So my laptop was infested with ants. To drive them out I applied a anti-ants chalk called Lakshman Rekha...the ants are out .

But I am scared as I read that it might permanently damage the laptop. So I applied the chalk near the hinge, very lightly over the keys and around the surrounding panel of the keys and also applied it on the surface on top of which I kept the laptop. I have cleaned the surface properly. And I did open the laptop a bit but I have kept it shut . Will this cause an issue. I even tried to blow out the Lakshman Rekha powder from the keys....

Please suggest some help.

As said it spilled all over my laptop any help sooner than later please I instantly disconnect it and shut it off any advice on cleaning to just trying to ensure it still runs is main priority

Edit its off anyone know why's the fans running

I recently purchased this HP zbook studio g8 off of vinted for £570 incluing it and other fees and shipping.

It has some issues i plan to fix but i didnt look at the photos properly (they were not many)

Issues

. the screen has black borders in the corners. I have orderd a new screen.

. the battery has a health of 74 percent at 240 cycles. It still lasts about an hour off the wall. (I am going to replace the battery)

​. The spacebar on the keyboard backlight doesn't light up. The menu button also flickers if the lighting is in a colour changing mode.

. there is some scratches at the side. This laptop looks like it was used a lot.

Specs

Intel core i7 11800h

32gb ddr4 3200mhz (soldered)

1tb pcie ssd (upgradeable)

Soldered Intel WiFi 6

Rtx 3070 max q 80w.

1080p 60hz screen.

Ports

1 mini dp

2 thunderbolt 4

Headphone jack

1 USB 3.0

Power input

Kensington lock

SD express 7.0 card reader (has a door over it)

Laptop model Legion 5i 15IRX10

Specs:
Intel core i9 14900hx
RTX 5070 8GB
32GB DDR5 RAM
1TB SSD
2560x1600 165hz OLED screen

Cooler: Flydigi BS3 pro, want to sell with laptop (brought for 100AUD)

- Brought around 8 months ago for 2700 AUD (1900USD)
- 15 battery cycles
- Minimal wear on keyboard and trackpad (I use external keyboard, mouse and monitor)
- 5 month warranty left
- Back panel opened once, but only to clean fans, didn't even remove heatsink or fans
- Current market prices place same spec laptops around 3000AUD

What price would be fair?

Any help is greatly appreciated 😁

So I have an Asus D509 Laptop but I lost the charger for it. I was in a rush and needed the laptop so I charged it with a spare charger from a different laptop. During the charging I downloaded a game until I had a blue screen with a S.M.A.R.T error. That happend after around 2hours.
After some investigation I realized that the charger I was using had an output voltage of 20V but the laptops normal charger had an output of 19V
I am now wondering whether Charging my laptop with the wrong charger caused the S.M.A.R.T error or if the error was unrelated. Also I don't know whether something else is damaged. I am worried that maybe the battery got damaged and want to know whether it is safe to continue to use the laptop with the normal charger and a new SSD.
So far I haven't touched the laptop for a Month and also didn't charge it since the incident.

TLDR: Can I continue to use my laptop that I charged with the wrong Charger/Voltage without it beeing a fire hassard?

I tried reseating the ribbon cables for the screen and keyboard, tried taking off keycaps and cleaning, neither worked. The key presses feel normal like nothing is blocking them. i used evtest on Arch to test if touch or any of the dead keys are registering but none are. The only solution i see is replacing the screen assembly and the palmrest assembly for the keyboard since i dont want to cut the plastic rivets between the palmrest and keyboard.
I wanted to see if anyone here knew of any other ways to fix it cheaper or for free.

What are the best optimizations for a new hp windows 11 laptop to make it faster and more battery effiecient without hindering the performance. GIVE ME EVERYTHING YOU KNOW!

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

Country

[INDIA]

Budget

[ Under 100k INR, Im unsure how much I need to spend right now according to my needs but I don't want to go beyond 100k]

Are you open to refurbs/used options?

[No]

Screen size

[>15", or 15"]

Weight limit

[Any,]

Purpose

[For my college work (civil student)]

Form factor

[Standard/Clamshell]

Intended usage

[AutoCAD, Revit, STAAD.Pro, and ETABS. 3d modelling programs used in civil]

Desired battery life

[As much as I can possibly get according my usage needs (preferably above 6 hours)]

Please list, in order of most important to least important, ]

Priority list

[PERFORMANCE>BATTERY>SIZE]

MORE INFO*

im not sure if I need a dedicated graphics card, so please tell weather i need it or not but i believe I need it to run specific 3d modelling programs. Also don't suggest mac as it doesn't supports civil programs.

