I spilled liquid in the bag where I carried my Helios 300 laptop. When I turned it on, I saw the stain you see on the screen and that one USB port wasn't working. I disassembled the laptop and cleaned everything I could with alcohol. I also opened the screen and cleaned inside, but the stain keeps reappearing. What can I do? Is the damage permanent?
First, don’t mind the Roblox. My laptop just popped. The corner on the screen was opened like that for a couple weeks now. I just pressed down on it and I heard a pop in my laptop. I had assumed I pushed the corner of the screen back in BUT then tried to close my laptop….. it doesn’t close anymore. That’s when I noticed the spine of my laptop broke….. what do I do. I need my laptop to last me like three more months. Do I just keep it open forever?
My HP 15 laptop screen broke, and I need to get a replacement screen. The exact model of HP 15I have is the HP 15 fc0050ca. I couldn’t find a replacement screen for the exact model I have. I found a replacement screen on Amazon; you can see the models it is compatible with in the attached image. So does a screen replacement have to be for my exact model in order for it to work? I really need to know soon, because I have exams starting in about a week and this was one of the only scree replacements I could find that was in my price range.
Hi all. I have an HP Pavilion 16 laptop. The display stopped working suddenly, it only works if I pull the corner of the screen at an angle. Laptop works fine otherwise (I can use it with external monitors). I tried opening it to check if the cable was being pinched or something but didn't manage to fix it.
Would it be worth it to try and replace the display and/or the cable? I'm in doubt since it works at weird angles, so both things seem to be working.
Is there a different route I should be taking to diagnose the issue?
Any help or tips are appreciated! Thanks!
I found one on realschematics.com but I'm unsure if its a scam or not. I desperately want to fix my laptop but its almost impossible to find board diagrams. I am willing to pay for the diagrams but I also don't want to get scammed.
I can give the story of what's broken on my laptop as well if you'd like to try and help.
What are my next options to fix it ?
So my brother has an HP x360 chromebook, and he recently tried using it (we don’t use it often) and he recently asked me to use my keyboard to use the laptop. I asked why and he said because the D, G, and F keys shut off the laptop.
He said he was unsure of which keys it actually was, but he showed me a bit ago that it did turn off the laptop.
He says it might be a battery problem, which I think is possible, but how do the keys turn off the laptop in the first place ?
I’m just confused on how it’s happening.
I just dropped 300 because my laptop was just going to blue screen. He fixed it and it was fine for like 2 weeks and then it started doing this today. I'm debating just getting a new laptop because I do not want to drop another couple hundred on a laptop that might bug out again😭
It's a Lenovo Yoga 7-15ITL5 Laptop (ideapad) - Type 82BJ
I was playing in my pc when the monitor suddenly shuts down and said “no signal” before turning completely black. I had this occurrence before and did what I did last time. I took the cmos out for 30~ seconds and cleaned it then placed it back in, although unlike before, it did not work. I also removed the ram sticks and placed it back inside and it did not work as well. I tried ctrl windows shift b at the same time and it did NOT work.
Ps: my keyboard and mouse lights up
Hey everyone,
I realize that this is a computer repair forum, but if there are any MSP's out there, your input would be fabulous.
I’m in the early stages of building a small boutique MSP/computer repair business in Wisconsin and trying to grow it thoughtfully instead of scaling too fast.
My goal honestly isn’t to become a giant 4,000-endpoint MSP. I’d be very happy building a strong local business with good relationships, maybe eventually 150–500 endpoints max over time.
For those of you who started small:
How did you realistically get your first 25–50 endpoints or first business clients?
Did you focus on:
I’m especially interested in hearing what actually worked in the real world for smaller relationship-focused MSPs.
Thanks everyone — I’m learning a ton already.
I have an old ThinkPad T470s with i7 6th gen, 8GB RAM, and a 128GB SSD.
• The issue started around 5–6 months ago when the laptop began lagging heavily
• Initially thought it was a Windows corruption issue, so Windows was reinstalled, but the problem remained
• Took it to a repair shop
• Current usage goal is basic tasks like YouTube, MS Word, and PowerPoint
• Observations during troubleshooting
• Fixes already tried
• Additional issue
• Looking for advice on
Hi. I woke up to my PC doing this. Flicker, everything is doubled with an offset, but there are no artifacts - the white line is the start panel separator. Touchscreen works fine, and everything is ok when using the external monitor. I opened it, cleaned and reconnected the screen connector, but it made no difference.
Is there anything else I should try before buying a whole new LCD assembly?
Thanks!
My kid has an HP Victus budget gaming laptop. It has developed this issue in which it automatically restarts over and over when attempting to boot up, saying "Your device ran into a problem and needs to restart" with one of various error messages displayed at the bottom. This sometimes goes on for hours repeatedly restarting before finally booting up into Windows. The problem seems to have been getting progressively worse.
I'm attaching some images of the various error messages it spits out.
I've tried a factory reset on the computer, I've tried replacing the SSD (which I was going to do anyway for more storage), I've tried re-seating the RAM. The laptop has two RAM sticks, and I've tried booting it using only one of each of the RAM sticks at a time in case one of them was faulty. None of that has worked.
All of the diagnostics I've run have come back clean.
One other interesting observation is that if I try to open the BIOS settings, the system crashes immediately upon opening it. The system clock is frozen and I'm unable to do anything at all.
Any ideas?
This xbox ally was my friends before he ran it over and gave it to me as he saw no use for it, the motherboard is a little bent but aside from that I see no cracks in it, what the first couple things I should check
I tried taking it to micro center but they said they couldn't fix the fan because I got it from Best Buy and Best Buy said there turn around time is around a month are there any quicker alternatives I don't mind paying more if it means I can get it done faster also my laptop is a Asus rog zehpyurus g16 if that matters
Why do small refillable compressed air spray bottles say not to use them for air dusting?
Is it bad for the computer in some way?
(I wanted a reusable solution and a refillable bottle sounded better than electric blower)
Hey, I'm not exactly sure what it's supposed to look like so can someone more knowledgeable in this field tell me whether it's broken? That would explain it but also force me to buy a replacement.
so my computer fell in one of its corners a few months ago. It wasn’t a big deal, but now there’s a HUGE FUCKING GASH in it and it doesn’t close correctly. Not only that, but the off button’s there, so I can’t turn it off normally. Help me fix this, I need this for one of my new assignments!!!
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
OS: Win 11 25H2 build 10.0.26200
Monitor: Samsung Odyssey G70NC
Suddenly, last week, my monitor has been displaying artifact at refresh rates >60Hz. The monitor is a 144Hz monitor and I've had no issues for the 1.5 years I've had it. No recent hardware or software changes were made.
Troubleshooting steps I've tried (and anything I can think of):
EDIT: Also noticed enabling HDR makes the issue significantly worse and is noticeable regardless of the refresh rate.
Hello!
So my nephew broke my laptop's screen yesterday, and I was wondering if it was possible to change the panel to another type than the model's exact one.
My good ol' reliable 5510's screen connects through a 30 pin. Are all 15,6" screens with a 30 pin connector compatible or will I find issues if I take a brighter one/one that is 2k instead of FHD? Can I pick an OLED screen or do I have to replace it with an LCD?
Do I have to pick exactly the same reference?
(I'm a tinkerer, if the laptop dies before the screen, I will find a way to use the screen somewhere else)