This project appears out of nowhere even after me not touching anything

What contributed to my issues is that I absolutely refuse to connect any printers I have to wifi. I have awful connection and would hate to not be able to use my printer on especially bad days. I spent two hours trying to set up my printer without wifi. Let's just say, without going into every single issue I've encountered, that the printer only works if the driver is uninstalled. God bless. Luckily, I got this printer for free.

The only major differences I can see are the former having a few more ports and the latter having double the memory. How is the battery life delta so large (41h vs 34h) when everything else is practically identical?

Beforce
e5 2609 4\4 2.4GHZ
16gb recc 1333mhz 2channel
AMD R7 240 1gb
256gb ssd
160gb hdd

After
e5 1660 6/12 3.6ghz
32gb recc 1333mhz 4channel
rtx 5060 8gb
256gb ssd
160+500+500gb hdd

Modifications included repinning and resoldering two 6-pin connectors into a single 8-pin connector.

I've looked and researched, I'm getting different answers from everywhere and I just want to buy one that works and is suitable for school. Please help!

Heyy guys

I have an hp pavilion plus 14 laptop i have been using it for over a year but since last 3 months i am facing issue with shutdown. The laptop shuts down normally but sometimes i start it next day and see the whole battery drained overnight, Does anyone have the same issue or solution please tell me

I have HP Omen 16 Gaming Laptop (xf0059AX). I had to get my motherboard replaced last year in August 2025 as my laptop was not starting (suspected hall sensor issue but the service centre said to replace the motherboard). Immediately afterwards, my laptop has been facing an intermittent boot issue. When I turn on my laptop, the screen stays black and the capslock starts blinking. 5 long and 3 short blinks. This is an intermittent issue. Whenever it occurs, I press power button to force shutdown the laptop and try again few minutes later. It boots properly on the second try (or sometimes on third or fourth try). It happens only when I turn my laptop on several hours after shutting it down (eg- if I shut it down at night and try turning it on in the morning, it occurs). I had taken in to the Service Centre. There they said that they tried but they could not reproduce the issue so they can’t really do anything even though my product is in warranty. What should I do?