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My wired Dell mouse recently started phantom scrolling in Windows—scrolling down would jump back up several lines. I tried every fix (drivers, cleaning, settings) with no luck, so I tossed it and bought a Logitech Precision Pro Triathlon. Same issue. Switching the Logitech from “smooth scrolling” to the tactile wheel …

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Hey, I’m having some trouble with a power cable and could really use your help. I’m not sure what type or replacement would be best, but I need something reliable. Could you also recommend a good and trustworthy 3rd-party website where I can get a new one at a cheaper …

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Hey, I’m having some trouble with a power cable and could really use your help. I’m not sure what type or replacement would be best, but I need something reliable. Could you also recommend a good and trustworthy 3rd-party website where I can get a new one at a cheaper …

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Hey everyone, I wanted to start a discussion on something we all deal with—hardware and software problems. Over the years, I’ve learned that the key to solving issues efficiently isn’t just knowing tech—it’s having a systematic approach. Here’s what works for me: Always isolate the problem first – figure out …

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Getting started with any new platform can feel a bit overwhelming at first, but taking small steps makes the process much easier. One thing that has helped me is focusing on understanding how things work rather than trying to do everything at once. It’s useful to begin by exploring basic …

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How to dispose or repair a broken iMac? My iMac is broken how to dispose it in my area ? is it a possible to repair it and replace the screen with a similar one?

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I am required to convert several MBOX mailboxes into HTML files for internal review. The main concern is that all email headers and technical metadata must remain unchanged. What is the best way to convert MBOX to HTML in bulk without losing any header information?

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What's the most annoying hardware failure you've ever had and what did it teach you? I'll go first. Check your RAM and make backups of backups.

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Just a random thought: I remember growing up and every hardware or software product had a 1-800 number to free customer support. Nowadays, all the tools I use and pay a good chunk of money for (Cloudflare, etc.) offer no support whatsoever. It seems as if most companies feel like …

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I'll give you the method first, then the full on rant after (feel free to skip the rant). I had to do a rebuild of my wife's ASUS Flipbook today. Because I was unable to do a reset-to-factory I had to use a Microsoft ISO. Short version - during setup …

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hi guys Black screen appears when I try to use my laptop webcam. I’ve already: Uninstalled and reinstalled the webcam driver[.](null) Checked privacy settings to ensure the webcam is enabled. Checked for hardware changes. Despite these efforts, the issue persists. I have an interview coming up and urgently need to …

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Hi everyone, I have two relatively new Windows 10 PCs, both running NM, but they are on different networks. One of the PC has a VPN connection to the same network as the other. I can connect via the VPN and use traditional Remote Desktop without issues, but when I …

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Well, I have a Dell Inspiron 5558 and it has been a great laptop for me, after few years I got a crack in the lcd back cover and the hinges were not in good condition so I decided to change it myself, I watched some videos about replacing the …

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i am doing a project which focus on the detection of the railway of the RGV system. the system can be seen as the situation that there is a car on the railway and it has IMU,i need the 3D acceleration sensors to collect z axis data to analyse wether …

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My laptop seldom leaves my house. When I am not using it I close the lid to put it into sleep mode. I also close the lid when carrying it to another room (or perhaps into the backyard hammock). This causes a minor inconvenience as every time I open the …

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Sunday morning I turn on my computer and I see it’s blinking on and off. Normally it blinks on and off to like boot up or something. I connect my dell laptop to my external monitor. I use a cable with hdmi and the display part on the other side. …

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My System Model is HP EliteBook 840 G3 and core i5 On my Laptop this WhatsApp/WhatsApp Beta is literally not running. When I open WhatsApp/WhatsApp Beta It just only show logo of WhatsApp its just stuck on the same Logo screen of WhatsApp. It does not show me any other …

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i dont know i used my pc last mornign and then i came back at night from work to use it i turn on the pc it blinks the light twice and not giving any signal i dont know what happend , i know that if ram or other hardaware …

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One night I turned off my computer. The next day it wouldnt turn on. The power light comes on and blinks rapidly, now I cant get it to turn off or on. There is no boot up, no nothing. I real new to messing with computers so Ive been hesitant …

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I'm dealing with an Optiplex GX280 that was randomly freezing and then randomly shutting down. After a little bit it stopped turning on altogether and the only things that would happen were that I would get a yellow light and I could here the CPU fan speeding up to it's …

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Hi, I have a Lenovo Legion 5 laptop that I got into the advanced bios of (way past my warranty btw) and have overclocked the memory so far to 3600MT/s and am looking to move the vsoc value from the 0.925-0.93V to 1V however my bios doesn’t show simple numbers, …

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NEC Mate PC power led light keeps on blinking after i plug in the power cord. May i ask what seems to be the problem? Thank you

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I was playing some Vr when the game suddenly froze. I went over to my Pc and everything was frozen, I couldn't move the mouse, and the keyboard wasn't doing anything. I tried to turn it off from the power button and that wasn't doing anything. After around 5 minutes …

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Every time I turn on the power supply it makes a fast but pretty quiet clicking noise then the cpu cooler fan and power button blink rapidly and the cpu cooler fan turns on and off like it’s giving small surges of power Not sure what’s happening. It’s my first …