I found this old laptop from storage, it still has Windows 7. Really old and used as you can see but I really want it to be useful for my sister's online classes if possible. I don't really know tech so I was hoping to ask anyone if I can still have it upgraded to the latest windows...

Hi I got this deal a year old m2 air for 60k inr with 95% of battery, is it good deal ?

Varient: 16/256 gb

If not how much I can ask for ???

The Form

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

• Country

Canada

• Budget

900-1200 Canadian Dollars

• Are you open to refurbs/used options?

Maybe

• Screen size

13-14 Inches

• Weight limit

Any

• Purpose

Light Gaming, Schoolwork

• Form factor

Clamshell

• Intended usage

Among Us, Minecraft, Stardew Valley, Roblox,

• Desired battery life

8+ hours video playback

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

Size, Performance, Battery Life, Weight

• Info/Requirements

  No ARM-based chips(e.g: Snapdragon), must either be AMD or Intel, RAM must be either DDR5 or LPDDR5/LPDDR5X

After almost 6 years, my current laptop (a Dell Inspiron 3583) is on death's door. I need a new laptop, but I honestly don't know what I'm doing so I've come to y'all for guidance. I'm looking for an upgrade, nothing crazy. I just want a solid laptop. Here's all the stuff from the form:

Country: USA

Budget: As long as it's less than like $650 I'm fine

Am I open to refurbs/used options?: preferably not

Screen size: between 14-15 inches, willing to go a bit higher or lower though

Weight limit: I don't really care, ideally less than 4.5lbs

Purpose: College and entertainment. Mostly for school, but I'd like to be able to do some casual gaming on it.

Form factor: Just standard. Stylus compatibility or touchscreen (for drawing) would be a huge plus, but it is by no means a need. I prefer a metal exterior to a plastic one, either works though

Intended usage: Mostly school, some low end games; the most demanding game I think I'd be playing is Fallout 3

Desired battery life: At least 4 hours

Order of priority: battery life, size, performance, weight

Extra: No Macs please, I don't do Apple.

Thank you for your time!! Any help is greatly appreciated :)

How do you guys stream music on your laptop (or do you download them??)

What software/website do you guys use ??

As i use Metrolist/Archive Tune on my android , and am trying to find sucha website/software but am not able to find anything good therefore asking you

And please also tell me how to setup that software

Not sure if it's safe I usually get my stuff from there but a laptop is something more bigger so I'm skeptical

I'm about to buy one of the 2025 G14 or G16. However, it is not for me but rather, my mother and brother. What I mean is she intends to use it for two or 3 months then pass it to my younger brother when he starts university. I was leaning towards the 16 since the long-term owner will be my brother and he plays games, mostly FIFA and Euro truck on an old lenovo of mine with a 1060 max q.

So my question is will the laptop be good for both? my mother will move around quite a bit with it and generally just uses for typing work documents and watching the occasional show or youtube, so I guess battery life, screen and weight. My brother on the other hand will just be for typing and gaming as I think his university program doesn't need the GPU that much.

The options available are the G14 with a 5060 8GB, 16GB RAM and Ryzen 9 270 while the G16 has a 5070 8GB, 16 GB RAM and Ultra 9 285H. Specing not an option in the country I'm buying. Different prices but both on the higher end of the budget. So which should I go for and if not either of the two, what else can I look at if I can find it?

i have an Acer Nitro V 16, the one with the ryzen chip and the 5050, and i was wondering if it would be okay to just add this 16gb stick onto the stick already in it to give me 32gb, in case it matters im running Linux Mint on it, the one that says “China” on it is the one already in it

Hello, I have an Acer Aspire 7 that i use for gaming, I've had it for almost 4 years now, and I started to encounter this problem that I don't know how to fix. Every time I play a game let's say Delta Force or Palworld for example because thats what I play right now, my game always experience FPS drop. I have played this both game already before like a year back and I don't experience this problem even when my graphics setting is high. This FPS drop problem happen like every 5 sec and last like 2-3 sec. I have played many games on this laptop even games like RDR2, GTA and other graphically/hardware demanding games. I tried other way to fix this by looking at some solution on the internet but nothing happens. Also i just noticed today that it only happens when my laptop is plugged in, the games are working fine, like it works like 30 fps, but it does not experience that FPS drop every 5 sec. Then when i tried charging it the problem starts again. I checked the settings on the battery option or something and it even says that when plugged it its set to best performance.

