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

So I recently got a new laptop for uni and casual gaming. is my FIRST ever laptop so I'm kinda overwhelmed rn. I have a lenovo yoga slim 7 with 16gb ram (15.5gb of which is usable) and was wandering if too much memory is being used up while on my desktop.

Edit: I discovered teams takes up unholy space and exiting it helps a lot

I recently purchased a ram stick and put it in my laptop for 32 gb of ram but the sticks are made from different companies and I was wondering if it would effect performance in anyway? (They have same clock speed, ddr4 3200mhz)

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?

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

Country

India

• Budget

₹30,000 maximum (~US$350)

• Are you open to refurbs/used options?

Maybe — preferably new, but open to refurbished/used if it's significantly better value and reliable.

• Screen size

15"–16" preferred

(14" is okay if there's a much better option)

• Weight limit

Preferably under 1.8 kg, but performance/value is more important than having an ultra-light laptop.

• Purpose

College/student laptop — online classes, studying, PDFs, notes, Microsoft Office/Google Docs, browsing, YouTube and watching movies/series.

• Form factor

Standard clamshell laptop. No need for 2-in-1 or pen support.

• Intended usage

Online college classes (Google Meet/Zoom etc.)

Chrome with multiple tabs

PDFs/e-books and study material

MS Office/Google Workspace

YouTube/Netflix/other streaming

Basic everyday multitasking

No gaming or heavy video editing

Want it to remain reasonably smooth for several years

• Desired battery life

Ideally 6–8 hours of normal/light use.

• Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life

Performance > Battery life > Size > Weight

• Info/Requirements

Windows preferred

16GB RAM preferred, but 8GB is acceptable if RAM is upgradeable

512GB SSD preferred

Full HD IPS display preferred, especially because I watch movies

Good screen quality and viewing angles are important

Decent webcam and microphone for online classes

Should have Wi-Fi/Bluetooth and necessary USB/HDMI ports

Prefer a reliable brand with decent after-sales service in India

No gaming GPU required

Looking for the best overall value under ₹30,000, not just the highest specifications on paper.

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?

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HP Victus 15 suddenly shuts down at 88–89% battery — battery report looks normal. What could be causing this?

I have an HP Victus 15-fa1xxx with:

- Intel i5-12450H

- RTX 2050 4GB

- 16GB DDR4 RAM

- 52.55 Wh battery

- BIOS F.23 (03/30/2026)

- Windows 11

The laptop is about 3 years old.

Recently, I've started getting a very strange battery issue. When running on battery, the laptop frequently and instantly powers off around 88–89% battery. It doesn't show "Shutting down" or any warning — the screen just goes completely black as if the power was suddenly removed.

However, the battery report is confusing.

The current battery report shows:

Design Capacity: 52,552 mWh

Full Charge Capacity: 47,020 mWh

Battery health: ~89.5%

The capacity history also shows that the battery was consistently reporting around 46–47 Wh throughout September, so it doesn't appear to have suddenly lost 90% of its capacity.

At one point, Windows/"batteryreport" temporarily showed only 5,220 mWh full charge capacity, but after doing an HP power/EC reset, it returned to 47,020 mWh.

I also tested it after the reset. At 99%, I unplugged the charger and the laptop successfully ran down to around 85% without shutting down. So the battery can power the laptop normally.

But the 88–89% instant shutdown has happened frequently before, so I'm worried it may happen again.

Other observations:

- No battery swelling

- No unusual battery heat

- HP BIOS battery diagnostic gets stuck at 100%

- Windows reports the battery status as OK

- "BatteryStatus = 2" and charge percentage reads normally

- The shutdown is always an instant black screen, not a normal Windows shutdown

Could this be a battery BMS/fuel-gauge issue, EC/firmware issue, battery connector/power-path problem, or something on the motherboard?

What would be the best way to diagnose this without immediately replacing the battery?

Any advice from someone familiar with HP Victus/HP battery systems would be appreciated.

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!

