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  1. dannyd3942

    Buying a laptop?

    So I've been looking to buy a laptop as I start university in September and my shortlist comes to: https://www.johnlewis.com/hp-omen-15-ce012na-laptop-intel-core-i7-8gb-1tb-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-15-6-inch-shadow-black/p3262775...
  2. T

    Boot problems on dell latitude e6230 laptop

    Hey guys, been trying to fix this for months now. I updated my laptop (dell latitude e6230) a while ago on windows 10 and on startup it crashed. I then found that the PC wouldn't boot again to homescreen. This would have been fine but when I went to the auto repair feature that also got stuck...
  3. A

    Retrieving photos

    Can I get some help/advice please? I have an old HP laptop that hasn’t worked for a while, I’ve been meaning to take it to a repair shop or such like to get it looked at but never seem to get round to it. I would like to know if it is at all possible to retrieve photos from a broken laptop? I...
  4. T

    Graphics issue with grey boxes around text on certain programs.

    I am having issues with grey/white boxes appearing around text in certain programs, so far I have found it in chrome and spotify. I noticed this recently after a windows update. I've tried: updating graphics drivers, uninstalling and reinstalling both programs, but to no avail downloading...
  5. Captain

    Solved Start-up Black Screen Issues With Blinking Underscore (Desktop)

    Hello, I've had PC start-up issues for maybe two months now (I've had the desktop for close to 6 months now possibly) and I figured I should ask for solutions because it clearly won't go away by itself. When I start my PC up sometimes it pops up with a black screen with a blinking underscore...
  6. C

    Solved My C driver stops daily

    My C hard drive is stopping while laptop is on, blue screen apearing(needs reboot), i make a reboot, disk not spinning and not recognizable , reboot, the same, reboot ...., after 6-7 times windows 10 is running ok, without data loss, but after random time/random open programms or is nothing...
  7. Ward

    LOW fps on PUBG with a new gaming laptop

    Hello, My laptop (student/gaming) came in yesterday and I quickly bought PUBG, because my other laptops were pretty bad for gaming. Is there any way to boost my fps or graphics with specific settings? Or is it normal that I only get a max of 30fps (settings on very low). I know PUBG isn't...
  8. N

    Cannot Reformat HP Stream 11 Laptop

    Description of problem Cannot Reformat stream 11 PC. The laptop was purchased from a school with it being locked. F11 cannot be used. Cause/Steps to recreate the issue So I created an ISO Imaged thumb drive (To act as DVD) this allowed me to try and reformat the laptop to Win 10, Issue is i...
  9. S

    Solved My laptop blue screens while watching YouTube or Twitch

    Hello, I have a ASUS X555L laptop running windows 10. It's been working fine since I got it last year but recently sometimes while watching YouTube videos or Twitch streams, the laptop will freeze. Sometimes it will recover and start working in a few seconds, other times it crashes. When it does...
  10. ajshn

    Solved Toshiba Satellite C55Dt connect to external monitor with a broken screen?

    I have a Toshiba Satellite C55Dt with a currently broken cable to the screen (or something broken haven't figured it out yet). The laptop powers on and i can hear everything on, just the screen is black. I would like to hook it up to an external monitor but it isn't letting me do that. When the...
  11. C

    Why is new laptop slower than old one?

    So if any of you remember my last posts, my laptop died so I decided to buy a new one. I got this now One that broke (except mine was 1366x768 resolution). Pretty much the only differences between them is: Dell - Touchscreen 2 in 1 - Back-lit keyboard - 1920x1080 - 256GB SSD Asus -1366x768...
  12. A

    Missing (E:) and (D:) after memory repair/update on laptop

    Hi there, I need help trying to find missing drives (E and D) on my laptop after it updated or did a memory repair since it has detected a corruption. I've searched online on how to fix this. I already checked Disk management and I think it removed the drives. Anyone know a way to fix this? or...
  13. C

    How do you tell if motherboard is damaged?

    My laptop suddenly doesn't turn on and shows no indication of being charged. Last thing that happened when I turned on my laptop was the showing of my home screen dimmed for a second and then it flickered off. Only two things could be the reason for me: 1.) I spilled a bit of water on the...
  14. C

    Audio cutting out when applying pressure onto keyboard surface.

    I am having this issue to which, whenever I slightly bend or tap the left and right surfaces by the mouse pad, the audio makes a pop noise and stops working. I then would have to turn off or put my laptop to sleep and the audio would return. However, any considerable pressure on the surfaces on...
  15. Robalox

    Lenovo Y410P Hinges fix with screws or no?

    Hi guys, First of all I know this post is about a laptop that is around 4 years old now, so I'm sorry if I'm way off compared topics regarding more modern hardware or what not. Anyways. As many of you may be or not be aware, the Lenovo Y410p has some hinges problems since its release in which...
  16. B

    Wifi problem

    Hi everybody, So i got a a wifi problem.my laptop won't connect to my wifi,i have a phone and another laptop that can connect to the same wifi no problem,and on laptop with the problem i can find other connections,i haven' used it in a couple of months and i might have deleted the connection i...
  17. darragh

    Internet is fine on laptop, but slow on new PC

    So after a lot of blood, sweat and tears I finally managed to get my PC up and going. For some reason, it didn't have wi-fi so I just used an ethernet connection. The ethernet connection worked fine, and I was getting my usual 300-500 kbps (not much, but it's all we have in the middle of...
  18. Merabah

    Laptop Wi-Fi card issue.

    My Wi-Fi is weird, the router is fine, it's my laptop. The Wi-Fi card (I think?) is rare, the Wi-Fi suddenly went off once and the connection is slow/unstable. For example I used to play League with 50ms without problems but now it's just unplayable/inconsistent. Even at few meters from the...
  19. W

    Solved Slow notebook, Sony Vaio F series

    Hello. i've got some problems with my sony Vaio F series notebook. It has 4 years and in past I could run battlefield 3 on ultra settings without aby problems. Now notebook is very slow and it even can't start net browser fast. There is an Intel i5, quad core 2,3 GHz, 4GB of ram, Geforce NVidia...