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Hi Wolfie Wolf What I think that you had just replaced the defective hdd with a new hdd with no OS installed. Get a usb thumbdrive, 8GB or greater and use another PC to make a win10 usb installer. Follow the below steps to make win10 installler. How to Create a USB boot drive for Windows 10 Maintain in UEFI settings on your bios, and secure boot on. once the usb has been created, allow it to boot from usb and follow the instructions to perform os installation. run windows update to complete some drivers updates / gaps. if you are unsure, update us here. we will be glad to help you.

Hi @gliittzer Sometimes due to OS issues / configuration, resetting the PC is not possible. You may need to reinstall windows from scratch, IMO is the best option. (1) Get a USB stick, 8GB or higher (2) Go to microsoft website to download windows 10, https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/software-download/windows10 which will prepare your usb stick to win10 setup installer. (3) boot the prepared win10 usb installer and perform clean install, delete all partition, install win10 (4) once setup is completed, connect to the network and install necessary drivers which you can try by running windows update first. (5) once the system is ready, you may consider updating your bios to the latest revision.

Hi @evanlei1 IMO normally this kind of “no brand” SD card product lifespan is quite short (limited write lifespan) I had threw away alot of those “gift” sd cards due to card error. Test with another known working memory card to see if it works. if there are important data, you might need to send in to professional service for recovery. (Note: It does not come cheap) What is your model of your panasonic camera? check on the product specs of what size and sd card it is supported.. some reputable brands, e.g. samsung, kingston, lexar, sandisk you can consider for replacement.

Hi Bea uwu there are some ways to try, On the device manager, what is the manufacturer and model of the wifi card? (1) try updating the wifi drivers manually. # check if the antenna cable is connected properly to the wifi card (1) if you have a spare wifi card, swap and see if it works. (2) if the signal is still bad with the swapped wifi card, there is a possibility the internal antenna could be faulty. you may follow the below guide, page 7 for the wifi card location http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c01...

Hi @physicsworld Since you mentioned that your speakers are about 7 years old, suggest you to check carefully on the speaker if there are any signs of foam rot. just sharing that I had repaired on my altec lansing mx5021 satellite speakers, which was also affected by foam rot. some example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4X9yKEF...

what is your model of your computer'? Sounds like the hard disk might be having issues to get detected in the computer, thus causing this "freezing" suggest you to take this hard disk out and test it 1. on a docking / enclosure 2. on another computer, set the hard disk to slave, and observe it it stalls too on another computer.

Hi Sara Bdj I would suggest you to take out the lcd module and check on the labels behind for the manafacturer information. you might have luck in sourcing the panels in aliexpress.

Hi @benjaminh Since you mentioned your laptop is about three years old, Well it is possible for worn batteries if you keep using, charge, and recharge. Furthermore it is a built in battery. 2hours for this battery age IMO it is quite good, my company users cannot hold more than one hour. but of course, it also depends on the configuration of the computer and usage. you can check on your battery health in the bios page. Power ON computer, press F2 quickly Select General > battery information More more information to check on your battery health and diagnostic, check on the provided link below https://www.dell.com/support/article/en-al/sln143156/how-to-check-battery-health-status-on-dell-laptops?lang=en

Hi @wp2020 This is actually a good question, if you search around, there are many people bashing MS about this. As for me, during the years of my IT services, I had also encountered some fair share of issues, I will focus more on the USB dongles than the bluetooth. (1) Dongle Broken - Seems no replacement for that time. Keyboard and Mouse are almost mint condition, user is careless to hit the dongle and it broke. (2) Lost Dongle - Also no replacement which I can order and pair to new again. (3) * Multiple Microsoft peripherals, e.g. keyboard and mouse, using individual usb, which is using up the usb ports. IMO this creates alot of E waste and paper weight. This is one of reason, not brand promoting, I choose logitech products with unifying which have many advantages. Based on the search, users are also venting their frustration about non user replacement and to be hardcoded and pair at factory...

Hi @thattonybo Welcome to ifixit To clean up thermal paste, normally i use IPA, to remove old thermal paste. For thermal paste, It is recommended to get good one, if possible, e.g. Arctic Silver 5 e.g CoolerMaster MasterGel Pro

This is nostalgic, most will also remember the epic PS1 startup sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXF9zRqZ...

Not mentioned some people are very “creative”, doing mods breaking away those Sony Games protection at that time.

AFAIK, different sets apart from languages, some video output, e.g. NTSC, PAL.

Tips: Either use a multimeter or use a CR2032 battery to test the LED before soldering in :)))