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Hey, I am facing this problem from yesterday and I was just using my pc like normally and I plyggin my wifi adapter and speakers but suddenly a BSOD came and it restarted my pc a few times, I tried the automatic repair but after that my pc won't boot …

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And I almost started a fire tinkering with my computer. Please advise. Have a desktop that sat in a dusty shortage unit for the last 1.5 years and after dusting it off I tried it today. Nothing happens when I hit the power button. It's a nice computer I bought …

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Hi all... I have a problem with the computer not booting from the hard drive, where as if I look at the BIOS setup the hard drive is recognized. I'm using a motherboard from Asus H110M-E M2 thanks for advance

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My computer's monitor is showing no signal and cpu's red light blinks a few seconds after me switching on cpu.i had used it a day before with no problem.os is windows 8.1.

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So you've lost access to your data through hardware failure or accidental erasure. What do you do? Like most cyber-warriors you naturally turn to the Internet, be that via a Google search or YouTube video, for help. That's a big mistake says [Kroll Ontrack](https://www.krollontrack.co.uk/blog/), a data recovery specialist, as self-inflicted …

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Recently I Bought Asus Motherboard (model P5RD1-VM).I Put This Motherboard And Connected It With All Parts.when I Started The Pc Everything Went Well. I Have Installed All The Necessary Softwares And After The Pc Runs For About Two Hours I Turned It Off. The Problem Now Is When I Pluuged …

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When I pressed the on button, it started for a second and then stopped. It then repeated this process every 4 or 5 seconds without me touching the on button again. before the problem I was have Intel core 2 duo E5700 Motherbord : G41m sp20 ms-7592 I replaced the …

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My Dell Optiplex 760 won't start but the start button blinks twice then waits for about 3 seconds and blinks once more before it repeats the process. The numbers 1 and 3 also appear every time the power button blinks. Can anyone tell me what it means. Already tried disconnecting …

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With Windows 7 I got something weird. In Windows 10 I get it again. In Linux I don't get it. "It" is some noise on the desktop. It looks like this: [https://ibb.co/S0KvJLy ](https://ibb.co/S0KvJLy) Anybody able to help?

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How do I pull ascii files or folders off a server I am remoted into? For the first time in my life as a software developer I am tasked to remote in by VPN (sort of) to a server where ASP code resides. I want to copy and paste the …

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So I have a PC running windows 2000 that I need to take pictures off of, but the keyboard and mouse won’t work pass the bios. I’m pretty sure it wants me to install the drivers for them but I can’t exactly do that without a keyboard and mouse. Can …

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When booting up my Acer Aspire 1690 laptop the fan starts but then quits after about 5 seconds. The system starts up nicely (OS starts up) it just doesn't have a fan anymore which basically renders the laptop useless. I already tried to clean the fan with compressed air and …

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I have an hp pavilion dv2000, after I installed windows 7 on it it was loading up till the last step, but it required a restart which I granted but since then it has refuse to load up again, it will attempt loading windows but it will only display " …

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Hey guys, I have a Compaq presario C700 which is quite old. There was a power fluctuation at place due to which the laptop was shut down suddenly. It is not starting up now, nor is the fan working. When I switch it on, the led lights pop up, but …

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Write a program which asks the user to open a bank account either Current or Savings. Your program will display the following menu at the start: Press 1 for Current Account Press 2 for Savings Account On the selection of account type, the user will open an account by providing …

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I have a Gateway P6822 that has been upgraded with an SSD running Win 10 64 bit. Recently it started hanging on the startup screen. This is the screen that apears after pressing the power button that says press F2 for bios setup and F10 for Boot options. Sometimes it …

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dell inspiron 2200 power led is on and the fan is spinning, internal hdd is on (i can feel its vibration and ticking on start) but there is no picture on display (even the dell logo is not showing). I can touch the gpu chip and is getting a little …

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Hi. Just bought a new pc,intel i7 2600 (integrated intel hd 2000),4x2 ram,1tb hdd. Worked normal for a couple of hours of gaming (ETS2,idk if its cpu heavy)then suddenly it turned off.Waited for a couple of minutes then it turned back on normally. Weird i thought but alright. After some …

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Hello everyone dont know if you can see this message but im having a problem with my graphics card its a AMD Radeon R9 290 x trio , was working fine today until i took it out and seated it back in place , my pc turns on but theres …

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My Lenovo laptop isn't working so I dug out my old HP pavilion DV9000 to see if I could get this one up and running and the problem is this. After I power on the blue lights come on and the fan comes on but the screen remains black then …

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Hi I I have a Lenovo ideapad and numbers 5 and 6 don't work on either the top row or the right hand side and I need these numbers for my system password to start windows so an external keyboard is no good either. Pls help.

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Hi, So I have a system with the ryzen 2700x the motherboard is the Aorus b450 pro. in terms of power I have a Seasonic Focus GX-850 Now the problem. basically I render a lot on my PC so it is often on. Woke up this morning, my PC had …

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Hey my power supply blew I’m wondering if there’s a way to check my gpu or cpu etc if it’s fine. I’m hoping nothing happened to them cause i just finished upgrading them. My fault for using a older psu But is there a quick way to check.

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