Recent content by xPhaze

How long have you had this laptop? Laptop batteries tend to go bad eventually, sometimes after only a year or two. Sounds like that's the problem and you need a replacement battery, but try what the other poster posted first.

If you haven't already: ■ Check your physical HDMI cable connections. Maybe something is loose. ■ Make sure your TV is set to the right input. Use the input button on the remote to switch between the inputs and see if it's on the wrong input mode. ■ Update your video drivers. ■ Try playing...

I'm not sure I understand your problem because of what seems to be a language barrier. To restart any Windows 8 computer, you can follow the instructions here: http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001373.htm

I'm not sure what the problem could be but some things to try would be: ■ Get and install BlueScreenView (http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/bluescreenview.html). After your next BSOD, run this program to see what files were the culprit so you can Google for them. ■ I kind of doubt it's...

I'm not sure what the steps are for AMD, but for NVIDIA Optimus technology, there is a setting in the NVIDIA settings panel that lets you force certain .exes to use a certain card. It sounds like you've done that already, however. This article I found lists some good troubleshooting steps. From...

I would first try booting into safe mode. When the computer is first starting, press and hold the F8 key until you are presented with a black screen with white text giving you the option of entering safe mode. If that loads fine, you can try a system restore or see if you can better figure out...

I believe Corel's version of Photoshop is called Corel Paintshop Pro. I could be wrong.

A program, much less Adobe CS changing extensions of files by itself?? That sounds like a virus... I've never heard of anything like that.

I'm pretty sure Photoshop's biggest performance factor is RAM, not processor. I've used even a Pentium (4 or equivalent?) with Photoshop CS6 and it ran perfectly, but even 4GB of RAM gave me issues when working with high-resolution files.

FYI, what you're looking for is called a Tablet PC: http://www.newegg.com/Tablet-PCs/SubCategory/ID-407 I have an Asus one from 3-4 years ago that I also used for CG work. It's very nice for that and much better than having an external graphics tablet in some ways. However, it's not as good...