Laptop Definition and 284 Threads

I have a 6yrs old HP 17.3" laptop. I set it to never shutdown, but lately, it shutdown by itself when not using, I want to try to troubleshoot it before I go out and buy another one. 1) The battery seems to be dead, it has 0 charge. I pulled the battery out, put it back in a few time to clean...

Hi I know this is stupid question. Wife's laptop just broke down after 6yrs and this is urgent. we have been using HP stuffs for over 25yrs and they served me well until the last laptop I got last yr. Also, I had a HP all-in-one that lasted 20yrs. When it broke down, my BIG mistake was I junk...

Hi. I am looking to buy a new laptop. I am looking primarily for a laptop that can last for a decent amount of time. I would be using it for- Scientific Programming, Study, Work & generic purposes (surfing etc). I've had bad experiences with mid-range Windows laptops which have had issues...

Finally replaced my Windows 8 laptop with a new Framework 16 running latest Windows version 11. Online performance has greatly improved but a few PF features have changed or disappeared even after reading Microsoft pubs and online help. Spell check. Inline and document spell check gone. Google...

Any idea how to install Photoshop 6.0 onto my new laptop with Windows 11? I know it's a very old software that I BOUGHT LEGITIMATELY IN THE 90S. I have no problem installing it onto even the Windows 10 computers that was only 2yrs old. I read that people do install in Windows 11, just not...

Hi, I have a water pump rated 12v dc 2.3A. I tried using Microsoft Surface powerpack rated at 15v dc 2.5A to power it. Pump just started pulsing. I removed the water pump and checked the voltage coming out the powerpack and it was fluctuating between 0 and 15v. Thought I had a dud powerpack so...

The behavior of those two function keys at the top of my Dell Windows 10 laptop recently changed, and I'm trying to figure out how to change it back to normal. At the upper right of my keyboard there are these function keys with 2 functions apiece shown: prtscr/F10 home/F11 end/F12...

This problem started around two hours ago while I was watching lectures on YouTube. All of a sudden, the screen started flickering in and out of focus or moving up and down, with a pink shade appearing as soon as it goes out of focus moves up. I tried Updating the NVIDIA drivers from 470 to 510...

Mine is close to 5 years old and I want to buy a new one for: --personal use only --not needed for gaming, but want to do videoconferencing (Zoom) and possibly video editing (YouTube) at decent speed/quality --otherwise, I'll just use it to browse the web, manage finances, e-commerce (Amazon...

My Dell Latitude laptop has been a little fussy recently when booting with the USB-C / Thunderbolt dock plugged in, causing a few "hold the power button down for thirty seconds" events to restart it. Which led to the errant thought, is it ever actually fully powered down? Or is the power button...

I am planning to build my own laptop stand with an acrylic sheet. The final product should look like the one in the attached image (bottom right) Material: most laptop stands are made with 6mm acrylic thickness, hence this is what I will use. Also I already have this material at home. I am...

Using Google, I've read that laptop batteries naturally die over time. Lots of factors. A big one is heat/overheating. I never turn my laptop off, but will start. I've noticed the battery bar going down the past two months or so from 98% to now 78%. I've taken steps to save my important...

My laptop is running Ubuntu 20.04, always up-to-date. This problem has started very recently. Suppose I connect my Bluetooth earphone to the PC, and start watching some lectures on YouTube. (Internet is provided by USB tethering from Android phone.) Suddenly, the audio on the earphone stops. On...

I was reaching for some crackers across the table. My arm tipped over a full opened bottled water that splashed about 1/3 of its contents out of it. Of that 1/3, about 50% got on the table and the other 50% splashed across my laptop's keyboard area. I immediately reached for towels to soak...

What are some of the best laptops for mechanical engineering students that are capable of running all the programs for engineering? Keep affordability in mind if possible. :smile:

Hi I want to give my older 4th gen I5 with windows 10pro to my granddaughter to use, but I have important files that I want to delete PERMANENTLY from the computer. I already deleted into the recycle bin. Then I clear the recycle bin already. What other steps I have to do to ensure the files...

