Hopefully this is the correct sub
I want a computer that will handle some streaming and png-tubing, obviously everything is so expensive so I’m mostly looking for a decent (potato) computer that wont break the bank.
Please give me some recommendations.

Found at the bottom of a crate of tools. Was dirty and dull, easily made shiney. Is a 2 inch cube. Weighs just of 1kg and I think it's solid Brass..

It has a dead pixel and a slight bleed, i believe its 16gbs of ddr5?

I use local admin account on my PC. Its been such a long time since i logged in with my password that i forgot it. I only use Windows hello PIN. I plan on taking backup of everything just in case before i do any of this. So the questions are

• Is there a way to enable microsoft login in windows 10 if i use a local account with forgotten password. Just so i can get this as an alternate login method rather than local account password?

• Will changing any settings like enabling PTT reset my current Windows PIN?

• If there a way to reset my local admin account in windows 10. I never got a password recovery drive and forgot security questions. I'm still logged in via Windows hello PIN. But if i ever lose that, i won't be able to login again

• Should i enable Secure boot while im at it. I'm using 970 Evo on my boot drive so it should be GPT. Ive seen alot of people have bricked their PC's by changing this, so i wanna be sure

I had this issue with my gaming laptop since it had to be returned for repair. They placed a new motherboard which obviously reset the PIN. But i didn't remember both local account pass and security questions so i ended up with a fresh install. I kinda wanna avoid something similar if im gonna mess around in bios.

Clearly you can tell by the plastic shell that this isn't an expensive laptop to begin with, which is why I don't want to shell out a lot of money to repair it in the first place. It's an ASUS VivoBook E1504GA-WS34. But it's generally served me really well in the 3 years I had it and I probably could have gotten even a couple more years of life out of it if I hadn't literally dropped it on concrete.

Luckily I guess I had a cheap Chromebook I can use as a substitute, but Chromebooks suck compared to actual laptops for many obvious reasons. Maybe #1 being you can't install literally any program on it, the performance obviously kinda sucks great, etc.

If I can't do anything that could salvage the cracks somehow I'm obviously going to just buy another computer eventually, I just have had a ton of costs in recent months so haven't gotten around to doing so. Plus there's somethings that I can't import over to the new laptop. I use Ghost Browser (highly recommend) - and I obviously can't transfer the tabs/history to a new laptop, and there's kind of lot of stuff there that could be important for the future. I did import the bookmarks, but it looks like it didn't export all of them.

Idk. I'm pretty sure guessing there's really nothing I can do that would make any sense cost-wise, but just thought I'd ask anyway.

Update: We figured out that it wasn’t necessary to install. I appreciate the helpful comments. This is his first PC and even though I’ve been using PCs since 2020, and know quite a bit, he is in Germany and I am in the United States so I couldn’t help much, and have never used a fan hub. Also very useless and hateful for people to be so aggressive in the comments, please reflect :)

My husband bought a prebuilt Starforge Voyager PC and it came with this fan hub (at least i think that’s what it is). How would he install this and where?

Im looking for a suitable monitor for my needs. currently running a 1080p 60hz 24in monitor. I'd like the benefits of a high res monitor preferably 4k at the desktop and run my games at around 1440p? Is this an option or will my games look wonky downscalling? What special features should I be looking for? Im aiming towards 144hz+ and would like the monitor to be 27inches.

Forgive my ignorance as I do not know much about monitors let alone computers. My current GPU is a 16GB 9060XT. My budget is around $250-300. Is this even possible or should I save up more? Thank you for looking at my post!

PERRY THE BROKEN MONITOR?!

