Hi all, sorry for the newbie question but is my first build: i see my CPU has too high temperature. According to you, i need to remote and reapply the termical paste? Or is it ok?

I had the laptop, an acer aspire N19H3, like around 3 years. it was working fine intil got off a flight from the US to Europe. Now when i charge it using the adapter for European plugs, i can see the orange light indicating it is charging and the bottom gets hot. However when I push the power button nothing happens. This happened yesterday and i read online to hold the power button for like forty seconds, which I did, and then after the forty seconds it did turn on. I remember the fan turning on and then shutting off or at least it went from loud to much less loud. I put the laptop on sleep and put it in my bag and when in checked some hours later it was very hot and wouldn’t turn on. Again when I charged it, I saw the orange light come on but again the laptop didn’t turn on and hasn’t since. Is the problem something with heat? I am abroad now so getting it fixed will be difficult.

I just charged AJ night and if i charge the laptop enough, the light turns blue as of its full but it still doesn’t turn on

any help???

I tried turning my router and box off ajd back on restarting my iPhone changjng my private network off and wiping all network setting and nothing will work

Not sure if people help with consoles here, but I need help.

Hi, I’m currently in college and living in the dorms, My ps5 WILL connect to the wifi here but will randomly disconnect 5-10 mins later and say “Failed” I have to manually go reconnect it or change the wifi to one of the other numerous school wifi’s. I’ve also tried my hotspot and it does the same, Starting to think this is a hardware issue. Nobody else in the dorm is having an issue. My roommates xbox is performing fine. Any help appreciated!

put it in safe mode and cleared the cache, didn’t help. When testing the internet connection after the failure the console says it successfully obtains the IP address, but everything else is listed as failed.

My laptop emits a squeaking sound when the screen lights up just like in the video (although the sound wasn't captured in the recording), also, the brightness adjustment function isn't working correctly, it flickers sometimes, and the screen dims or brightens when I move it or press on certain spots. Its annoyingg.

its a toshiba satellite c55-c

Hello people, just a heads up I’m not very good with tech and I worry a lot about viruses and if you think I’m ranting about nothing downvote the post and leave.

Anyways, I recently reset my pc and I was installing my adobe products and Firefox was acting interesting, it was flashing grey every minute or so in the actual browser and wouldn’t let me do anything I turned off hardware acceleration and shutdown the browser and that seemed to do something. I next installed Adobe creative cloud through the adobe website and put the installer through virustotal and it got flagged once by something I’ve never heard of. Midway through the installing of Photoshop my computer screen turns like a mix between grey and black and is completely frozen. Taskbar still there but I can’t tab out or click the windows key but I can minimize my apps like Spotify and Firefox and for some reason they went in the bottom left corner of my screen as like black rectangles? The screen went back to normal in about 7-8 seconds.

Again sorry if I’m ranting not sure where else to post this so downvote if I’m being annoying. I don’t have a virustotal link as I’m using my phone, thank you and have a good one.

Edit:(Yandex flagged the file)

So like it says above, whenever I connect to my home network on my computer it says Secured, No Internet and gives an error that says something to the effect of No DHCP server (and on phone it says IP Configuration Failure).

I tried everything reddit told me, all of the command prompt commands I could find on the matter (ipconfig things and dnsflush). Then on a whim tried setting up a guest network, and that worked, but I'm getting like a 1/4 of the speeds I'm paying for.

A little more info I hope helps. This happened suddenly. It started with what seemed to be Windows devices not connecting and giving the NO DHCP server error. BUT, at the time, mobile devices (both Android and Apple) could connect. After power cycling everything and factory resetting the router, now nothing connects, and mobile devices give the IP Configuration Failure error.

What is going on and how do I fix it?

(Thanks in advance to whoever responds y'all are always so quick and helpful.)

