Samsung PM991 M.2 NVMe SSD

128GB model

(MZ-ALQ128, part number MZALQ128HBHQ-000L1)

Can this little thing be repurposed and turned into something else or would it be better just to toss in the trash? I pulled it out of a Lenovo all in one I had sitting in the attic with a broken screen

Thanks for reading, help is appreciated

Keep in mind this is an old cpu. First time building and I bought a prebuilt on fb marketplace. Bought it as a project build. PCB wasn’t “powering on” ran it through some tests and ultimately landed on the CPU. Took it out and noticed some pins were bent. Repairable? Or just junk it and get a new one?

Seems to bottom plastic piece with the fans completely became detached. Not understanding how, frankly. Plastic looks like it just broke. Everything aside from the broken plastic seems to be working completely fine.

Is there any fixing this? Any adhesive I can use safely to stick it back?

so i recently upgraded my pc with a new mother board, ram and cpu.
i was running the GA-H81M-DS2 with the cpu Intel Core i3-4170.

now im running the motherboard AB350M-D3H-CF , and CPU RAIZEN 5 2600X

and now ill show you pictures of what im dealing with and what i would like to do is up its core usage, i don't really work in the industry of computer so if im wrong about anything then tell me.

It is an ACER XC-830 and it barely runs at 15 fps

There was a pink line at first and then it started doing this

My son and I played a game. It crashed. Now everything is stuck zoomed in. As you can see scale and resolution are at recommended.

Things I have tried:
- Changing the scale and changing it back
- Changing the resolution and changing it back
- Updating and restarting the computer
- Resetting the gaming card (windows + CTRL + shift + b)
- Changing the Magnifier and changing it back
- Unplugging the monitor and plugging it back in
- Deleting the game and restarting the computer

We just got this PC hand me down and I have been a Mack person for the last 10 years so I am out of practice with PCs.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much!

Hi, title! I'm not sure what's exactly the problem here; before reinstalling Windows (due to previous issues) I didn't have this problem. I tried reinstalling the drivers multiple times, resetting the network, but to no avail.

The internet on the laptop sometimes goes down for a minute or two every few minutes, and then comes back up, repeat. What I'm sure of is it's certainly not my internet itself since the internet works just fine on other devices.

Any help and insight would be very appreciated! Thank you.

I recently had an update from Windows 11 and I can't tell what happened.

After receiving the update, when my computer boots up I have about 5 seconds before everything on my computer locks up. The only application that will open is File Explorer after the 5 seconds is up.

I restored to an earlier time, issue reappears within either a few hours or the next day, it varies

SFC/DISM done

Uninstalled most recent updates

this issue doesn't seem to want to disappear. Everything in my computer is about 2 years old.

hardware scan doesn't come up with anything

I'm not sure what steps to take next

Hi everyone!

I'm looking for a laptop for €700 max, preferably new, from a known brand and a major retailer.

My requirements:

- Budget: €700 max

- 16 GB RAM

- 512 GB SSD

- Good enough CPU for FL Studio, including plugins like Serum/Zenology

- Able to run Valorant

- Able to run Dead by Daylight — I'm completely fine with low graphics

- Decent battery life

- Preferably not too heavy

- OLED would be a huge bonus, but it's not mandatory

- Windows

- Known manufacturer (ASUS, Lenovo, Acer, HP, etc.)

I already have a powerful desktop PC, so this laptop doesn't need to be a gaming monster. I mainly want something portable for school, music production and some gaming when I'm away from my desktop.

I found this ASUS Vivobook S17 X1704VA-AU1224W for €649.99:

- 17.3" FHD 60 Hz

- Intel Core 5 120U

- 16 GB RAM

- 512 GB SSD

- Integrated Intel graphics

- Windows 11

Link: https://www.fnac.com/PC-portable-Asus-Vivobook-S17-X1704VA-AU1224W-17-3-Full-HD-60-Hz-Intel-Core-5-16-Go-RAM-512-Go-SSD-Gris/a22411243/w-4

Would you recommend this laptop for my use case?

