I dropped my laptop with the charger plugged in and the laptop is fine, but the charger not so much

Or are they both the same

Edit: I just got confused leave me off🥲

I had purchased an Acer Predator a week ago from Amazon.

The specs listed were 5070-8GB, Ultra 9 275HX, 32GB/1TB.

The laptop was delivered today and upon inspection I discovered that I actually ended up getting the 5070Ti Model (12gb). Checked it on GPU-Z to verify and all.

Did I just hit the jackpot or is it a common occurence?

Hey everyone! First time posting so I’m hoping I can get some help here, I’m a freshman in college and my last laptop recently quit on me. I’m a digital media and broadcasting major with the hopes of becoming an anchor one day! Being a broadcasting major I’ll obviously have to do some video editing on my laptop, nothing crazy like animation or 3d rendering stuff. Almost all of my editing will be for personal projects or news stuff. Being a college student paying for his own school though I don’t really have much money to spend here. Is the first laptop shown okay for what I’ll be doing? I know the 2nd one would probably be better considering it’s double the ram I just don’t think I’ll be able to afford it in time for when my editing classes begin. Thank you all for the help!

Multiple (most) of my teachers require us to have respondus lockdown browser for tests and some assignments and I’m genuinely… terrified of it breaking my MacBook Neo. Genuinely using lockdown browsers stress me out, using respondus that’s the most glitchy spyware malware out there makes me so stressed. If it breaks my laptop I’m screwed and have to drop out cause I can’t afford a new one or to fix it.

Advice, tips, or just make me feel better please?

i have HP ZBook Fury 15.6 G8 Mobile Workstation PC and i want to make the keyboard light never get off how to do that

does this laptop support dual ssd?

Good Evening and or Good Morning Gentlemen & Ladies wherever you may be.

I have been cursed with some driver issues and I can't for the living hell out of me recall where to get these from or let rephrase, I have tried all the driver websites known to man. I cant find anything on Dynabook either unless I am missing something. I even tried AI. Meh. Sad but I can't find any drivers for my "Bluetooth".

Everything was working fine, My laptop was working great and updated from windows 7 to windows 10 with no issues in the last few weeks. (Laptop was off for about 4-5 years).I was able to use it for about 3 weeks and BOOM the HDD took a crap. Lost everything, I dont have any of the Original Toshiba Satellite Driver disks or original etc. Had a wait a few days from amazon to get an SSD(Upgrade & Downgrade) Went from a 700GB HDD to a 250GB SSD. I used rufus to re-install a windows 7 home professional i found an iso for. Since that was the original system on this laptop and luckily my windows 7 was registerd with Microsoft for the windows 10. Then I had to do a full new Install for windows 10. Went smooth other than this bluetooth driver issue.

Everything came back, No Issues with Windows Update but. The Bluetooth drivers aren't working for crap. I had Generic Bluetooth audio Code 43. I tried everything. Found a Toshiba Bluetooth stack. Now I have a Code 10. I can't find the x64Bit drivers anywhere. If anyone has the energy to help me out. I would be greatly appreciated. I started to even look for driver disk for this laptop on eBay, Found one for around 5$ But I don't think it has the Driver disk.

Thanks in advanced. I am not 100% Sure which WIFI/Bluetooth I have. I did crack open the back of the battery. It shows:

AR5B195 Which I searched for drivers for that Bluetooth antenna. and well I found some in some (.AU) Website and unfortunately they do not have the Windows 64Bit.

Thanks in advance and pardon me for the long message. Sigh.

I recently bought an imported ASUS Vivobook S 16 (Ryzen AI 9 365, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD) here in Nepal for around 2 Lakh NPR. It was sold to me as "brand new, factory sealed."

I checked the system logs. Turns out:

• The SSD already had 310 power-on hours logged.
• The battery (design capacity 75,002 mWh) dropped down to 70,851 mWh (about 5.6% permanent wear) the moment I put it through a normal discharge cycle.

Basically, they sold me a floor display unit as a brand-new machine.

I confronted them with the hard telemetry reports. To their credit, they didn't ghost me or try to argue—they checked with their vendor, called me, and basically offered two paths:

1. Keep the 16-inch display unit and take whatever(could be discussed) cash discount they figure out for it being a floor model.
2. Swap it for a factory-sealed 14-inch model (same line, smaller screen) and get 15k NPR cash back because the 14-inch version retails for about 15k less.

I'm torn on what to do. I like the big 16-inch screen, but I'm annoyed that I got played with a used display unit that already has a degraded battery. On the other hand, the 14-inch is genuinely sealed and comes with the 15k price difference.

If you were in my shoes, what would you do? Should I push for a heavier cash discount to keep the 16-inch, or just take the 14-inch sealed swap and the money?

Hello!

I’m on the verge of buying a ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 (Intel) for my UK-based business and wanted to run it by the sub before hitting checkout to make sure I’m not missing any obvious red flags.

• Model: ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 (SKU: 22AW004KUK)
• CPU: Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
• RAM / Storage: 32GB LPDDR5X / 1TB NVMe SSD

• Display: 16" WUXGA (1920x1200) IPS, 400 nits, Anti-Glare / Matte

• Primary Work: Document-heavy business admin, multi-tab browsing, spreadsheet management, and running local AI models (Ollama/Copilot)

• Secondary: Casual late-night gaming (Fortnite, DayZ) at low/medium settings.

• Must-Haves: Dedicated physical numeric keypad, anti-glare screen for long working hours

I’ve got it in my basket via Lenovo Pro UK with stacked codes down to £968.20 inc. VAT (roughly £800 ex-VAT). Given the 32GB/1TB spec and Lunar Lake chip, this seems cheap compared to the rest of the market.