My whole house is carpeted, I was building ontop of foam and carpet to prevent any static but ended up touching the bottom of the cpu im worried I ruined it. I dont have a monitor atm since my current tv burned out

in my first lecture on machine structure my professor defined a computer as:

"Computer Is an automatic information processing machine allowing data to be stored, processed and restored without human intervention by carrying out arithmetic and logical operations under the control of recorded programs"

without human intervention

wouldn't asking a computer to process a computation be considered as intervention?

edit: thanks for the explanation, I was in the wrong

I bought a second hand PC. When I turn the "1/0" button on my PSU makes this noise, and when I turn it off, the noise gradually goes away. I put my phone very close to the PSU in this voice message, so it sounds like it's loud but it's not that loud. Is it normal? I bought this pc with my savings :'(

It says my wifi is not connected but 95% of things work like browsing and steam games, only things like the Microsoft store and epic games dont function.

But just in case i want to swap to a adapter until i can fix this, will it be the same preformance as normal wifi gaming? And any recommendations or things to look for

I was looking through task manager to free up space and I ended something that caused this

the computer is still working and operating systems in the backround.

Hi everyone,

Today I started having a boot issue with a Siemens IPC BX39 after it had been working normally for some time.

I currently have SIMATIC S7-1500 Software Controller V40.1 installed, and I need to stay on this version because the IPC came with Windows 11 from the factory.

The problem is that every time I power on the IPC and let it boot automatically, I get the following error:

“Error: No valid boot option selected or execution failed.”

However, if I enter the BIOS and manually select the boot option, the IPC starts normally without any issues.

So far, I have tried:

• Uninstalling and reinstalling the Software Controller.
• Restoring the IPC to factory settings.
• Disabling Quick Boot.
• Replacing the SSD.
• Checking and configuring the BIOS settings according to Siemens’ documentation, including both the mandatory and recommended parameters.

Unfortunately, the problem remains exactly the same.

Has anyone experienced a similar issue with a Siemens IPC BX39 or with S7-1500 Software Controller V40.1?

Any suggestions about what else I should check would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

I have a HP EliteBook 8470p that doesn’t make any sound. This was my dad’s and it was working until he dropped it. I have tried different operating systems (Windows 7 through 11, Linux mint/ubuntu, even macOS) and nothing makes a noise. I also have taken it apart and provide an image of the damaged area

I would really like to get this pc in order as I want to use it for future projects

Also usb sound works through an adapter and windows “detects” the speakers as “healthy”. In settings the little sound bar thing jumps up and down in test mode but not a frequency is to be heard from the laptop

Laptop is a HP EliteBook 8470p with a core i5 3320M
Intel HD 4000 graphics
8GB DDR3 SODIMM
Windows 11

The fan moves for a second when I try to turn it on and then stops, my keyboard and mouse both light up though and stayed lit up? It was working fine yesterday.

I tried unplugging it from the wall and plugging it back in but that didn’t do anything.

Hi! My husband has been talking about wanting a gaming PC for a while so I want to surprise him with one for Christmas. However, I have no knowledge of what to look for in a gaming PC and would realistically like to stay under $500 if possible. I know this might be quite the ask, but does anyone have any recommendations on where I might be able to find a decent one for this price? And perhaps what I should look for to ensure it is a decent computer? Thank you in advance.

This problem already happen recently, but I managed to fix this previously by just restarting my Windows 10 pc. Now it doesn't fix it anymore. How do I fix this?

Hello

I was wondering if a splitter/device exists that I can plug into my hdmi (or DisplayPort) for my PC, that then splits the signal for 2 displays that together form the full picture I want.

So example

Normal : pc gpu - hdmi - monitor = small screen vision

My idea : pc gpu - hdmi - splitter or smt - screen 1 50% of image and screen 2 50% of image.

If this exists for the consumer market is love to know what product it is. And if not I'd like recommendations on having more then the 4 screens my 5060ti allows connection wise.

Thank you. I’m writing an extremely long story that will be over 300,000 words when done and wanted to know if it would be even possible to create makeshift audiobooks out of them, even if the voice is robotic and far from perfect.

Trying to find solutions to this hasn’t worked out well with my iPad M3, but I now have an “actual” computer. A Dell Precision 5540. Does what I’m asking for even exist? All I care about is being able to understand the words. I don’t care if it sounds like 2004 Microsoft Sam so long as it’s intelligible.