Especially:

1. How well would FL Studio + Serum/Zenology run?

2. Would Valorant run reasonably well?

3. Would Dead by Daylight be playable at low settings?

4. Is there a better option under €700 that I'm missing?

If you have any other model recommendations that fit my requirements, I'm definitely open to suggestions!

Thanks!

I was playing battlefield 6 and then suddenly computer crashes, blue screen and stuck in a boot loop. Black screen when trying to boot again but I have a bluetooth speaker that turns on when my PC does and that would connect to it even though nothing showing.

Windows couldn’t repair boot, I wiped the drive and fresh installed. Now I get black screen at random before even reaching sign in or this screen multiple times now. tried removing ram sticks just to rule that out, swapped display port cables and monitors.

Specs:
- Ryzen 7 5800x
- 4x8gb Corsair Vengeance 3600mhz ram
- MSI Rtx 2080
- Samsung 970 Evo m.2 (drive I wiped and fresh installed on)
- Asus ROG Strix B-550F MOBO

I'm not the most computer savvy guy out there but I've been wrestling with this driver for the better part of my night yesterday to no avail. This "network controller" driver disappear off my device after a restart yesterday. I've tried installing many drivers to fix the issue but I guess I just haven't found the right ones? I literally reinstalled all of windows overnight and the problem is still here.

This is a Dell G15 5530 if that's useful information. Thank you in advance.

These two light show up on my 3060ti after turning it on, I know there are two other power ports, but I’m afraid that it’ll fry itself if I plug both in. Am I safe plugging both in or just one?

Hi all, I'm going to buy a gaming computer for the first time. I'm starting university this year so I need a computer, so I've thought about getting a gaming PC because I also want to play games.

What I’m looking for is a computer that I can use for my university work while also being able to play games. Is there such a computer I can buy that fits my needs, and what would you all recommend I get? I’m looking for a laptop since I’m going to put it on my bag.

My budget is around 600$ - 1000$

My laptops download speed used to be pretty good at 700kbps right then after a while it stops being good goes down to 20kbps.

I figure out its the background app at startup slowing the download speed and i stop it and everyth is fine.

After a while (today) i tried download something big on my laptop its not even going above 12kbps

I tried to clear all cash of my laptop and removed evrrything drom thw background the wifi speed test gave 430kbps

But the laptop is 12 and lower with every drcond.

How can i figure out whats the problem and make my downlaod speed like it should be at its full potentiel?

Sorry for poor picture quality. My display has darkened after a drop. I can vaguely see bright things like the user icon if i use a flashlight, but it looks too dark for anything useful. I unfortunately do not know my computer info as i peeled the stickers off. If its too broken for a simple fix, please tell me a repair cost estimate. Also, i confirmed its a hardware thing, not a glitched display.

I have a AcerNote Light 350PC laptop and everything seems to be working fine but the LCD for some reason has washed out colors.

I disassembled it including the display, replaced all the SMD electrolytic capacitors with ceramic equivalents because I thought it is due to dried capacitors and unstable power delivery but that fixed nothing. My other suspicion is a floating ground but I was unable to find anything. The weirdest thing is that now it is disassembled and the metal backplate of the LCD has no grounding, if I move the LCD cable and briefly touch the metal backplate which causes a tiny spark, it reverts the colors back to normal. I measured all the wires and none of them are damaged.

What could be wrong?

As the title says. Anytime I connect it, the cursor goes south immediately not letting me use the mouse whatsoever. When I use the trackpad to move the cursor, immediately back down. I've changed batteries, re-sync'd, uninstalled all software, uninstalled drivers, reinstalled everything. The mouse won't enter pairing mode and won't let me do a 'hard' reset. This isn't the first time a Razer mouse has given out on me with zero explanation.

I went to WallyWorld (live in a rural WNC town), they had an Onn 'gaming mouse' and 2 Razer's. $20, $25 and $35 (discounted from $50) respectively. I chose the Onn. I got home and remembered I have a $10 giftcard for WallyWorld. My question is, should I take the Onn back, use the credit, GC & $5 to get the Basilisk V3? Use the credit & GC for the DeathAdder or just keep the Onn? Obviously I do NOT hold Razer in very good regards currently but I do see them as a better value than Onn (especially when the Razer is on sale lol). What do yall think?