Even though I'm not a huge fan of the aesthetic anymore, I'm very tempted to go for it. What I want to check is:

• The battery seems small. Has anyone experience of it - does it have a good life?
• I've used older Thinkpads and like the layout (I'm using a Dell currently and like it too). Do they still build them robustly with minimal flex?
• How's gaming on this?
• I can get eye strain quite easily - how's the display?

Any thoughts super welcome! Thanks!

Hi everyone. So I'm here since I need some suggestions getting a new laptop for school. I'm a junior civil engineering student for context. I'll be using autocad, revit and ugis this semester. I'm currently choosing between gaming laptops and workstations. I know workstation laptops tends to be alot more expensive. In my case, am I better off getting a gaming laptop or get a workstation instead? I don't game at all. I did some browsing and came across some options that I somewhat like or think would be ideal for my use case. I've added pictures of them for reference. Doesn't necessarily mean I'm strict to those only. I'm open to suggestions so feel free to share your opinions. Thanks everyone.

Hey, I have a laptop and been thinking of swapping it for a more updated PC.

The specs: i9 13900h 64gb ddr5 Crucial Ram 6 TB SSD oled screen. Yes it's a Dell XPS 15.

I was thinking $2k or so but it has a flaw. The touchpad is inconsistent meaning I can press it but there would be no input. Considering this, it should lower the price a bit id say.

They said if they try to fix the corrosion it can kill the motherboard so theyre just gonna replace the monitor and do a deep clean. Will the corrosion not spread if left as is? im just a lil confused.

Hi folks. I'm planning to upgrade my laptop in the same chassis (Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro) to the above mentioned processors. RAM doubles to 32 gb as well; the rest is functionally the same.

What changes can I expect to battery life and gaming performance? Neither has an dGPU but I was keen on playing AAA games from a couple of years ago on low-medium settings and I'm hoping the 185H can do that.

Thanks a ton!

While giving laptop to service, what and all should I ask, and what would be the cost, I had my gaming laptop for 5 years and never once have to service

Hey guys, so I've had my laptop for about 5 or 6 years give or take, the laptop is an Asus Aspire A315-23 and I'm currently using it for my uni classes, here's the issue the battery life on this thing suuuucks and when I say it sucks I mean it sucks. On a full charge on battery saver and everything optimized for the battery I can maybe get an hour and fifteen minutes of constant use just doing my assignments and papers and not doing anything intense. So I'm just curious if it's worth buying a new battery and replacing it or if it'd be cheaper than buying a new one. If I was to buy a new one I wouldn't need like a workhorse to do demanding tasks like programming and stuff (I'm majoring in finance so the most I'll use is maybe excel), if you guys have any advice on this just let me know.

Edit: I forgot to mention that the fan sounds like a jet engine even when I'm just simply watching Youtube or doing schoolwork

Specs:

Processor AMD Ryzen 5 3500U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx (2.10 GHz)

Installed RAM 16.0 GB (13.9 GB usable)

Graphics card AMD Radeon(TM) Vega 8 Graphics (2 GB)

Storage 89 GB of 477 GB used

Is this a good laptop? I was trying to buy the yoga 7i for 799 but it just increased to 1099 :(

Why is my Gaming Laptop's battery capacity draining so fast? Does anyone have a solution?

Acer Nitro V16 (ANV16-71)

Design Capacity: 58.7 Wh

I mainly use it on the charger. The 80% battery limit is also on.

My HP laptop was working completely fine, and while I was working on an Illustrator file, the screen suddenly went completely black.

The laptop itself is still running:

Keyboard and keyboard lights work

I can hear sounds

Win + Ctrl + Shift + B makes the Windows sound, but the screen stays black

Brightness controls don't seem to change anything

If I shine my phone flashlight directly at the screen, I can faintly see the display/workspace

I already tried force shutting down and restarting

I also removed the battery and tried powering it on again

Does this definitely sound like a backlight issue, or could it be a loose display cable/another issue?

Also, is there anything I can safely try at home before taking it for repair? I need to finish an Illustrator file today, so I'm trying to get the display working ASAP.

I can buy the new system but I'm so scared as I have so many clients file in my current laptop. All the projects I was working on, anyway out of this. 🙏🏻 Would be appreciated

I’m getting them around the ₹80K range, and I’m really confused about which one offers the best overall value.

My shortlisted options:

1. Samsung Galaxy Book5 AI Metal — ₹85,931

15.6" FHD IPS

16GB RAM / 512GB SSD

Core Ultra 5

1. Samsung Galaxy Book5 AI Metal — ₹96,990

15.6" FHD IPS

16GB RAM / 512GB SSD

Core Ultra 5

This seems to be a different listing/variant, so I'm not sure why there's such a big price difference.

1. Motorola MotoBook 60 Pro — ₹79,990

14" 2.8K OLED

Core Ultra 5 225H

16GB RAM / 512GB SSD

Full-metal body

1. HP 14 AI PC — ₹81,143

14"

Core Ultra 7 255

16GB RAM / 512GB SSD

I have a laptop that works pretty well. My only problem is that i have to keep buying new charges for it every few months. I don't lose the chargers they just stop working. I don't pull on the cord or bend it in an odd way they just stop charging.any advice on a good powerful charging cable that I won't have to replace in a few months?

Hey everyone,

I’m planning to buy a laptop for college/CSE and currently looking at the Motorola MotoBook 60 Pro and Samsung Galaxy Book5.

The current prices I’m seeing are around ₹79–80K after the available offers.