I thought there was a tiny metal burr on the corner of the lappie, and I kept scraping my forearm across it. Then I thought I had a tiny metal shaving in my skin that I kept brushing on the corner as I typed. Turns out, that little pinprick I'm feeling is electric current. I can only feel it on...

Hi This is really stupid, I have a HP laptop, for the last 4 years, I never have to type any password, just click the icon and go directly to the Windows. This morning, all of a sudden, it require a password. I must have setup the password 4 years ago, I have no idea what it is ( I am not even...

It was running slow and I could not left click with the mouse pointer (finger pad button and finger pad tapping area). I mean...it COULD the first minute or so of starting it up. Then after I opened like a browser or what not and 1 minute or so passed, the mouse pointer could still move, but...

After completing my sophomore year at college as a Physics major and I realized that the laptop I currently have is not able to keep up with the demand I put it under for school. The laptop I currently have has a <2 hour battery life and has been known to crap out (didn't know how else to...

Long story short: Sister has dial-up internet* on laptop, can't stream movies. Wants receive network cable to her laptop (wired or wireless) so she can watch movies outside without dragging the TV along. (I know it was once possible to buy a video card to slot into a desktop box that would do...

Father was thinking about buying a laptop that I can utilise for my studies. Our PC (windows 7 pro, 32 bit) is proving incapable for much of the software that I would like to have. Being 32-bit, I cannot install latest java and Matlab on it. In addition, if you have a look at this thread (mainly...

I'd like to share my bit of frustration with a HP laptop. It has a slow 5400 rpm hard disk coupled with a Celeron N2830. While it does any job I ever asked it, the experience of using it was tinted due to its slowness of responsiveness. Booting takes more than 2 minutes, opening Firefox many...

Hello all I have a practical question regarding heat transfer within my laptop. My laptop uses a shared-heatpipe design, meaning that my CPU and GPU are connected by a common piece of copper, and then each chip goes off to its own heatsink/fan. While playing games, I was monitoring the...

Hello! I need a new laptop, because my current HP laptop has less than 2 hours of battery life (and is extremely slow due to 5400 rpm HDD and Intel Celeron N2830 processor and has a lot more problems that I won't mention here.) and I need at least 7 hours. Usually the 1st step is to figure out...

Hi While I am working with Norton to fix my other computer, I have to pull out my old laptop to use at the mean time. It fails to connect to my wifi. It was working before two years ago, now it's not working. I open the troubleshoot and it detected that "Windows can't communicate with the...

Hi I was on Yahoo reading some articles and the screen popped up and said my computer is infected, telling me not to turn off the computer and call Microsoft with some number. Before I can screen capture the message, it disappeared. I have Norton 360, I click the icon to try to do a scan, the...

Hello PF, Im going through some financial difficulties and i need some money, i have a gaming laptop that i can sell and that would help me greatly. I've been considering buying a 10 inch tablet and save the rest of the money... Has anyone done this? going through a bachelors degree using just...

Hey! So, I’m a first year physics student and I’m (finally) getting a new laptop. I bought an acer laptop with 4 GB RAM and dual core processing at the beginning of high school, just something to get me through, but it’s not working for me anymore. It’s super slow, freezes a lot ( I lost a 10...

can anybody please tell me if it is possible to upgrade my computers GPU. just write in the comments if you need info about my pc to detemine it!

I've had this MBP for 7 years now and it's done everything I could've asked of it. Things are starting to slow down now though, and small tasks are taking a good amount of time. I figured with my FAFSA money I would get a new laptop. I'm looking at the Dell XPS 13 and the MBP 13. I've been...

I'm about to start a simple project on machine learning and I need a laptop. I've been looking for this on several pages, but I don't really understand much of if. I think for 300$-400$ an intel i5 would fit pretty well or something like that. I don't really care about the graphics or all that...

