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Hello, please what does it mean when a very old Samsung Galaxy S smartphone with old battery (7 years old Made in China) says it is charging, yet the battery charging level stays at same low percentage value of 8-9% for 5+ hours? Phone started today randomly shutting down (power cycling) from...

Hello, i have mentioned some ways that failed and one that worked here: https://hardforum.com/threads/migrate-veracrypt-system-boot-partition-to-a-different-smaller-drive.2010090/post-1045254513 Now I am in similar situation 500GB HDD Windows 8 to 128GB SSD asking You if you know any...

Hello, after several recent boots of Linux Debian one of the two SSD Samsung QVO drives is not detected correctly. Sometimes help to turn off/on USB dock. This time it not helped - "lsblk" command not shown one of the drives for a few minutes. "sudo journalctl -rg sdb" shown: $ sudo partprobe...

Hello, some person possibly found bad blocks on a SD card using "badblocks -n -v /dev/mmcblk0" command https://help.endian.com/hc/en-us/articles/218146758-Verify-if-the-micro-SD-card-is-corrupt ( -n Use non-destructive read-write mode.) I do not know yet if that non-destructive write means...

Hello, there was Windows 10 on a HDD and in BIOS (Lenovo Flex 2) i have set HDD password which was asked before boot. Now after i have used dd command to restore different operating system to drive, and reboot to check if it worked (it did), i have found that there is HDD password prompt and...

If you have issue with a video card not displaying anything or computer starting and stopping continuously in couple of seconds succession here are ideas and what helped: I may have confused it, but i hope i remember right what i did What i have tried and FAILED: It happened to me that i have...

Hello, on my desktop computer (detail) i turn it on sometimes to play for an hour or two game, but in maybe 40% cases (every other day or so) happen that computer freeze during gameplay (seen no freeze during game not running, though it is minimum time computer running without game): - screen...

Hello, i am having 120GB Windows 7 system partition on a 1TB drive. This partition is encrypted using Veracrypt system encryption. I need to put this 120GB partition on a different smaller (160GB) drive. According to this tutorial, i have booted live system and ran Linux disk cloning for a few...

HP DeskPro 405 G6 DM ( https://support.hp.com/hr-en/document/c06955645 ). In this case 23H62EA with 872E board AM4 socket. Here are images how to disassemble the computer, it may help someone. First, Regarding RAM upgrades, check this thread. Regarding BIOS update: BIOS (F1 key), BIOS main...

Hello, i was testing computer HP 405 G6 https://support.hp.com/hr-en/document/c06955645 with Crucial Ballistix 2x32GB RAM (PN BL32G32C16S4B.M16FB1) The issue with this Crucial Ballistix is that this PC does not fully support it and downclock it to 2667MHz (reported in BIOS and in OS). Also i had...

Please kindly how exactly to increase the Windows 10 limit so the apps (in this case Python script) does not complain like: "OSError: cannot watch more than 1024 sockets"? System Explorer tool shows that i am using around 65000 handles. This number seems familiar to me to some kind of limit or...

Hello, this issue do not go away: seemingly similar BSOD's, game freezing for a second sometimes, and displayed screen image defects. Regarding screen defects - these may not be related to BSOD, these defects happen when i connect the monitor to both mine computers at same time thru the HDMI...

It happened like third time. I already seen partition/filesystem "damage" that i was unable to recover. But this time reconnect worked. In aim to discover some detail i gathered some data and for privacy reason i post it here on external site protected by passw0rd "pc". If you have a few...

Hello, any mini PCs (energy and space efficient computer) in 2020 with performance CPUs like AMD Renoir 7nm CPU 4800U (17K passmark) and RAM support 64GB ? So far i know about ASUS PN50 which i sold with Ryzen 4800U (one of the highest performance Renoirs) and possibly at the end of the year the...

This issue has a solution described a few posts below! :) Hello, the Linux system drive (HDD) has two bad blocks (or parts within it) - HD Tune and Minitool partition wizard reported it and SMART shows 2 pending sectors and 4 offline uncorrectable. If i understand correctly, i may want to let...

Hello, i am having several computers and one USB 3.0 hub (has its own optional power supply) and this hub PCB (printed circuit board) may have short circuit or be somehow electicaly damaged. How likely it is that when i connect this hub to the USB port of the computer and connect USB flash...

Hello, the laptop has USB 2.0 port, and sometimes happen than the connected fan speed change. I notice 2 speeds only (nothing in between). Do not know if the issue is computer or the USB fan peripheral. Fan has no way switch to define different speed. I checked Windows 10 Device manager...

I have found i am unable to access directory on the drive. So i disconnected the drive (USB 3.0 cable of the dock station) and then i have found that the computer's USB 3.0 connector that was used to connect that drive is unable to recognize this drive and other USB 3.0 flash drive, but IS able...

My new Seagate HDD ST16000NM001G-2KK103 manufacturer mention maximum temperature gradient should be 20°C per hour (operational and non-operational). In first 15 minutes of a runtime it is roughly 15°C up from non operational temperature 23°C. Then on shutdown, the temperature is 50°C (maximum...

Hi, i have sold the working HDD and the buyer says the drive is unstable making non standard sounds, once he was able to see the drive and begin formating, which not completed due to "Windows was unable to complete the format". Drive sometimes not appeared in "This computer", showing as unknown...

