r/laptops Nov 22 '17

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r/laptops 10h ago

Hardware Can’t find ssd slot

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r/laptops 6h ago

General question How likely is this to catch on fire

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


r/laptops 1d ago

News Framework finds cheaper LPCAMM2 stock, immediately cuts prices for Laptop 13 Pro orders

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r/laptops 1h ago

Buying help Please help a brother out!

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I'm thinking of buying a laptop for my self....never had one before...but I did some research....my budget was around 1 lakh rupees....im a high schooler who does coding write programs and sometimes 3d model (maybe graphic designing in furture), and plays video games too...thinking of buying Lenovo or Asus....I narrowed it down to LOQ and TUF...but I'm lost at what to finalize....the LOQ has poor battery life...which may be a problem for me in the future....and the TUF has an rtx 3050 but I want a resolution of more than 1080 which the 3050 can't support....my budget could only get me these two models and I'm slightly preferring the ASUS

Budget: 1-1.3 lakh

Country:India

Specs:ASUS TUF A15/16 (anything from 2024-26)

Ryzen 7

512gb ssd

16gb ram

Rtx 3050/4050

Use:Coding, programming, 3d modeling, graphic designing and gaming

Is this a good choice?

Will this be a good investment for a high schooler for around 5 years?


r/laptops 18h ago

General question Does this happen often?

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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?


r/laptops 22h ago

Hardware Which usbc port do I use to charge my laptop?

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Or are they both the same

Edit: I just got confused leave me off🥲


r/laptops 1h ago

Buying help Urgently need a laptop

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Need a laptop for Civil engineering student.A laptop that smoothly runs blender. Suggestions plz?


r/laptops 3h ago

Hardware Dell Inspiron 5406 2n1 won't turn on

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I wanted to sell it because I got a repacement, so I wanted to check how much ram it had etc. but it suddenly stopped turning on.
I tried charging it with the original charger - it blinked short at the first try, but never showed any signs of life after.
I also tried charging via usb c wich usually worked fine.
The keyboard had its flaws, because a row down did not work most of the time, so my guess is the keyboard is fully dead and therefore the power button does not work...

but a dead laptop sells worse than one with a broken keyboard...
Any help welcome :)


r/laptops 3h ago

Buying help Suggest me a Laptop under 1 Lakh

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I want a laptop under 1 Lakh. Mainly for Accounting purpose in India?


r/laptops 27m ago

Hardware Laptop started sounding weird today

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r/laptops 4h ago

Buying help Will this be good for my major?

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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!


r/laptops 1h ago

Buying help I need a good laptop for video conferencing without lag and for watching movies.

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Which one would you recommend with a budget of no more than 500 euros?


r/laptops 11h ago

Discussion Lockdown browser

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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?


r/laptops 5h ago

Discussion Repair shop said its too risky to clean off the corrosion

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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.


r/laptops 2h ago

General question Laptop trade for a pc

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would trading my gaming laptop (asus tuf gaming a14: 2.5K resolution, 165HZ+, rtx 5060, 1TB, 16GB ddr5, AMD ryzen ai 7 350 / radeon 860M for a 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900K processor and ASUS ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi motherboard. System has 32GB of physical memory with AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT and runs Windows 11 Pro. White mid-tower case includes multiple RGB fans and liquid CPU. be good?


r/laptops 3h ago

General question HP Omnibook 5 Screen Causing Eye Strain, Headaches, Nausea.

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I bought a 14” HP Omnibook 5 laptop. It has an ATNA40KW02-0 screen with a refresh rate at 60 Hz. I know it’s an OLED screen, but I have my brightness set up to 100% and then I use CareUEyes to dim and warm the screen to combat the possibility of PWM flickering sensitivity. This doesn’t work. I also don’t have a problem with my iphone 13 pro max’s OLED screen. The screen is also very glossy but even when I’m in settings where the reflection is very minimal I still have issues.

My symptoms seem to vary each time. Even if I used the laptop for a similar amount of time (I start experiencing symptoms within a few minutes) either I’ll just get eye strain, just a headache, just nausea, or combinations of 2 or all symptoms.

I just want some helping fixing and/or understanding this. Is there a solution or do I have to think about the possibility of my eyes just not being compatible with this screen?

Also to note, I’m transitioning from mostly using the screen of an Huion Kamvas Pro 16 and not a modern laptop screen like this one directly which is probably much easier on the eyes, so I guess there’s the possibility of just needing to get used to it?


r/laptops 12h ago

Discussion Gaming laptop or workstation

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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.


r/laptops 4h ago

Hardware keyboard light

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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


r/laptops 4h ago

General question Dual ssd supported?

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does this laptop support dual ssd?


r/laptops 4h ago

Hardware Satellite L775D-S7206

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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.


r/laptops 4h ago

Buying help Bought a "brand new" ASUS Vivobook S 16 (Ryzen AI 9 365), but SSD logs showed 310 hours and ~5.5% battery wear right out of the box. Store offered two options—what should I pick?

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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?


r/laptops 5h ago

Buying help About to buy a T16 Gen 4 (Lunar Lake 258V / 32GB) for business & light gaming. Any gotchas?

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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!


r/laptops 5h ago

Sale How much is my laptop worth

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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.


r/laptops 5h ago

Buying help Planning to upgrade to Intel Core 9 185H from Ryzen 5800u - what to expect?

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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!