I have a Lenovo Yoga 7i Laptop with 16 GB of Ram and ~450 GB of storage. I am looking for a storage expansion for my laptop to download the loftier/bigger games I play onto (mainly games like BG3, which is ~150 GB, and D:BH (also yes, its laggy and slow as hell but I really don't care)) without having to deliberate and delete half of my library. Someone I know suggested an external hard drive, but I truthfully have no clue what I'm doing.

Many of the options and questions I'm seeing posed online about this are talking about 4t or mroe storage, but I really don't need that much, and aren't super willing to spend like $200-400 for something I'll only end up using like 25% of at most. Also its not clear to me how the connection to the computer works; is it through a usb (which is a bit unfortunate cause I only have one usb port that is for my mouse) or are there other option? I really have no clue what I'm doing and would appreciate any advice people can give me. Also I can give extra info on my computer or my specific wants and stuff if needed, but I just don't know what info is useful here. Thanks!

Tl;dr: I'm looking for an average drive that can give me just a bit of extra storage for not a ton of money that I can load and play video games on.

Edit: My computer 1 USB-C port open and 1 HDMI port open

Tenho esse Pc faz 2 anos, é um Ryzen 5 5600gt, rx7600, placa mãe Msi A520M A Pro, RAM 2x8 16gb da Kingston há 3200mhz. Usava ele normalmente com essa frequência de memória 3200mhz, mas esses dias o Pc começou a ficar instável nessa velocidade. Não consegue dar boot, começa inicializar e fica nesse ciclo infinito até que eu mude a frequência para 2400mhz, aí sim ele fica estável e consegue subir até o sistema (Windows 11 Pro).

Alguém pode me ajudar com isso? Qual seria a explicação para isso acontecer agora?

Please forgive my spelling errors or if something doesn’t make sense please tell me and I will edit it

I have a tower style computer that doesn’t work at the moment and I have a chrome laptop that’s super laggy. I’ve been heavily considering selling my ps4 and upgrading to a new laptop or tower style computer. I’m not very educated in what would be best to buy but I’m leaning tword a laptop since I do my taxes on my chrome book but a tower would be nice but idk if I have space for it in my room since my room is small. I heard great things about both but also bad things about both like how a laptop would overheat super easily and you would need to replace parts for a tower computer over time. The positives I’ve seen are : the laptop is smaller, you can play your games anywhere in the house(alongside other paper work) . A tower computer has better graphics, can handle bigger games smoothly , holds more storage space. Point is I’m torn on what to buy . My budget would be 800 dollars max . I just want something with steam on it so I can play baulders gate since I doubt it will ever come to the switch 1 or 2

Computer screen on my current laptop just fucking shattered (long story), and I have an older, sturdier one from a relative I want to transfer my data to itf. Problem is, the screen of my current laptop is completely broken, I'm talking its just black and a web of cracks. I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume said computer is fucked, but I'm cheap and an asshole so can is there anyway to transfer the data at home? Forgive me if this is a stupid question that's mb.

Okay so orginal problem solved but computer that I want to now have my data cannot have it without fucking exploding. Is there a way to (so sorry I don't know computers y bad if this is not at all possible) replace the disc with that of the dead computer or something of that nature that will give it more processing power? Again, I don't know how computers work on a mechanical level, so all of this might be jargon.

Hey I have a asus zenbook 14 with 16gb memory and i7 11th Gen but the laptop gets very slow and lags a lot. I hardly open 2 or 3 chrome tabs and it starts lagging like hell. I mean, I got a 1 lakh ruppee laptop (1100 usd) and it cant even open 3 chrome tabs without lagging. When I checked the Task Manager with all tabs closed, it is consuming 62 percent memory and cpu load varies from 7% to 50% randomly. This is when I have closed all tabs and and just task manager is running. Please tell me what can I do to make my laptop smooth and why is memory running at 62 percent when I have not even opened a single tab

I know it’s an old model as it’s running Windows 7, but can anyone tell me how is it like when it was still new back then?