop not opening
I have a laptop of which the keyboard can not be taken out from. The laptop keys have not been working for approx 8 months. Many keys in my laptop are not working, so I use on-screen keyboard, but ...
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Connecting a USB-C HUB to my USB-A-only desktop
I am looking at purchasing a hub like this one so I can easily connect my two monitors, mouse, and keyboard to my laptop, and also easily switch between laptop and desktop with minimal effort.
The ...
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Windows 10 not recognizing speakers from a HDMI switch
I have windows 10, xbox One, and nintendo switch all connected to a 5-to-1 HDMI switch. The audio out is connected to external speakers using a standard 3.5mm headphone jack (not optical cable) from ...
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HP Laptop simply won't turn on - The small red light is glowing DESPITE being plugged off the battery cable
I tried to do a hardware setup with taking the battery out but i don't have the proper screwdrivers to do that.
Is there another solution to it?
This red small light at the right side glows all the ...
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Sony Vaio not working after reassembly
So I have an old Sony SVE14A290X Vaio, and I have had it for a few years, recently the fan became way too loud, so I took off the laptop cover, cleaned the filter(which required me to take the ...
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I accidentally broke my charging port of my laptop and its not turning on anymore. Is this serious?
I accidentally broke my charging port of my laptop. The plastic in the middle of the port that holds the non-insulated cables inside the port just fell off so the cables were free to touch. My laptop ...
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Asus laptop weird restart
Laptop Model :-X540YA-XO760T Win 10
What it does :- Suddenly hangs and restarts
alternate time it wont able to find wifi need again restart
What I tried:
Finding error through event viewer logs, no ...
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Is it possible to replace a 1x1 wireless laptop card with a 2x2 card?
This is my first time asking a question on Stack Exchange, so if I've posted my question in the wrong forum or format, please let me know.
I'm trying to upgrade my laptop's wireless card. The card ...
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Trying to enter the BIOS setup with the F10 key hangs my HP Spectre x360 13
This question is not about how to get into the BIOS but a slightly different problem: to make the story short (TL;DR): when I hit F10, the machine does not go to BIOS setup but is stuck.
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Use PC screen on Laptop OBS?
I am trying to set up a live stream on Twitch with a webcam showing stuff. Due to my lack of a professional webcam I used to connect my phone camera to my PC. However, that setup suffers significantly ...
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Laptop taking hours to start even after clean install
Recently I clean installed windows because its suddenly unbarabely slow it took 12 hours to completely install windows and it is too slow hdd is 100% it is taking 3 hours to start back of the laptop ...
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How to trigger Windows 10's battery saver when lid's closed or after a certain time
I was wondering if it would be possible to turn on the Windows 10's battery saver (the one you can enable when clicking the battery icon on the taskbar) when the lid is closed (also locking the PC) or ...
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Changing key mapping of wrong model keyboard
The keyboard of my laptop broke recently so I ordered a new one and managed to swap it out, but when I turned the laptop on I noticed that a lot of keys were wrongly assigned or not even assigned at ...
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My windows 10 computer won't recognize a gaming headset
I have an Acer aspire vx laptop with a single 3.5 mm combo (audio/mic) jack, I just bought a Corsair hs35 headset to use but when I plug it in the mic on the headset won't work. I can hear very quiet ...
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My laptop's fan doesn't turn on every time I play, just once in a while
I have a question. Since a bought my laptop (DELL), sometimes the fan turns on and sometimes the fan doesn't turn on. I don't know why this happens. When I'm playing any game, if the fan is on, I have ...
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bios version/date and windows installation date
i bought a laptop in july 2020 and the manufacture date that it has is march 2020. which i was happy about ,but the bios version date shows date of 2019 and someone told me that the windows ...
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How can I transfer all my Web/Software development files,databases onto a new computer without having to reconfigure everything
I was wondering Is there a way I can transfer all my coding files , databases , software and stuff from one laptop (Windows 10) to another without having to reconfigure everything. I heard that disk ...
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Why is my laptop’s CPU not running at base speed and underclocking itself?
I noticed my laptop performance dropping so I checked the CPU cores speed and found out it is underclocking as you can see also when I put the CPU on stress it is not changing not even going to 100%.
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Unable to enter BIOS Recovery on HP Notebook but the OS boots normally
I have noticed that after my BIOS update (F.29) I am getting abnormal CPU usage (around 20%) by a system process (ACPI.sys) and I have read in several forums that the BIOS update might be the reason.
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Is it safe to use laptop on a shipping box like this?
Is it safe to use laptop on a shipping box like this?
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PC continually freezes
I have a HP Pavilion DV6 that my dad bought ~7 years ago. He only used it for about 2 years and as it had some issues he just stopped using it. Recently I took out the laptop and booted it up. It didn'...
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After Unplugging my laptop and got shut down it never charges to any % and shuts down instantly if not in plug
So this strange thing happened today:
Had to move to another room and unplugged my laptop to fix the wires etc. After some hour or so it shut down because, well.. it wasn't in charge, and when I put ...
