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Laptop Docking Station not detecting HDMI Monitor when connected via type C cord
I have a Lenovo Legion laptop and a dell monitor. Also have seperate keyboard and mouse which i use for gaming.
I bought the Dock by Honeywell(https://amzn.eu/d/1gtN4ZN), which comes with a small Type ...
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Laptop always turns itself on again
Since yesterday my Laptop won't turn off anymore. When I shut it down, it takes a few seconds and then it turns itself on again. Doesn't matter if I let it boot and shutdown again, or turn it of in ...
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Eee PC 900 dies quickly regardless of battery
I received an old Eee PC 900. It works fine, except the battery charges and discharges really quickly (under an hour).
I thought this was an issue with the battery, so I bought a new one with about ...
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Laptop stops and starts charging randomly
I have an ASUS laptop and it randomly starts and stops charging without moving the cables. The battery is brand new and seems to be working fine. The DC Adapter is professionally tested and seems to ...
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Laptop wont Switch on.. Power button LED Blinks when I press power button
My Laptop is Lenovo T430. Tried following steps with No luck.
Refer to my Video here.
Try charging the Battery to Full
Remove Battery and tried booting it with Power directly.
Changed the Keyboard.
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Ran power through a USB port- am I out of luck?
I'd like to preface this by saying I'm an idiot.
Long story short, I stuck my Acer Aspire V's power cable into one of its USB ports and the computer unceremoniously died. Plugging it in shows no ...
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Accidentally got a little bit of water in uninterruptible power supply outlet; just let it dry, or trash it?
So, I had some water in my home office, I know that wasn't very responsible, but let's not point any fingers here. Long story short, a bit of water ended up spritzed onto some of the actual plugs of ...
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Agghhh! UPS Back-Up, Laptop Charger, Sparks
Boy… ok. This is so frustrating! Ok so, I've been getting a whole lot of problems with the electrical grid here lately: spikes, surges, lows, brown-outs, all kinds of problems, it's terrible, short-...
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Battery reports it's fine, but notebook won't boot /wo AC plugged in
I am running Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra M5-581TG. I opened it up to clean (as I've done twice before), assembled it back and now observe weird behaviour: the laptop won't react to the power button ...
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What is the function/purpose of the pinhole on the battery of a Samsung Series 5 ultrabook?
Some background (not entirely relevent to main question): I can't find my specific model of laptop online but it has all the same specs as this excluding the touchscreen: http://bit.ly/18netZQ
It's a ...
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Debugging a laptop that won't turn on
When laptop won't turn on, how do I figure out which of these issues might it be?
Power Button
The AC plug
The Motherboard
Are there some tools or ways to debug and narrow down the cause. And how ...
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Compaq Presario CQ40 unexpected turn off
My Compaq Presario CQ40 (yeah, its pretty old) suddenly turns off after about 1/2 - 1 hour usage without any notice or warning. The power cable and adapter works fine (indicator bulbs show that power ...
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