Hello, i read some comparison from which i discovered that the best defragmenter should be MyDefrag and other decent defragmenter also UltraDefrag. I defragmented the files, but thinking about aligning the files as it contains some gaps. Problem is that there are two files that are larger than...

Hello, Hello, can anyone please comment on the comparison of the HDD Seagate Exos X16 16TB ST16000NM001G-2KK103 results between SATAII, USB 2 and USB 3? from left to right: SATAII, USB2, USB3 The drive should have not been utilized by any other process and was empty during the tests. In...

Hello, if i want to share video from my Windows 10 PC game, which software should i use so it does not do any resource hungry encoding? My CPU is old Xeon which does NOT support VP8, VP9, HEVC (x265) and such video codecs. Maybe it should be some RAW format or the format. What SW do you suggest...

This is classic (big size) SIM card slot (no nano, no micro). I input the SIM card frame (adaptor?) without micro SIM card in the frame and the frame got stuck and the slot got apparently damaged when i removed the SIM rame with force, because, i have not used hack to remove it safely: Result...

Hello, on WIndows 10 when i connected another external HDD to my USB hub, it somehow interuped connection to one of my earliíer connected drives. Now when i reconnect the hub and that drive, it shown empty drive, no files on it. I tried to connect directly to different USB port of my computer...

CrystalDiskMark benchmark comparison of the following HDDs: ST500LT012-1DG142(500GBSeagate 2.5") 50EZRZ-00GZ5B1(5TB WD Elements) WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0(8TB WD Elements) WD7500AYPS-01ZKB0(750 GB WD RE2 GP Green) If i see correctly, the 8TB drive when comparing to 5TB one, allows more IOPs (can...

Hello, i want to speak up about my problem i am long time thinking about and unable to solve despite of searching and also asking on other sites. Sumary is in the title of this page. Currently i am having Windows system that i do not want to leave. I need to store around 7TB of data and...

Hello, my windows computer frozen (literary, no error, no reaction) and no longer start i am going to bring it for repair. The issue is that the drive which is a full disk encrypted drive using VeraCrypt was not cleanly dismounted and now in Linux the Veracrypt volume mounted, but files...

Hello, i think my keyboard draws too much power because numerous times a day it disconnect and then connects again. Especialy it disconnects when i turn the wheel to increase backlight intensity and then can not hold conencted when intensity is high. QUESTION: i am thinking about this, can i...

Hello, i read the https://www.delidded.com/lga-771-to-775-adapter/4/ showing it is possible to use socket 771 CPU on 775 motherboard. I checked motherboard FSB to match my CPU and motherboard max CPU TDP to support it. MB: Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R rev. 1.1 (socket 775) CPU: Xeon E5430 (stepping...

Hello, i have a reduction where the DVI female connector has only 11 PINs (on the image highlighted in red). On the image are also other pins, but i used that image only to illustrate which pins my DVI connector has (only those in red), on other side of the reduction is D-SUB connector male like...

Hello, i have opportunity to buy HP Pavilion G6-2170ec laptop and i want to ask if it will fit/work to replace its AMD Radeon HD 7670M/2GB by the Nvidia GeForce 840M ? Can You link to some website which shows/compares these graphics cards dimensions/socket types so one see whether it will fit...

I have several computers (ARM, Intel, AMD) and want to make a cloud of them mainly to have more CPU power. Then the resulting virtual machine i will use to setup Windows 10 on it (Intel architecture needed) and use it for my desktop work. Is it possible? Any simple to setup, free solution for...

Hello, on Lenovo FLex 2 is IPS display, it was repaired because of various issues with the image, example: screen displays everything with majority of purple/violet color when i minimised some window, the display continue to display white color like it remember when there was a window also it...

Hello, i do not understand why procexp64.exe tried to connect my SSH server (remote, located in different country) via SSH port. I am running an terminal client (putty alternative - kitty) where is established connection to this server. It looks strange to me why this app would try to connect...

Hello, i think (not sure) in batch scripts one can use: start "" /MIN "C:\Windows\System32\taskmgr.exe" (maybe use /B instead of /MIN) but when i use Win.+R it do not seem to accept "start". The process i want to run opens a windows shell/terminal and when i close terminal, the app...

Hello, how does this WIndows 10 feature works? To switch one Windows account to another without closing running apps of the user? Mainly i want old account processes to fully stop eating my CPU and fully cease any network activity. Does it work that way that processes are "frozen"?

Hello, my Windows 10 + 5400RPM HDDs built in search is too slow to be effectively used, even in "indexed" locations. i was thinking about some replacement that can show results (file names search, not content search - that i do not need much) maybe instantly or about disabling indexing of...

Hello, my i5 CPU is having problem to keep up with me playing CPU hungry game and also processing other Windows 10 tasks like P2P application. When i end other apps, game has no lagging. I am almost sure problem is CPU, not HDD not GPU, not RAM, because i see CPU usage in tray icon when game is...

Hello, i am using my HDD on Windows 10 and the SW's like NoCLone or mklink or Duplicate Commander allow me to create hardlinks and symlinks (.symlink file type), i can also create a shortcut. Hardlink can be done only across one filesystem/drive. Though i want to ask when in future i move my...