Questions tagged [laptop-repair]
Questions about performing repairs on your mobile computer
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How do I replace the HDD in a ASUS Q550L?
I just bought a ASUS Q550L for my son for Christmas and before I open it up I want to be sure I can replace the HDD with an SSD.
Is this model compatible with standard laptop SSDs? If so how do I ...
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I dropped my hp laptop and it has been on the startup repair screen for hours now--what can I do?
I dropped my hp laptop (I have windows 7). There was a blue screen with the cursor. It took about an hour or two for the startup repair screen to appear. Then it says to wait at least an hour. I've ...
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How do you replace wired NIC in Lenovo x220?
I have a Lenovo x220 that (apparently) has a dying wired ethernet card. Tried removing it completely and using generic drivers, tried IBM's drivers, removing every other network connection, all end up ...
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Green, Red, Yellow, Cyan Lines Running Vertical On Laptop Screen? How Could I Fix It?
I have a Toshiba Equium A200 laptop, and for the past 3 months thin lines have started to appear on the right hand side of the screen. It started with one red line, now there's a group of ...
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Laptop goes dead after being turned on for five minutes
I have a Dell Inspiron laptop with Windows XP on it. The laptop turns on okay, but after five minutes the screen goes dead but some windows are still viewable. It does the same in safe mode and if ...
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How do I replace the harddrive in a Toshiba NB200?
I just bought a Toshiba NB200 netbook and I also ordered some SSD drives from Crucial, one of which is going to go into that new device. I expected there to be an easily accessible hdd bay, but there ...
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Dark spot on laptop screen
Several weeks ago a darker spot appeared on my screen (as seen in the attached picture, it's right under the "Super User" tab) and it looks as if there was some liquid behind the screen. When I ...
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Can I charge my laptop through USB [duplicate]
The charging port on my Acer laptop is dead, I thought it was the charger but I bought a new universal charger only to discover that the problem was the port on my laptop. The new charger has USB ...
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Can laptops run without a Cmos Battery
So while I start the process of getting a new cmos battery. Will my laptop run without one if I remove the old one? Since a lot of you said it might leak can I remove it and still run?
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Why do individual Keys on a notebook become hard to press? [closed]
From time to time some of the keys on my notebook stop working, unless I press them very hard. Those keys are also harder to press down.
I have had this problem on previous notebooks as well. ...
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Asus Laptop only booting into BIOS (help!)
Recently I closed my laptop, set it on a table then the next time I went to pick it up it went from boot up straight to the BIOS. I immediately pressed ESC and tried to exit. The computer would go ...
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Windows 7 Not Starting and System Repair Not Loading
I have a Dell Inspiron 1545 running Windows 7
When turning on my PC I keep receiving a black screen with the option to use System Repair or Start Normally. Both options lead me to the System Repair ...
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When replacing a laptop screen, can only the right OEM screens be used?
Suppose we try to install a screen of the wrong brand (e.g. one that is smaller or equal to the correct size). Suppose further that we somehow beat the mechanical/physical connection aspect of it into ...
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Thinkpad screen is blank
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad W500. A few days ago, the screen started going blank. Squeezing it generally caused it come back on. This progressed to the point where I had to squeeze it continuously to get ...
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Why won't my HP Elitebook 8450p turn on?
I suppose before I get into the details, I should provide a tl;dr. My HP Elitebook 8450p absolutely will not power on, under any circumstance.
A more detailed description of my problem:
I'm ...
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