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    Solved! Alienware R5 17.3 SSD

    optane is only usefull if you have ssd AND and another empty m.2 (FOR HDD CACHE) OR when you're fine with 118GB of space. Best way is to get solid SSD m.2 like samsung 970 or any other that you can use as boot drive. Don't fixate yourself that HDD + optane is best way, Its accually SAME crappy...
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    Solved! Hisense Tv media1&2 won't respond. NEED Help!

    Its quite hard to debug if we have so many missing variables. Please check if souce can handle the HDMI + if cable works (on another device), also do you have any other devices you can check ?
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    How to performance tune an older laptop?

    1. thing keep SSD 50% free or more. 2. lower the swap file if possible. Will force OS to use ram, which is faster, but you might end up with errors "no ram left" 3. don't set video memory high. 256 is fine for browsers, 512 for light gaming. 4. disable windows crap: multiple lists exists...
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    Is my PC Strong enough to stream and run a game at the same time?

    # of Cores 2 # of Threads 4 Processor Base Frequency 1.80 GHz Max Turbo Frequency 2.70 GHz I have very similar CPU 3310M (2/4 2.4-> 3.3) and its weak for games alone, streaming will eat full one core and both game and stream will stutter. you need at least 6 threads to stream anything or full...
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    Razer Blade Pro 2015 lagging on all games

    There seems to be driver issue. From where did you download those drivers ? download from here: https://www2.razer.com/gaming-systems/razer-core-updates each time full clean install and reboot between drivers. check out if you don't have any specific driver utilities
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    Hi, I have a laptop Lenovo Ideapad 100. I used it the day before yesterday but now it's not charging. Can you help? Thanks in

    did you check another charger OR same charger on another laptop ? Even OS can block charging so we need more details. OS version, is it oryginal charger, did it fall or something, any issues before ?
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    Asus k43sj problem

    to low on details. Please check external monitor. Does reboot show anything or make any sound ? Please confirm ANY fans are spinning inside laptop. this thing can be broken on so many levels we need details. If its POSTING and just windows died please check bootable pendrives...
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    Pump-Out Effect, Laptop Thermal Paste Recommendation and Thermal Pads

    About that month, I think they might have overtightened one side and have it loose on the other. it would puke all paste to one side of cpu OR gpu and make this problem very soon.
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    Pump-Out Effect, Laptop Thermal Paste Recommendation and Thermal Pads

    I used arctic ceramic paste. It does not dry and pump-out is limited. are you aware it happens in months not days ? if you will need to repaste after 24 months, I dont think that's an issue. For gaming machine I used thermal-grizzly-kryonaut...
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    Hard disk support

    externals are not controlled by any way. you can connect as many as laptop can handle ( I think 8 ?) might be more, never tried. if you meant second INTERNAL drive then YES you can inside DVD bay. check this out: http://www.myfixguide.com/manual/hp-probook-440-g1-disassembly/
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    Laptop under 460$

    well it will be quite hard. Please check any used hardware dealership...
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    New Laptop 2018

    I think now is quite fine if you want intel. Depending on price tag though. Cheap ones are fresh and quite nice. If you want stronger ones wait, ram and nand prices should fall soon, might be reflected in laptop prices.
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    MXM Graphics card decision help

    1. check power. even if you're having model that supports other card, it might mean other adapter or some other chip changes. second thing: WHY you go for QUADRO that is work GPU instead of gaming GPU ? https://youtu.be/wlEtnbZYaUI?t=73 Performance Quadro: Depending on the clock speeds...
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    Problem with laptop power supply

    well looks like DEAD battery. Do you have any way of checking it ? second part of problem is weak power brick, moment something want more wattage, things go south. open BIOS and try to stay there. GPU will not power up, should not turn off at all.