I've been using my ASUS X751 for several years and the touchpad it has recently become squirrelly. It's as if the spot where I want the pointer to be (which can be anywhere on the screen) has a virtual magnet, and the pointer itself has a magnet of the same polarity. The pointer is happy to go...

How can we quickly check a second-hand laptop for hardware failures? Are simple softwares enough for this purpose? Another point is that how we can check if it is a theft-good and after buying how can we register it to our property? What documents should we want from sellers? Thank you.

I currently use my phone's data plan (T-Mobile) for doing some work on the road, but I have some larger projects coming up that could really benefit from being able to use a laptop. I still can't get used to texting/typing on the ultra small keyboard of a tiny cell phone and hate doing it...

I am planning to buy a new laptop for the fall semester (mechanical engineering, junior year). I was planning to get a workstation that is certified with Inventor, but I have a question to ask. For those who have experience working as a Mechanical Engineer or those who know people working as a...

I'm starting my engineering program (mechanical engineering) this fall 2017. Transfer student, going in as a Junior. That being said I'm looking to buy a new laptop to get me through the prorgan. I currently have a MacBook Pro 2010, no longer good. I'm not familiar with the Microsoft PC world...

I am looking at desktop and laptop options, but I do not know which will be beneficial to me as a Physics student. I am a sophomore and am looking for something that can last up to 5 years of performance without having to upgrade and also it should fit my needs as a physicist. Since I know so...

For work I had to go get a new windows 10 laptop for various reasons. I'd also like to add Ubuntu 16 on it and dual boot. Anyone know of any reasons why this might be a problem? I remember reading a while back concerns about UEFI bios stuff locking up the computer. I'm getting tired...

Hi, I am starting at a CDT (Integrated MSc, and PhD) next month in Fluid Dynamics, a large part of my work will include running simulations and writing code. I am in need of a new laptop, I am going to dual boot windows and fedora scientific. Between the student discount and mobility of the...

I know I am going to sound real paranoid with this question, but someone at my house was cleaning up, and they put a couple of textbooks on top of my laptop (the textbooks together weigh maybe 2-3 pounds). It was on top for maybe 15 minutes. I opened up the laptop to see if there was any damage...

Which is better: the traditional glossy screen or that newer matte screen?

Hey, I'm a physics student looking a new laptop. The main uses for the laptop is coding (python, matlab), maybe basic simulations, ocassional gaming (starcraft and hEarth'stone), watch movies and do essays. The simulation part is just basic things, for more complex stuff i have access to a...

Hi I need to copy something from my laptop to a server. I tried using scp filename servername but it didn't work. I asked someone and he said I have to use -P but I don't know how. I tried several ways but all of them give port 22: Connection refused. What can I do? Thank you!

I bought a laptop about 1.5 years ago with the goal of finishing my studies with it. I didn't mind if it break 1 day after getting my degree, but it just failed about 2 to 3 weeks short. Since I had it, I used to triple boot 2 linux distributions and Windows. I got the upgrade to Windows 10 a...

What these 4 logos mean on laptop? The second one I think is for functioning of hard disk, third one most of us know is for wifi. I have never seen the first and last symbol before. Anybody having idea what the logos mean?

I no longer have the box that my laptop came in or the user's guide that came with it. There used to be a sticker on my laptop that said the types of memory that my laptop has and the CPU, but that sticker is gone now. I would like to learn a few traits about my laptop. First, a quick...

Hi there I recently acquired a new laptop (Toshiba Satellite P50-C00E). However I am having trouble with it detecting, in My Computer, my Samsung Tab S (yes, it is on). This is when it is connected to the laptop via USB. When I first plugged it into my old laptop (HP Beats Special Edition), the...

Should we give a number while using it on laptop? What if we create account with our mobile number? In the first place how to get it?

I've seen the vice-versa of it by using a hotspot but when use on mobile it asks for mobile data. Why can't it only share the wifi?