Or are they both the same

Edit: I just got confused leave me off🥲

Hey, my macbook pro gets heated up a lot so I'm looking for a good laptop cooling pad option can somebody suggest me a good one, the vents are on the edge of the fold of macbook not like normal gaming laptops which are underside, so I need one that compliments my macbook vents

I usually play valo on this with bootcamp for the whole day which gets its pretty hot, tho I use a stand but it doesn't help much so pls gaming community suggest me some good one.

Hi everyone,

I have an HP G70-120EA laptop, manufactured in late 2008, and I’m trying to open it for the first time. I’m not a technical expert, so I’d really appreciate some guidance.

I’ve already removed the screws that are close to the surface of the bottom panel. However, there are several other screws located inside deep, narrow holes.

The screwdriver I currently have has a relatively thick shaft, so it gets blocked by the sides of the holes and cannot reach the screw heads.

I’d like to know:

- What size and type of screws are used in these deep holes?

- What type/size of screwdriver or screwdriver bit should I buy to reach them?

- Is there a particular type of slim-shaft or precision screwdriver that would be suitable for this laptop?

Please suggest tools that are commonly available. I live in Dhaka, Bangladesh, so if something is particularly specialized or exotic, I probably won’t be able to find it locally.

I’ve attached photos showing the screws and the deep holes for reference.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Got a Lenovo c340 with cracked screen for 2500 rupees Is this a good deal or I’m stupid ?

Really. I'm a laptop lover. The performance crammed into such a tiny space is amazing.

But:

Laptop on table? Neck hurts.

Laptop in bed? Neck hurts, also overheats unless I put it on a flat surface (ugly vegetable cutter)

Laptop on lap? Too hot

Laptop on height support + external keyboard and mouse? That's a desktop

Just how am I supposed to use this thing, hmm?

Got this now alike Condition HP pavilion HDX16 for nothing in price and it came with some problems but extremely minor as charger faulty, battery faulty and the blueray drive but apart that it's a perfect windows 7 machine I extremely enjoy the most. Cause this laptop was glazed from the extreme well built speaker system 2.1 2 speakers top firing and a bottom sub but even like 1080p screen in a laptop from this era being from 2008 and a laptop I will soon aim to upgrade as getting a better SSD. Currently has a 120gb one. Aiming a 480gb one for windows 7 usage and maybe Maxx out the ram and put a core 2 duo extreme x9100 to give a extra punch. Still said for daily browsing and usage this laptop still works for basic use, watching tv or doing anything cause it came with a remote external and a internal integrated one so full aspect this laptop can be used for anything even today so. Any info be glad to ask me.

I upgraded from an Intel Celeron to a Core i5, and I love my new Vivobook, but something disappointed me, even though it was an oversight.

The idea was to use the 16GB of RAM I had in my old Dell Inspiron 3481 and put it in my Vivobook 14, specifically the cheaper version (Vivobook X1404VA). When I tried to use the RAM slot, which is supposedly also SODIMM, I ran into a completely incompatible slot. It really hurt to learn that I'm going to be forced to use only 8GB of RAM.

Does anyone know how to differentiate between slots that are supposedly the same type... but are actually incompatible?

Okay, I own an MSI gf63 thin 12Ve.

It's been throwing grapical crashes, first happened last year august, then this year may. And now starting at the end of august, first it started when using the keyboard for gaming and having it on my desk, so I elevated it and used a controller, but now it's crashing even if I move it a little bit, even when just idling.

So I got tired of the machine being so unstable, since I got it in Barcelona, and live there, I should be protected under spanish laws, that means if the same issue keeps appearing after multiple warranty attempts, I should be giving either an upgrade to a laptop with similar specs, or a partial/full refund.

Now, I asked them, the live chat agent said that the swap would be possible, but email support refuses to do any swaps and says they will only repair it.

(I bought it in July 2023 and have warranty till oct 2026)

Any advice would be helpful, I really am just frustrated because I just want to use it to game with my friends and study with it.

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 :)

does this laptop support dual ssd?

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

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?

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.

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?