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    Question Laptop CPU upgrade

    Hi when in game and battery plugged in, probably the laptop will cut charger and go to battery and go back to charger after a second and so on very annoying First check the number of RAM slots on your motherboard before buying anything...
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    Solved! Laptop won't work with battery inserted.

    hi How old is this battery ? You have a power issue, Either the battery is dead, (but the restart is unusual.(try a new one, if same issue, it is something else)) or the motherboard has an issue on the power circuit. Do you have a multimeter ? On the motherboard, the internal main voltage...
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    Question PC won't boot after applying thermal paste

    hi if you have all voltages, and no short, try to change Bios chip, replace with new chip with correct microprogram on it. keep original chip in case ...
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    Question Laptop CPU upgrade

    hi it depends on your motherboard if you have the 2 RAM slots version, it is i5, if 4 it is i7 compatible. (2 RAM slots are under the keyboard and 2 at usual place.) but first CORE generation CPU's get very hot ... if you really need power you should look for a higher generation laptop but it...
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    Solved! struggling with choosing a laptop

    hi try one of this list:
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    Question Intel HD Graphics 630 might be dead

    of course this is what caused it: high temperature damaged the GPU ship . Cooling it or cleaning would have helped and so far, the only choice will probably be to change the motherboard, or disable the Nvidia and use the laptop for anything but games.
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    Solved! Asus Laptop will not boot at all

    hi if you want to boost it up a bit, change HDD to SSD and if possible add some RAM cpu and non existant dedicated GPU will still be slow, but at least the drive will not slow it down even more
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    Question Good affordable laptop that can handle sims4 with packs and cc?

    hi to play games, take an i5 at least, with a dedicated Nvidia ship best would be a dual fan cooled system dont go for a too slim model for gaming, as they overheat easily also take a SSD of 256+gb and 8gb RAM at least if budget is this much, you can also look for used laptops, a gamer model...
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    Question PC won't boot after applying thermal paste

    hi did you remove your battery to do this repasting ? try to boot without battery. may be changing and reprogramming Bios Eeprom would help (keep original ship in case...and beware of pin 1 position) if you have access to a thermal camera, you can check for shorts on MB. (both sides) good luck
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    Question Intel HD Graphics 630 might be dead

    hi you can try an other OS like live Linux it does not affect your files have you ever checked your temperatures ? any cleaning done /repasting may be too late thought you should also use a usb cooler
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    Question Acer Aspire E15 E5-575-33BM

    hi, you probably are in a boot loop may be BIOS issue try hard reset first gl
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    Solved! Can I upgrade MY asus Laptop Cpu?

    hi, you can change complete motherboard to i7 version, only option. For your second question, first provide the motherboard real nam eplease (install Speccy or similar tool and check motherboard line...) then i would sugest aliexpress or something similar. good luck