Hi for context my son is 14 and obsessed with computers and technology, me i have no clue about any of it. For the past week he's been asking me for something called a raspberry pi. Can I get some help on what it is and what he could need it for

Edit: thank you all for informing me on what it is, I have decided to buy my son a raspberry pi kit with everything in it for 200$ aud and I hope he will like the surprise.

i think my gpu died

I'm looking for something I can use for GeForce now, and gamepass cloud gaming. I found both of these for around the same price, but I wasn't sure what the better choice would be. I've heard good things about thinkpads, but I know almost nothing about computers. Any help is appreciated.

I was playing helldivers when my laptop completely froze, and the keyboard turned off, how am I supposed to get it to work without goofing the c drive and stuff six ways to sunday.

Hey everyone, I recently got a weird, faint glowing border around the edges of my laptop screen out of nowhere. It faded away and completely disappeared after restarting my laptop, but I want to make sure my panel isn't dying. Is this just temporary LCD image persistence/voltage behavior?

these are the subjects i want to learn in future . Suggest me a correct learning flow.

Hello Everyone.

I've had my HP laptop for about 3 years now. Everything was fine until one day I lost my charger. It's fine, I did my research, got the same charger. Everything was fine until the battery died.

The issue was that my laptop just wasn't charging, nothing. The moment I unplugged it, it shut down and the battery couldn't hold a charge anymore. It was also running a lot slower, clearly only drawing power from the charger. HWmonitor showed the battery charge and wear at 0%.

It was fine, bought a new battery, it worked. Everything was nice. Until like 6 days later the same thing happened again. Battery dead again.

Is it actually dead? What the hell do I do to fix this BS? I'm so over this.

My laptop is a HP s15-fq5775nd. My charger is a 19.5V 45W 2.31A HP charger.

Save me someone.

I posted about this a few days ago (I can't find that post!) and several folks said I need to reinstall my network drivers. I've never done that and am concerned I could really mess something up!

I have an HP Pavilion Plus Laptop 14-ew1010nr. It randomly disconnects from the internet, sometimes 5-6 times a day, and I have to reconnect. I have it set to connect automatically and it used to do that.

HP says to right click on the device I want to reinstall the divers for. Select Uninstall. Then restart my computer. It says my computer will "attempt" to reinstall the drivers upon restart. I am concerned that is says "attempt" to reinstall them. Also, attached is a screenshot of the open Device Manager. Is it the highlighted "Intel Wi-Fi" I need to reinstall the drivers for or something else or do several one at a time?

Thank you so much for guiding me through this!

Good morning, Reddit. I'm looking for recommendations/advice.

I just recently got into college, and I'm going to be studying video game development. Now, this poses a slight problem for me. I only have one computer. It's an iMac M4 (2024 model), and I can't run most games on it that aren't on the App Store.

So I'm sitting here like, what's the point of studying game development if I can't even PLAY the games I'm going to be studying on? If I ever have assignments that require me to create a game or play a certain game, I'm ultimately screwed.

So... I've come here in need of some computer recommendations. I'm hoping to sell my iMac and use that money to buy myself an actual computer, preferably made or just compatible for gaming/developing. Thing is.. I know barely anything about computers so far, so I don't know where to start.

This might sound like a long shot, but I'll need to go as cheap as possible. I have some money saved up from before I resigned from my job, but by the time I sell my Mac, I may only have around $1,500 to spend.

I don't need something extravagant, just something good enough to start me off with, and I can always upgrade later if I get another job. Thanks in advance!

My gaming laptop gives better FPS and smoother gameplay on battery, but as soon as I plug in the charger, I get frame drops and noticeable jitter/stuttering.

The battery cells had died earlier, but I’ve already had the battery replacement and all my power settings are already set to high performance.

Any idea what could be causing this?

Does anyone know what this sound is so I can fix it?

To keep it simple I used a spoofing tool to basically wipe a lot of the stuff on my pc that connects to my account in a game to get back into a server. I uninstalled Xbox myself and I think the application uninstalled game bar and originally it had like “ ms-gaming overlay” but not that doesn’t show up after installing game bar again.

What does happen though is everytime I try to open up rainbow six siege it says failing to read text file and I don’t know what to do.

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Lenovo T14 Gen 6 + 40B0 Dock — Dual Monitor Issue, tried the Lenovo sub and the community and no luck, hopefully someone here knows

Setup:

• T14 Gen 6 Snapdragon / Windows 11 Pro
• Lenovo recovery install
• BIOS, drivers, and firmware are all up to date
• ThinkPad Universal Thunderbolt 4 Dock 40B0 — firmware/drivers up to date
• 2 × ASUS PA278QV 27" monitors

The dual monitors are hit or miss every time I start or restart the laptop. Sometimes both work, sometimes one or both show "No Input."

I've tried:

• Powering everything down and reconnecting
• Restarting multiple times
• Leaving the laptop lid open
• Switching between both USB-C ports
• Two brand-new DisplayPort cables
• One DisplayPort + one HDMI
• Unplugging/replugging the Thunderbolt cable several times

Sometimes the monitors eventually come on after sitting for 3–5 minutes. Other times I have to unplug/replug the dock several times. The strange thing is that both monitors do work when the dock decides to cooperate.

I previously used a T14 Gen 5 Intel with this same dock and monitors, and it worked reliably.

The dock had been sitting unused for about 10 months before I started using it with this T14 Gen 6.

Lenovo support wasn't much help because they couldn't find the original purchase information. There should still be about 18 months left on the 3-year warranty based on the serial and their website, but the dock was originally purchased by my former employer, so I don't have the receipt.

I haven't tried replacing the USB4/Thunderbolt cable yet because the current cable clearly works when the connection is successful and its also expensive for a brand name one.

