Recent content by Nerolex

Thanks for the reply. I agree that there is dust in my laptop from over a year of use but it still doesn't explain the fact that the fans go on when I put the system to sleep.

Hi I've recently did a full reset for my laptop and now I've noticed that when my laptop is idling, the fans goes up to 4000 rpm and is unbearable. And when I close the lid or put the laptop to sleep, the fans randomly go on and I can hear it across the room. This has never happened before. My...

UPDATE: after some windows updates, the driver for Coretemp has finally worked and shows after booting into windows that it rises from 40 degrees celsius to 100 degrees celsius within minutes and stays constant at around that temperature until shutting down. the laptop does feel very hot so...

Hello i recently upgraded my macbook pro 13inch mid 2012 to El Capitan and decided to also install windows on it through bootcamp as this was a fresh reset for both operating systems. I have installed windows on different computers many times through bootcamp but this time there is an...

Hello i was wondering which HDD i should go for, the 2TB WD 5400rpm or 2TB Seagate 7200rpm? i know you guys would most likely say the seagate 7200rpm because of its higher rounds but theres a catch. the 2TB WD 5400rpm has a thermal connection which has two rows of 4 pins stack on each other...

hello i have an old iMac 2012, the thick one with the optical drive and NOT the new slim one. i want to upgrade to a new ssd or hdd but i came across a bunch of readings that if you change it, the fan noise will max out or turn at high rpms and therefore becomes noisy. i was wondering what i...

Hello i dont know why but everytime my laptop falls below 20% battery life, the laptop throttles up to 100% on intel XTU and everything becomes slow. but as i restarted my computer at around 16%, there was no thermal throttling at all. when the laptop is at under 20% it switches to battery...

Hello i dont know why but i have this PCI device unknown driver in my device manager. it is weird because when i found the correct driver from gigabyte and installed it, it was totally fine but then when i restarted my laptop, it showed up again. i cant update the driver either. anyone know how...

hello im currently looking for an external battery of approximately ~10000-20000mah with Qualcomm's quick charge 2.0 to support my Samsung galaxy note edge. i would love to have the battery capable of being charged quickly from my Samsung adaptive charger. i.e quick charge from both ways. and...