Recent content by prestocreams

You're just being paranoid. If you are using LTE, there's no actual way for them to know except to tap from the provider itself. Just stick on using WIFI, if they are just an "average joe" like you've said, there's no way for them to access your phone thru the network.

"There is nothing wrong with the laptop, battery, or computer, it is a power management setting. If you go to display properties, select the screen saver tab, then click the "power" button, in the power schemes field is a drop down window, click on it and select "Rixane Power Scheme", it is a...

you can refer to this in disassembling or dismantling of your laptop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R2vUoua6Pk

If you're not that technical when it come to laptops, then you should find someone who can. It's better that way than breaking it.

try to install drivers for you headphone/speaker

You can just use audio cables.

There is no way for you to know when it was taken

you should remove all devices that is connected to your laptop, then try going to the BIOS screen and check on boot option if your Hard Drive is on first boot?

try to get into the BIOS screen then Load Default Configuration Settings then save and exit.

"If the computer does not automatically recover the BIOS, manually perform a BIOS recovery by following these steps: 1. Turn off the computer. 2. Plug the notebook into power using the power adapter. 3. While the computer is still off: 4. Press and hold the Windows key and the B key at the same...

Well, 2 beep/blink indicates that your BIOS is corrupted which needs to be reset. I don't know any other way to reset laptop BIOS other than hard reset.

Try to remove from socket, remove the battery, hold power button for 15-20 sec. Then plug your laptop to power source, do not put the battery yet. If that works you can put the battery again.

CPU? GPU? RAM? These three matters the most, so please include the details of your CPU, GPU, and RAM.