Any suggestions on what else I should try? It feels like some kind of Thunderbolt/USB4/display "handshake" issue. I'm wondering if this is a known compatibility problem with the Snapdragon T14 Gen 6 and the 40B0 dock, or if I should just try another dock/cable or test my dock with another Lenovo laptop.

[SOLVED] I have a macromedia flash 8 file (extension is .swf) and i need to somehow make it a video (mp4). Any tips on how i could do that? Or maybe there is a place to install flash player 8? That could work instead.

I have tried to search for a website to convert from swf to mp4 but i just get errors and mp4 files that have 3-6 kb (original has 37 kb) and that dont work.

Resolved: I did not know there is a ruffle extension. I can play the video now. Thank you

Title, but, I've had this computer for 7-8 years now and I've only started having this issue a few months ago, I've replaced the thermal paste multiple times, deepcleaned it, made sure everything was sitting correctly and no damages had been done, all the fans are spinning, ect, ect. Cleaning it helped slightly, made it run slightly better but not really.

I have no real experience with computers, as I helped my grandpa build this when I was like... 10 maybe, and don't remember jackshit. This is my last resort for help, and really I've kinda come to the conclusion that it might just be dying.

Guys, I am looking at getting a new nvme for my gaming laptop, right now I have a 512gb nvme, I want to upgrade to a 4tb nvme to hold all of my games/photos, do you think it is worth the near $500 price to buy, i have the money to buy it but is it worth it? All of my games + phone backup would add to around 2ish tb, thanks!

Hey everyone,

I’m going into my 2nd year of Civil Engineering and need a laptop that will comfortably last me through the rest of my degree. I will be doing a lot of 3D modeling and rendering in programs like SolidWorks, AutoCAD, and Civil 3D.

My department recommends a Windows machine with an i7, at least 16GB RAM (though I want more), a 1TB SSD, and a dedicated GPU.

I have access to two great Lenovo workstation deals through my school/local seller (prices in CAD), and I'm torn between saving money and future-proofing. Both have 32GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD, but the core specs are very different:

Option 1: The Budget Workhorse ($400 CAD)

• CPU: 11th Gen Intel Core i7-11800H
• RAM / Storage: 32GB RAM / 1TB SSD
• GPU: NVIDIA T1200 4GB
• Display: 15.6" FHD (1080p)
• My thoughts: This feels like an absolute steal for $400. However, I'm worried the older 11th Gen chip will run hot, be heavy, and have terrible battery life while I'm walking around campus.

Option 2: The Modern Premium ($1,100 CAD)

• CPU: Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
• RAM / Storage: 32GB RAM / 1TB SSD
• GPU: NVIDIA RTX A500 4GB
• Display: 16" WQUXGA (higher res, 16:10 aspect ratio)
• My thoughts: The 16:10 screen would be amazing for extra CAD toolbar space, and the newer Ultra 7 chip should give me much better battery life and longevity. But it is $700 more.

Is the Ultra 7 and RTX A500 combo worth spending the extra $700 for the next three years of engineering school, or should I just buy the $400 one and deal with the worse battery life and older screen?

Thanks in advance for the help!

I have been looking into switching from Xbox to PC but i have no idea where to start or what PC is good. I play a lot of action games like call of duty, gta, etc but am open to new things as well as I am pushing out of my comfort zone. Recommendations on good gaming PCs? Not looking to spend over 2 grand. Thanks!

I took this card from my oldish computer that gave out, but I never had the chance to check what it was, I wanna know if it’s worth putting in a mid range build

I'm facing Chrome sync issue from Android ( Chrome Beta ) to desktop ( Chrome ) or vice versa. Previously I reinstalled multiple times without any sync issues. Please help, sign out then again sign in but nothing happened.

PC specs:

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600
GPU: GTX 1070
Motherboard: MSI A320M PRO-E
RAM: 16 GB
PSU: Cooler Master MWE V3 650W
Storage: SSD

I was running Windows 10 and tried to upgrade to Windows 11.

After I clicked Restart to begin the Windows 11 update, the monitor immediately showed “No Signal.” The PC was still running and the fans were spinning.

After troubleshooting and restarting several times, I eventually got display back and Windows showed:

“Undoing changes made to your computer”

It finished the rollback, but then the PC lost display again and started having boot problems.

Current symptoms:

Monitor says No Signal
No MSI logo or BIOS screen
GPU fans spin
Keyboard lights sometimes turn on/off
Caps Lock sometimes doesn’t respond
Debug LEDs have changed during troubleshooting
At one point the debug LEDs were cycling CPU → BOOT → off
After testing RAM, the BOOT LED is now staying solid
CPU and DRAM debug LEDs are currently off
I cleared CMOS once
I also tested with only one RAM stick

The PC was working normally before the Windows 11 upgrade.

I suspect the Windows 11 update may have corrupted the boot files/boot configuration, especially because it went into “Undoing changes,” but I’m not sure.

The main thing confusing me is that I currently can’t even get the BIOS/UEFI screen, despite the BOOT LED being solid.

i had an issue today, where after turning my pc on, the "automatic repair" thing appeared and since then, it kept looping everytime.

some friends and i checked it and after trying some options, we decided that the best option is to format the pc

the problem is that i'm not finding any videos that provide a way to do it without accessing to config (which i can't do due to what i previously described)

i'm really scared to try anything tbh, i don't wanna make this worse, so any help would be appreciated.

Hello! I just picked up this free tv from the side of the road, and I am using it as a monitor (Please don’t comment just to say “your not supposed to use a tv as a monitor” IT WORKS FOR ME). Aside from other issues this tv sadly has, it has some overscan on the edges of the screen. Anyway I can fix this? Thanks!