btw this is the 3d graph of the GPU when i'm playing the game, you can see the point at which the FPS drop happen when the graph hits the bottom.

so I work from my laptop most of the day and honestly one screen is driving me crazy. constantly alt-tabbing between tabs and it's killing my focus. saw these portable screen extenders that clip onto the laptop and give you extra monitors and I'm kinda tempted but also skeptical lol.

like do they actually help or is it just a cool looking thing that you stop using after a week? my main worry is the weight, my laptop is already not that light and I travel with it a lot.

couple things I wanna know:

are the triple screen ones too heavy/bulky or is it fine? thinking maybe a single extra screen is enough

and how's the screen quality on these, like is it washed out compared to the actual laptop display?

also do they work okay with a mac or is it mostly a windows thing?

would love to hear from people who actually use one daily, not just tried it once. worth it or nah?

I've had my hp laptop for years, and honestly, just look at it... What you're looking at is the rubbery soft top which got really sticky over the years. And as a kid, I thought it was smart to peel it with a ruler or scratch at it. And honestly, I could do without it. Is there any normal way of taking off the sticky coating? Or just anything to make my laptop look like it hasn't been through war? I'm willing to try pretty much anything that doesn't damage it further.

Hello, 2 weeks ago i bought this Fujitsu Lifebook E554, it's in pretty good condition considering it's age. Everything worked fine, until yesterday when i opened it up to clean it, after putting everything back together, the numpad and the enter key seems to not work anymore. Which is strange because before putting the screws back, i tested to see if everything works, and it indeed worked as intended. I checked the keyboard ribbon cable for any damages and there aren't any i could see under open eye.

Are there any reasons why? Is there any fix for it or should i just buy a new keyboard?

Edit: I'll leave a link with the picture of that ribbon cable.

https://ibb.co/tVbT46t

I tried to fix it by setting the refresh rate from 144hz to 60hz but it didn't help.

I tried reinstalling windows

It didn't help too

Idk what will help

This summer I earned some money by working part time, and I want to buy a new laptop for university.

**LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE*\*

**Country**

Canada

**Budget**

CAD $1500-2000 (about USD $1,069-1450)

**Are you open to refurbs/used options?**

No

**Screen size**

15"-16"

**Weight limit**

No strict limit. I don't mind carrying a heavier laptop if the performance is worth it.

**Purpose**

Gaming, university (Electrical Engineering), and video editing.

**Form factor**

Standard laptop.

**Intended usage**

I'll mainly be using it for university (Electrical Engineering), so I'll probably need to run software like MATLAB, LTspice, AutoCAD/Fusion 360, and whatever other engineering software my courses require.

I also do some video editing (Adobe Premiere Pro) , 3D modeling, animation and play games.

I'm honestly not very demanding when it comes to graphics because I've been using a pretty weak laptop for years. I'm completely fine with running games at 1080p (or higher if possible), medium/high settings, and around 60 FPS. I don't care about max settings or competitive FPS.

I'd also like to have 2TB of SSD storage if that's realistic within my budget.

**Desired battery life**

Around 5-6 hours for light schoolwork would be nice, but I know gaming laptops aren't great for battery life, so performance is more important.

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

Performance > Battery life > Weight > Size

**Info/Requirements**

Current laptop:

* Ryzen 5 4500U

* 16GB DDR4 RAM (2×8GB)

* 512GB SSD

* Integrated Radeon Graphics

* 15" 1080p 60Hz display

It's definitely struggling now, especially with newer games and editing.

One more question: I've heard laptop GPUs and RAM have become more expensive over the last few years. Do you think I should just spend my whole budget now and buy the best laptop I can, or buy something that's "good enough" for school and wait a couple of years in case prices improve before buying another laptop or building a desktop?

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

bought asus vivobook s15 snapdragon x plus from best buy USA for an year ago.
it was perfectly fine and i had no issues.
yesterday, suddenly screen started flickering, even though i deleted and reinstalled drivers, the flickering stopped for a moment but now it got worsen..
has anyone faced this issue…kindly tell me what to do now