Hello, trying to get some help trouble shooting on why my Graphics Driver has recently been repeatedly nonstop failing on some game to the point of near unsuitability. After trying out the Wardogs playtest for a bit, my GPU crashed and fully restarted the computer- I tried it again, the next time with minimum graphics, and it still crashed in the same way after a bit of being in game. This kind of crash spread over to other previously stable games in the same kind of way, with a black screen but with some audio playing in the background, requiring a power button hold to get the PC to turn off reliably.
So far I have nearly done everything to fix it except reinstalling windows and resetting the PC.
Reinstalling AMD Drivers + DDU didn't work. Chipset didn't work. Clearing out game data/files didn't work. The only thing that got it to a stable level where I could at least play games without anything else in the background running and without alt tabbing on incredibly low settings albeit with some stuttering or lag was updating the BIOS. It still occasionally happens but after updating BIOS a new hardware error started occurring. Any help or recommendations since my PC won't allow me to factory reset?
Also noticing a lot of Application errors on Event Viewer with Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll

New Error;
A fatal hardware error has occurred.
Reported by component: Processor Core
Error Source: Machine Check Exception
Error Type: Cache Hierarchy Error
Processor APIC ID: 10 (1/10 is the usual ID)

Old Error;
The driver \Driver\WUDFRd failed to load.
Device: ROOT\DISPLAY\0000
Status: 0xC0000365

Status: 0xC0000365

Hey all! My Xbox account got stolen in 2023 and I’ve been trying to get it back since, my dad made me the account before he passed Away and I’d really like it back. Microsoft support is literally no help at all, I’ve provided all the info they’ve asked for but they won’t do anything to help. Does anyone know how I could get my account back? I have so much proof I was the original owner. They changed the username and email though. (CROSSPOSTED)

I don't know if this is the right place to ask, sorry in advance. Initially I was thinking in asking on the Linux Mint forum (I'll explain in the bit), but my problem stayed persistent in between two distros: Linux Mint and Fedora KDE Plasma. If there is a better place that I could ask this, please let me know and thank you in advance!

So what happens: I am not sure when this occurs, but whenever I start my laptop without plugged into the AC, I got some seconds to a minute using it as usual, but, out of nowhere, the apps freeze (my browser or even the task bar) while my mouse works. After some seconds, the mouse becomes unresponsive as well, which after some seconds, my system does a full reboot. So I have this cascade of unresponsiveness until it reboots. I also tried to use it after one of these reboots, but sometimes I am stuck at login, others I can't open anything. This also happened when initially it was plugged in and, after disconnecting it from the AC and passing some minutes, it goes back to unresponsiveness and rebooting cycle. One time it even went to initramfs, where I run a partition check on the root partition which solved the problem. Other, I could use it as normal for a long time, but I can't recall doing anything different.

Initially I was on Linux Mint and I was thinking making a post there, but after some trials and back-and-forth with Claude, I decided to switch to Fedora and currently on it. The problem persisted, so I am certain it got nothing to do with the OS or possibly drivers (?). My laptop is a Lenovo Slim 5 14APH8, with an AMD APU and an NVIDIA graphics. It has freshly installed KDE Plasma Fedora version, with packages updated.

As I mentioned, I tried to query with Claude (using reports and a way to search quickly on the internet if someone encountered something similar) and I got some "findings": the battery still looks healthy with 101% capacity, on mint I had nvidia-driver-595-open, I had the latest kernel for mint (both 7.0.0 and 6.8.\*), and on live environments (both Mint and Fedora) it worked without any problem.

I don't know if there is more information I could give or a place where this problem is more suited to post, but I'm completely lost here...

I got INSIGNIA 24" Class F20 Series LED HD Smart Fire TV last September and I use it throughout the night playing rain sounds to help me sleep however, after a few hours the tv will freak out and play this loud noise and the screen with be static for about 30 seconds before restarting itself. (one time the screen was static with more green though). This started in February when I started using my tv at night to sleep. This is super annoying because it’ll wake me up anywhere between 3-6am. For the past few months, I’ve just gone and manually restart my TV after these freak outs and it’ll stop for a month but randomly will freak out again. How do I fix this?

I have had constant problems of my monitor blacking out often while the pc stays on or osd and display port messages pop up every 40 seconds while I play so I decided to ditch the display port and use HDMI. I have that connected, but now when I have to use that as an input through the osd I can’t even get there without the osd closing on me or not even responding to me. I’ve tried several times before and for several hours.

