Recent content by rocktalkrock

Is the laptop still under warranty? I assumed it was not.

No matter what changes are made in the BIOS, you should be able to clear the CMOS and re-enter BIOS. Try looking at the RAM again. If you have 2 sticks, try just 1. Make sure the RAM is inserted into the slot correctly.

One trick that sometimes helps is to unplug the laptop, remove it's battery, then disconnect the CMOS battery and hold down the main power button for roughly 30 seconds to drain any residual power in the system. It's at least worth trying.

When your CPU temperature climbs higher and the laptop fan gets loud, can you feel hot air blowing out the side air vent?

I had exactly the same problem with my Dell Latitude D830, so slow it was unusable. I could never completely fix the problem until i upgraded the OS from Windows 7 to Windows 10, and after that the problem just disappeared. I believe the problem had something to do with the OS using up the...

Do you have another computer you can plug your laptop HDD into to see if it's failing? I have to say the Dell Latitude D830 is 10 years old now and no laptop lasts forever. When older laptops fail it's usually the only mechanical part of the machine that goes first, the spinning 2.5" HDD. If...

Take a look at this video. They show a HP laptop, but this fix applies to any laptop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUd6cxCrASY

Does the laptop have a video out you can plug into an external monitor or TV, to see if it's putting out a video signal?

What's the model of the soundbar your trying to connect?

I'm not clear why you can't plug your HDMI switch to your TV's HDMI 1 input if it's not being used for anything else? If your Samsung TV, for what ever reason insists on using HDMI 1, why fight it?

Keep in mind that when watching YouTube you can manually select the image quality [480p, 720p, 1080p]. If you don't manually select, it will default to the highest quality, and most bandwidth intensive stream it can.