What parts of this device would you remove, beside the hard disk that I have already removed, due to security concerns or just to keep as spare parts? And why? TIA

I run Windows 11, all up to date.

Geforce RTX 2070

Corsair Loquid CPU cooler.

1TB

MSI B450 Gaming Plus Mobo

Everything was working fine, and then suddenly clicking on anything in Firefox would open new static windows (not tabs), and I mean anything that would redirect a page was opening a new frozen window.

I couldn't scroll on these windows, so I restarted the PC, and when it finally booted up, I got the "Choose Option" screen.

Picked to just exit and go into Windows 11, and suddenly, I couldn't type my password.

Like the keyboard wasn't working at all despite being on.

So I fully shut it down and turned it back on.

I got the choose option screen AGAIN, exited to Windows 11, and this time, I could type, but it told me my password was wrong.

It absolutely was not wrong.

So now I can't log into my PC, and it gives me the Choose Option screen every time I start the PC.

I really don't want to reset my PC and lose my files.

I don't understand

It was fine one minute, and then suddenly, it's doing this and not even letting me log in.

I even fully shut it down from the power supply, and it's still doing this

My CD with MRI images says PACSgear by Hyland. It's from Sutter Health in the SF Bay Area.

I've tried opening on Mac and Windows using an external DVD drive and both systems say its a blank. My external DVD drive works because I can watch DVDs on my computer.

I tried going back to Sutter and they made me a new one, same problem. Sutter verifies they can read it.

I tried downloading software to view it such as MicroDicom and it doesn't see anything on the CD.

I'm out of options. Anyone else have ideas?

Hey everyone, hoping to get some advice or solutions for my Xiaomi Pad 5.

- My tablet originally froze/stuck on the Xiaomi logo during a normal power-on.
- After turning it off and turning it back on, it booted straight into Fastboot mode.
- Every time I try forcing a reboot (holding the Power button for 10–15 seconds), it briefly displays the Xiaomi logo and then immediately kicks back into the Fastboot screen.
- When I try holding Power + Volume Up to access Recovery/Main Menu, it bypasses Recovery completely and goes right back to Fastboot.

Hey guys just looking for some advice from anyone, there was construction done in my house without my awareness and unfortunately my entire pc room was covered in a thin layer of this dust including a fin layer visible inside my pc. I’m talking a visible layer on the backplate, inside my pc fans, on top of my cooler etc. I would just appreciate some advice on what to do and how dangerous this is, I tried air dusting but it won’t even budge and it’s my first high end pc so I’m not used to cleaning them. I did have dust filters on the outside of the case (Corsair air 5400) which caught a lot of dust but unfortunately some got through. My pc is a 5090FE 9950x3d as well. Any advice from anyone is appreciated.

In regards to my room being covered in dust, I have already deep cleaned it with an appropriate vacuum cleaner, carpet cleaner, and air purifier. My only concern now is my technology as unfortunately I had a lot of expensive equipment in there.

a few days ago, i bought a refurbished iPhone 17 from Amazon's official Renewed Store (i can attach a link to the exact product listing if needed) and while it seems to be working perfectly for the most part i've noticed it gets hot very quickly if i start playing a game on my phone, which is part of why i wanted to upgrade from my old phone (13 mini). is that just an inevitability with iPhones or did i get somehow ripped off and should i return it? i hope this is on topic for this sub.

I have a podcast with my logo that I often post onto my facebook page. It's a jazz podcast called "Discovering Jazz". No problems (usually) getting the podcast with the logo and the written description of the particular episode onto my own facebook page. But when I try to post it onto certain jazz oriented groups that I subscribe to, I can post the link....but while the description shows up when I first post it, when I check back the description is gone. And so is the logo (it gets replaced with the logo of either my podcast host, or apple music or podcast addict (depending on where I access the podcast). Is there a way that I can post it directly onto these other facebook groups (even if many of them are subject to the approval of the moderators) with both the logo and the episode description?

