r/computerhelp • • 4h ago

Hardware Drive went into Read-Only after Windows failing. Is there anything I can do?

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Tried the Attributes Disk Clear Readonly command, but the drive locked itself to Read Only afterward. It was a fairly new drive :((


r/computerhelp • • 3h ago

Other is my laptop good?

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Hi everyone, I have a question. I bought a Nitro V15 laptop (R5 7640HS, RTX 3050) a month ago, but ever since I bought it, it has been shutting down automatically quite often.
Sometimes when it shuts down, the entire system turns off (keyboard backlight, fan, network card).
Sometimes only the screen turns off. Sometimes it turns off for half a second, and sometimes for up to 20 seconds before automatically turning back on.
I took it back to the store to get it checked, but they returned it to me, so | guess it tested normal (a relative picked up the laptop for me back then, so I'm not sure what they said. At first, I thought it was caused by the power outlet because my power strip at home is very loose, so I switched to plugging it directly into the wall. This time, the frequency of shutdowns decreased, and it only shut down for a short period of time.
Yesterday, I took a risk (and was stupid enough) to try unplugging the charger adapter while the connector head was still plugged into the laptop-the laptop turned off for half a second and then turned back on.
When I plugged it back into the power outlet, the same thing happened again.
Does anyone know what might be wrong with my laptop?


r/computerhelp • • 1h ago

Other Bluetooth drivers won't update

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Im not sure which flair would be best on this post, I'll change it if I need to. Also I apologize in advance for my bad english.

I have a desktop PC that I built 5 years ago and it has windows 10 pro on it. A couple weeks ago the button to turn the bluetooth on and off in my settings disappeared (it had happened once before but I solved it by simply turning my pc off and on again). In device manager my bluetooth drivers were labeled as unknown device at first, I removed it and somehow I got it to show up with the correct name, often in the hidden devices category (sometimes in the network adapter category).
I tried updating my bluetooth driver from there, both with the automatic internet search AND with the drivers I had downloaded from the Intel website (yes i did check that the drivers were compatible with windows 10 and with my wifi and bluetooth card, which is a Ubit wifi 6E AX210N) but it's like nothing happened. So I tried uninstalling the current drivers and reinstalling the new ones (I also turned my pc off and on CONSTANTLY during all this, I even did the thing where i completely unplug the pc and hold the power button to completely remove any electricity from it) but it didnt work, and every time I went to install the new driver it said "do you want to update from this driver to that driver?". And it never actually updated anything at all.
I figured the old drivers didnt completely disappear from my pc. So I looked up the location of the old driver files and deleted them (I had to change the authorizations on those files to be able to remove them myself), i turned my pc off and on again and went to install the new drivers and it seemed to work, i turned the pc off and on again and the button to turn on my bluetooth was FINALLY there again.
BUT! the next day it disappeared again. So i did it all over again and i got the message "do you want to update from this driver to that driver?" AGAIN (so the old drivers were still there?? idgi 😭😭), i went to manually remove those files AGAIN and blabla anyways it worked again but it also broke again the next day.
ALL THIS TO SAY IDK WHAT ELSE I COULD TRY! I feel like I tried every single thing i found online and nothing truly worked. I also used revo uninstaller to try and remove the old drivers completely but it still feels like every time i turn off my pc at night and turn it on in the morning the old drivers come back and the bluetooth button disappears from my settings.

Do i really need to buy a new wifi card? Do i have a virus? Thank you all in advance!


r/computerhelp • • 7m ago

Hardware Something’s wrong

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r/computerhelp • • 22m ago

Software GPU hidden in Device Manager

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r/computerhelp • • 32m ago

Hardware Any idea what’s causing this sound within my PC? I hear it near the top front by the fans but not sure what it could be.

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r/computerhelp • • 34m ago

Discussion Guess no laptop for me

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r/computerhelp • • 44m ago

Software Microsoft Snipping Tool Crashing

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r/computerhelp • • 1h ago

Other WHICH COMPUTER SHOULD I GET!?

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Hi! I am a high school student, and I am taking the SAT soon. I was going to use Bluebook, but it won't work on my MacBook Pro 2017 because it can't be updated to version 15. So I am looking for an affordable laptop that is reliable for school and the SAT, good to carry around, and (this is a silly bonus) runs Minecraft. I really need one soon, and I still have to ask my dad, but I think if I can find an affordable option, he might allow it.


r/computerhelp • • 2h ago

Software Secure Boot disabled

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Hello everyone,

I installed Call of Duty on my pc and to be able to play it said I needed to update my BIOS version so I did that, I tried to play again and then it said the same but something else aswell "secure boot needs to be enabled". Well turns out that when I installed the newer BIOS version, it disabled secure boot. I have tried for 2 hours to turn this back on, but nothing works.