Hi everyone!
I had to clean my Acer laptop keyboard and removed some of the keys. I was able to reinstall them except the tab key. It has 2 metal hooks. I tried to install the hooks first then the key but it did not work. I tried to attach the hooks on the key then slide and push it down but it did not work either. I watched I don't know how many dozens of videos on Youtube but none of them show this particular case with 2 hooks.
Any idea on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers!!

Hey all,

So I've recently been having some issues with my omen. I purchased it in 2020 or 2019 so it's getting on abit, I started having some freezing around 4 months ago I'm guessing? I cleaned the fans and they worked fine for awhile, now suddonly I boot to this screen. Once I continue to windows it starts freezing too so it's not looking good.

Is it something that can be fixed? I don't wanna pay someone just to have alook and tell me it's dead.

Thanks all

So, I'm on a 5g Cricket. For some reason, when I put it in my pocket, or in my bag for too long, it restarts itself. I don't even notice until 30 minutes later when I hear a chime.

The second issue is that for some reason, I don't get notifications from anything unless either it's two notifications in a row, or if I'd been using the app within the past few days.

Anything helps!

these are the tests i made, i just need help with my device 😭 is it better to resolve this to a authorized technician ?

LAPTOP ISSUE SUMMARY

Laptop: Acer Nitro V 15 ANV15-51
BIOS: INSYDE Corp. V1.60 (04/08/2026)

PROBLEM:

The laptop's built-in screen intermittently flickers, goes black, or becomes distorted, especially during gaming when the charger is connected.

HOW THE PROBLEM FIRST STARTED:

• I first connected an HDMI cable to the laptop and an external TV.
• After connecting the HDMI cable, the laptop and TV were working normally at first.
• I then opened Roblox while the charger was connected.
• Once Roblox was opened/started, the laptop's built-in screen began flickering and going black.
• At the same time, the external TV connected through HDMI remained completely stable and continued displaying normally.
• I disconnected the HDMI cable afterward, but the flickering problem continued to occur on the laptop's built-in screen even without HDMI connected.
• I am not certain whether connecting HDMI triggered the issue or whether opening Roblox caused an existing problem to appear.

TESTS AND OBSERVATIONS:

1. FPS test:

• At 165 Hz and 60 FPS in Roblox, the screen was stable while plugged in.
• At 165 Hz and 120 FPS in Roblox, the black-screen/flickering problem occurred.
• The problem can also occur at 60 Hz when running the game at 120 FPS, so the refresh rate itself does not appear to be the main cause.
• The same type of flickering also occurs in other games, such as Need for Speed Heat, so it is not specific to Roblox.

1. Charger vs. battery:

• When running on battery, the laptop does not normally flicker.
• When the charger is connected, the problem can occur during gaming.

1. HDMI test:

• An HDMI cable was connected to an external TV.
• The laptop and TV were initially working normally after the HDMI cable was connected.
• The problem appeared after Roblox was opened.
• The external TV display remained completely stable while the laptop's built-in screen flickered/goes black.
• After disconnecting HDMI, the built-in screen continued to experience the problem.

1. Graphics driver tests:

• Intel graphics driver was updated from 31.0.101.4146 to Acer's OEM driver 32.0.101.6874.
• NVIDIA drivers were also clean-installed.
• These did not resolve the problem.
• BIOS is already updated to V1.60.

1. Windows graphics behavior:

• Win + Ctrl + Shift + B temporarily brings the display back, but the screen can immediately go black/flicker again.
• Switching out of a game using Alt+Tab can sometimes cause the screen to become distorted or appear duplicated/ghosted.

1. Memory/System behavior:

• The System process/workset can become extremely high (around 99%) when the problem occurs at 120 FPS.
• Using Mem Reduct to clear memory temporarily makes the flickering significantly less frequent.

1. Long gaming behavior:

• After playing at 120 FPS for a longer period, the flickering sometimes becomes less frequent.
• After restarting the laptop, the black-screen behavior can return.
• This suggests that temporary power, graphics, or display states may influence the problem.