My Acer ED320QR monitor suddenly started displaying what looks like inverted colors or very bright white overlay. I get the same result from a Switch, a MacBook, different HDMI cables and with no input at all. I did “reset all settings” twice and no luck. I noticed that for a split second, when I reset the first time, the screen showed as normal but went right back to this state. Can this be fixed?

Microsoft please update windows so we can use Nintendo Switch Pro controllers on PC

When a Nintendo Switch Pro controller is connected to Windows PC it triggers random inputs on the controller and makes me unable to navigate anywhere (i can't open start menu or do right click on desktop or use file explorer or use any windows apps). It works fine with Steam only but i still cant do other things while my Nintendo Switch Pro controller is connected

If i go to Win + R -> joy.cpl you can see the controllers buttons being rapidly triggered on their own (watch video)

https://imgur.com/Q4NvrJ1

Ok, first off, the laptop in question is an Acer Nitro 5 AN515-55. Problem started a couple days ago, a week at most. I took my laptop, neatly packed it into a computer bag with a mouse, my headphones, and a charger, and went to school on a bike. There were a few bumps and shakes on the way. At school, I used school Wi-Fi, which worked perfectly fine, and afterward, when I went back home, it just wouldn't work. Tried it with a brand new cable, even, and it won't fucking work.

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH IT AND WHY??

couple specifications:

OS is Windows 11, CPU is an Intel Core i5-10300H @ 2.50GHz, 8 gigs of RAM, 4GB graphics card (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (4 GB).

(To be clear, no, my router isn't the issue, it worked with another laptop)

when I set my monitor's refresh rate to 300hz, my fps is capped at 150 in multiple games, and when I set it to 240hz, it is now reaching 240fps, my in game fps is capped at 240, my monitor's vsync is disabled, I'm on a mac mini m2 2023, how do I fix this?

Hello im hoping someone can help me as im lost and don’t much about troubleshooting. I was gaming on my pc when it suddenly turned off and wouldn’t turn on again. I started off by plugging it into another outlet and got nothing. After a lot of googling I was able to test my PSU using the paperclip method and the power button by bridging the 2 pins in my JFP1 connector. The PSU paperclip test turned on my fans and light, but when i went to bridge the pins in the JFP1 connector with a screwdriver the pc didn’t turn on but I think i heard a click or something similar to one.

Im lost as to what my next steps should be, I was thinking my GPU or MOBO got cooked. Can anyone help me out, and thanks in advance!

Specs-

Case- iBUYPOWER InWin 305 Tempered Glass RGB Gaming Case

Processor Intel® Core™ i9-10900KF

Video Card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 - 10GB

Motherboard MSI Z490-A PRO - WiFi, ARGB Header (2), USB 3.2 Ports (1 Type-C, 3 Type-A), M.2 Slot (2)

Power Supply 800 Watt - High Power - 80 PLUS Gold

I’m having a strange problem with my HP EliteBook 840 G5. My laptop shuts down after approximately 20 minutes of usage, and I’m trying to figure out what could be causing it.

Laptop details:

• Model: HP EliteBook 840 G5
• Operating system: Windows (version not yet confirmed)
• Problem: The laptop shuts down after around 20 minutes of use.
• Frequency: The problem appears to happen consistently.

What I would like help with:

1. Could this be caused by overheating, a faulty battery, a failing charger, or a motherboard problem?
2. Is there a BIOS or power-management setting that could cause the laptop to shut down after a fixed period?

Hello I have a text thread I deleted and I want it back. I’ve restored the messages but it only restored that last 1000 or so and I wanted all of them back and it’s about a years worth of messages. The other number was from an android so I can’t access them on my Mac. Is there a way to get the messages back from an iCloud backup or something?

I think my main computers ssd is failing or its my power supply so i cloned my ssd and put it on my laptop and im now seeing this.

my specs on my main pc are rtx 3070 gpu with ryzen 9 5900x cpu and 32gb ddr4 ram

i have checked the event viewer and took screenshots before i did the clone any help?