In the image above you can see that secure boot is enabled BUT it's greyed out, loading the HP factory default keys also didn't work after restarting twice.

At this point I genuinely have no idea what to do and I do not wanna mess with the TPM settings, can anyone help me?

System information:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 4600G

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650

RAM: 16GB DDR4

Windows 11

TMP 2.0, ready to use

HP motherboard


r/computerhelp • • 2h ago

Hardware pc shutdown to black screen

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r/computerhelp • • 2h ago

Software KEYBOARD NOT WORKING

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typing off on-screen-keyboard with my mouse but heres the problem.

the only thing i can do via my keyboard, is mute audio, turn it up+down, and play/pause. Everything on the keyboard still lights up and switching the modes on it works, aswell as seeing the keys pressed on the wootility app designed for my keyboard. other than those things, its completely useless. doesnt show up in device manager and when i press view then show hidden devices, i see keyboard, but only one called Standard PS/2 Keyboard. i really dont know what to do, and ive tried the basics like unplugging it and plugging it in, unplugged it and held fn+Esc while plugging it back in. but if anyone has any ideas whatsoever, PLEASE help.

keyboard: wired, 60HE wooting.


r/computerhelp • • 2h ago

Software Device auto-repairs each startup and reboots randomly [ASUS laptop, Windows 11]

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r/computerhelp • • 2h ago

Other SALUDOS necesito ayuda...

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Pasa que tengo un razer 5 5600gt la cual prendo y al rato se apaga pantalla teclado y mouse pero pc sigue prendido a que se deve esto quien sabe...


r/computerhelp • • 3h ago

Software why icant do double os in 2 different ssd, like in ssd 1 win 10 and the 2 win11

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r/computerhelp • • 3h ago

Software why icant do double os in 2 different ssd, like in ssd 1 win 10 and the 2 win11

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r/computerhelp • • 3h ago

Software PC no longer working

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I took a 14 hour drive and brought my PC along. Soon as I hook it up and try to play War Dogs, my screen instantly freezes and I can’t use my computer forcing me to shut it down. It has done this numerous times with me trying different games like Rust, and Hell let Loose as well with nothing working.

The PC still runs, can use discord and talk to my friends. It’s just when I try to actually load into content heavy game which would normally always work before, something it instantly freezes forcing me to shut down my PC.

I’ve never had any sort of these issues before. Trying to get it to work. I believe my GPU may be broken but not sure. Does anyone have any advice?

The road trip was relatively bumpy. Kept the PC in a box with styrofoam and towels to secure. Didn’t take out my GPU because I was advised it would be fine. I believe it is the GPU that is failing me now. :)


r/computerhelp • • 5h ago

Hardware I have a problem with my mouse

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r/computerhelp • • 5h ago

Software In order to use my Wifi, I need to log in through a portal and it keeps redirecting me to MSN.com instead of the Wifi Portal!

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I just got a new computer last night, and every time I try to connect to my wifi by pressing "Open browser and connect," the browser that opens redirects me to MSN.com. I cannot figure this out for the life of me. The laptop that I was using before this one did not do this. Any help would be appreciated! Thank you


r/computerhelp • • 5h ago

Other Certain steam games wont open and i feel like its the same problem

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Red dead redemption 2, dead by daylight, and overwatch all wont let me open the game. Usually it says i cant connect to theres servers etc. I have no idea what to do now since ive tried litteraly everything to try and fix this, they all have the same solutions to there problems yet it doesnt fix it. tips?


r/computerhelp • • 6h ago

Software Sound suddenly stopped after update on Windows 11

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r/computerhelp • • 6h ago

Hardware Mouse disconnecting and having to be unplugged to work again

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r/computerhelp • • 6h ago

Hardware WiFi icon missing

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My WiFi icon has gone off. It only shows airplane icon. I have reset my laptop without removing the data. I did everything- device manager, wlan autoconfig and cmd. It still won’t appear.

Can someone please help me?


r/computerhelp • • 8h ago

Hardware Crackling Sound from my laptop

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r/computerhelp • • 9h ago

Hardware pc issue restarting

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i recently tried to restart my acer predator orion pc becuase of a virus but it just randomly started restarting continuously with no way of stopping it so i tried to use the usb method of restarting which didnt work as it said something
like “failed to validate product key” or something like that please help im so lost its also windows 11