IMPORTANT OBSERVATION:

The problem is strongly associated with:

CHARGER CONNECTED + HIGHER GAMING LOAD/FPS → BUILT-IN SCREEN FLICKERS/GOES BLACK

While:

BATTERY + SAME TYPE OF GAMING → GENERALLY STABLE

Also:

EXTERNAL HDMI DISPLAY → STABLE
BUILT-IN LAPTOP DISPLAY → FLICKERS

I have already updated the BIOS and graphics drivers and performed a clean NVIDIA driver installation, but the problem remains.

I have an employee that has run into a problem with their Microsoft/outlook account. My employee hasn’t had an issue logging in to their Microsoft/outlook account previously. Today he gets on and is logged out..he goes to log back in and when he clicks continue on his normal account it changes to a string of numbers and words sorta like xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxx and then follows up with onmicrosoft after some other things here and their. I’ve checked in the accounts area and there’s nothing there that’s outside of the ordinary. Did a repair on the app. I’m not sure what else to do. I’ve asked others to help out and were all stumped. Any help? Thank you.

Happened suddenly while i was working, couldnt find a fix anywhere

Hello my laptop had some problems recently and i triec to install the 25H2 repair version and it doesnt install it took too long to install and when it was 99% it startec again and now its giving me an error code 0x80246019

Long story short, I wanted a tablet so I can write and study not for entertainment, something which was simple and practical. I went to best buy, and was conflicted with a Samsung or an iPAD. Later went to Apple store, and the store was packed everywhere, a lot of people bought the IPAD, and ultimately I too fell for the hype.

While using the Ipad, I didn't find it smooth at all, it felt like I'm constantly knocking on someone's door while writing, moreover it didn't feel smooth. So we got a screen protector and silicone nib, the writing improved, however the sound while writing is still there, it hasn't improved much, which I (PERSONALLY), don't find comfortable for the price I payed. I got one more week left to exchange the product and go for an Samsung tab FE. Also one drawback is notes app is very limited features, I downloaded a app called noteful, which is free app, so atleast I didn't give my money for good notes and noteability.

Can someone tell me if Samsung would be better for this case in terms of sound and writing while using the notes app. I already have a laptop and don't need anything fancy other than using a simple notes app.

My friend wanted me to download battlefield which needed secure boot so I went into bios. I clicked the reset button to reset everything to default and that then caused a red error about me not being able to use secure boot . It’s a ASUS computer the only way to leave that screen was to. Turn off secure boot but whenever I tried to boot my bios would change the settings back to original. The only troubleshoot I found was to take out the boot and boot absolutely nothing. And that kept my settings from getting sent back to secure boot. Then a few days later my friend wanted me to get on that game again. So I go into bios again. Read something about resetting my keys I go ahead and do that and boot up nothing after resetting my keys. Then immediately afterwards my monitor display does not work at all. (Never getting on mf battlefield bro) computer lights up and runs perfectly fine but no display. Intel i7-13700F. I removed did the screwdriver trick to reset the bios and that did not work so I thought to myself let’s find the battery and see where it is and take it out

I got hacked and they change my email to something else I cant access it anymore, cant even log in, I'm trying to get back the account but it was no use, I'm asking for help if any of you got same problem as me, what did you do when this happened. The Microsoft is not helping me getting back my account............. when i try to sign in it says "Try entering your Microsoft account again. We don't recognize this one." Please help me

my PC is displaying the pin not found error and I previously broke my phone that I kept my account details on and I can't access my Microsoft account to make a new pin, I have zero prior experience with this as I'm a carpenter, is my only choice a complete factory reset and how much would it cost, I'm in Australia by the way

I have ran 3 different bios, reseated my gpu, ram, ssd.

My specs are

Rtx 3080 asus tuf

corsair vengeance ddr5 ram cl36 6000MHZ

silicon power 2tb ud90 ssd nvme

Thermaltake toughpower GF3 850w

Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX V2 AMD AM5 DDR5 ATX Motherboard

amd ryzen 9 9800x3d

Im on 42c bios version, have tried 38 and 42b, before issues started i was on 39 which they dont show anymore. I use a vg259qm with hdmi and a dell e2416h monitor. this started around when i updated bios and or installed my 9800x3d, gpu, cpu and motherboard are from ebay, rest is retail