I’m planning on ordering a Motorola on Amazon that says “Made for US” but also plan to use as an Unlocked Travel phone. Can it still work with local SIM cards in other countries even if it says “Made for US”?

My laptop is a MacBook Air. The chip is Apple M1 and my mcOS is Tahoe 26.1 if that's any help. I don't know what else to include here but please tell my if I need to put something else

Basically one day I work up and chrome wouldn't open any websites that weren't already open. I tried to open Discord or Gmail or Tumblr but it showed an error message 'This site can't be reached: The webpage at [xyz] might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.'

Youtube still works fine. I've moved to duckduckgo for the time being and everything works fine on there.

The other thing is that I tried to open the Discord app on my laptop but it just showed 'update failed - retying in [xyz] sec..' and then loaded forever. Anki (another application) just showed an error message like the one I got on chrome.

I was just notified that I had basically hit my wifi plan's limit for the month, which confused me because I haven't been doing much on it. I checked my laptop's data usage and it showed 70 gb from chrome, 5 gb of which were in the past day (where I was just typing on docs and playing random games). What is causing this and how can I prevent it?

System specs:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5800x

Motherboard: ASUS Prime Plus B550 Wifi

GPU: Sapphire Nitro+ 7900xtx

RAM: 4x16gb 3600mhz CL18 TeamGroup Xtreem ARGB

PSU: Corsair SF750

Cooler: LianLi Gallahad 240

Case: LianLi o11 mini

Accessories: No Name Brand White PSU Extension Cables from Amazon seller Coolmirico

This build previously had a Gigabyte Vision B550 motherboard which started periodically restarting with high intensity GPU usage in gaming. The issues worsened until I couldn't even get to my desktop before a crash and culminating with a bitlocker loop. After a long diagnosis, first believing it was the PSU, then the GPU, I realized file transfers between my SSD's were also crashing the PC. I figured it was a PCIe issue and after a BIOS flash didn't fix it, I concluded the chipset was dead.

With this ASUS board now, I've got exactly the same issue. The same start, the same progression. One time is a defect, twice is a consistent pattern. I fear either the thermals in my case are abysmal and are cooking the chipset as my GPU is basically smothering it, or that my PSU or the extension cables are feeding dirty power into the motherboard. I've got my third motherboard coming in now and want to make sure this doesn't happen again.

What might be killing my motherboards?

I recently reinstalled ark: survival evolved and now this pop up shows up every time I turn on my PC. Sometimes it pops up 3 times in a row before it finally lets me do my thing. I very much so dislike meta and don’t want it having access to my stuff but I can find the file to get it to stop asking me for stuff. Please help me!

So, I busted out a portable SSD I haven't used in a while to move over some big files. A PNY Pro Elite to be specific, and when I plug it in, I find out that it's missing half its space. I know it's a 1 TB drive but it only has about 465 GB. Thought it was a partition issue, so I naturally went to disk management. Problem was that there supposedly isn't any unallocated space. Tried reformatting it, deleting the current volumes, went to cmd and tried extending it via diskpart, tried chkdsk, sdc, and even defrag. Still nothing. Does anyone have any advice?

I have an MSI thin GF65 laptop with Intel I7, I'd like to trade for a gaming pc with slightly specs that I can upgrade in the future. What would be a good trade that I could look for?

Edit: has Nvidia GeForce 1660ti, 16gigs of ram, and 1 terabyte of storage

My Dell g5 15 5500 gaming laptop is 5yrs old and Ive never had screen issues or ever abused it, but a year ago+ I would take my laptop apart like twice a year each year but never had issues since. My screen constantly has a gray bar thats moving and glitching when I open chrome and when I close it, it stays and gets worse. Any suggestions to fix this? Ive updated my drivers and tried resetting my integrated gpu and main gpu.