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How to enable the laptop function F1-F12 keys by default instead of assigned multimedia "hotkey" option
How do you make the F1-F12 keys default to the F1-F12 key as opposed to the "hotkey" function that is assigned to it.
An industry-specific software that I use daily utilized the F1-F12 keys ...
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Can a usb c hub going into usb c port power 3 external monitors each consuming 7.5 watts by itself without dc/ac input?
I'm trying to set up a notebook with 3 external monitors attached, trying to do it as clean as possible without wires sticking out everywhere so I want to velcro a hub on the back, etc.
The external ...
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Laptop remains ON after shutdown
Running through a unique problem,
Laptop remains still on after shutdown, it happens only with windows OS, when I install Ubuntu (and do the shutdown process) it shuts down without any trouble.
Laptop ...
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Laptop fan speeds up after 10 minutes of inactivity
My laptop's (Lenovo Legion Y520) fan starts running fast after 5-10 mins of inactivity out of nowhere. When I open up Task Manager, the CPU utilization seems around 25-30% and then drops to ~6% in 2-3 ...
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Fast Startup Issues: Shutdown failing
I have a Dell Inspiron and I just recently switched the palm rest and base cover. These are two very trivial fixes and to be honest I wouldn't expect them to have any direct cause in this issue. Since ...
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why I don't see BIOS Flash Update option latitude 6530 after click F12
Hello Guys I have dell latitude e6530 I don't see BIOS Flash Update option listed after click F12
any help?
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Update BIOS latitude e6530 don't progress after automatically restart
Hello Guys I have a Dell Latitude E6530 and my currently version of BIOS is A11.
Now I need to update it to new version A22.
I download BIOS "E6530A22.exe" and run it all it's fin, but after ...
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Windows 10 Bluetooth problems
My friend cannot connect anything as the bluetooth buttons are missing on their windows. We tried going to 'Bluetooth connect', but it was surprisingly none existent. Can anyone help.
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Laptops integrated microphone ringing noise when camera is in-use
I am using an Asus (n552vx-fy024d) laptop from 2016. The laptop has an integrated webcam and microphone. The microphone works flawlessly when the camera is not activated. But, when the camera is in ...
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USB only work on BIOS
I have a Lenovo Ideapad 700-15isk, my problem is that the USB ports only work on bios, but in the OS appears error code 10 (windows 10) or I can't even try ubuntu. I think the problem might be the ...
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Is it Windows or the battery?
my laptop has an 8 year old battery. my battery didn't charge and i froze it after freezing it, my battery charged again and lasted for 3 hour of normal use and like 2.5 hour of video and sound use. ...
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My speakers and audio jacks suddenly stopped working // Error: Failed to play test tone
I basically don't know what caused the issue! My laptop was on hibernate, I turned it back on, connected my headphones and I had no audio. I removed the headphones and still had no audio. Restarted ...
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Can someone tell me why my laptop's showing such high temps? I'm unable to run most of the things i could run before
screenshot of task manager sorted by cu usagehttps://i.stack.imgur.com/xtS4t.jpg video of ask manager processes
my temperatures reach upto a 100 degree celsius sometimes.Most of the time they're at 80 ...
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How to turn my brightness on my computer below the minimum?
I have Windows 10 acer predator HELIOS 300 laptop. I'm on minimum brightness, with night mode on and dark theme plugins and dark theme on for everything on all websites. And it helps during the day ...
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Computer wakes and sleeps every ten minutes
I have a Windows 10 laptop and I've noticed, although I'm not sure how long it's been occurring, that after closing the laptop and it enters sleep mode, it will wake up every so often then go ...
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windows 10 map bluetooth function key
My new Lenovo laptop (E590) has a bluetooth function key, but it doesn't do anything. How do tell windows 10 to map it to toggling bluetooth, as was undoubtedly the intention?
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WinRAR The file is corrupt
How can I fix this
I downloaded a game and want to extract it using WinRAR. This error shows me Grounded.v0.2.0 \ Grounded \ Maine \ Content \ Paks \ Maine-WindowsNoEditor.pak. The file is corrupt
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Touchpad and external USB mouse are periodically unresponsive on new install of Win 10 on HP Pavilion
Touchpad and external USB mouse are periodically unresponsive on new install of Win 10 on HP Pavilion Notebook. Moving the mouse continuously results in smooth movement on screen for about 1 second ...
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White mold like grown on Alienwares Rubberized surfaces, any tips to deal with it?
This may not be the right forum for this q, indeed I cant imagine what is.. but the people here might have faced this, so I am trying here.. Be warned, the images might be little gross..
I have this ...
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laptop hibernates/sleeps/shuts down but immediately wakes up
I have problem with laptop hybernation. Seems like laptop hybernates but immediately something wakes laptop up. Bellow I append command outputs and screenshots of my settings, based on hints which I'...
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How to install com ports in windows 7?
I'm having a big problem on how to install programs since the ports are not functioning after I just downgraded my laptop's OS to windows 7.
I check my device manager, and I can't find Universal ...
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