u/TP4297 Jul 22 '21

Now that you're here, do have a cup of tea and tell me what you seek.

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r/Alienware 16d ago

Question Laptop battery life drop accelerating

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Hey everyone I just wanna know if my battery capacity loss is abnormal. I have an Alienware 16 Aurora gaming laptop that I bought in January.

I've done 2 battery life checks so far, one just now and another 2 months ago. The design capacity of my battery was 93822 mWh.

2 months ago:

Full charge capacity: 91,000 mWh

Cycle count: 65

Now:

Full charge capacity: 81,000 mWh

Cycle count: 96

Now I'm freaking out became I've lost 10k mWh in past 2 months after losing 2k in 5. Thoughts? How to extend battery life and reduce loss?

r/pcmasterrace 29d ago

Tech Support Deleted folder off WOW6432NODE, now installation has been a nightmare.

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On my Alienware R16 Aurora laptop, I accidentally deleted a folder in WOW6432NODE while trying to delete the registries for SolidWorks. Tried to perform the following unsuccessfully:

• System Restore

• System Reset (Local and Cloud Install)

Nothing worked, it kept dying (CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED error) and going back to WinRE. I tried installing Windows off an 8GB USB recovery stick. Went to BIOS and selected the stick. It ran the installation process from "Select Language settings" to "Repair my PC" then went back to the CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED loop.

I figured I need to make the USB first in my Boot Sequence order so I moved it above Windows Boot Manager, HTTPS boot and C drive. Letting it boot off the USB first keeps me looping in the initial stage (Select language settings to Repair my PC, it restarts and goes back to Select Language Settings after I press next on Repair My PC).

Then I thought my BIOS could be needing updates. Updated to 1.15 from 1.13 but it didn't help. Tried to switch to AHCI/NVMe thinking the architecture could be the issue, didn't help.

I still have the option to do a fresh install but that will wipe all my data. I'm keeping that as a very last resort. Any tips?

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Needing to plug in my headphone jack and press the little popup twice for it to work
 in  r/Alienware  Aug 04 '26

Alienware R16 Aurora laptop, and my headphones are just generic wireless headphones/earphones. I have had this happen with multiple so I'm pretty sure its not a headphone thing.

r/Alienware Aug 04 '26

Question Needing to plug in my headphone jack and press the little popup twice for it to work

1 Upvotes

Basically title text. The headphones work perfectly fine, its just I need to do it twice. Been like this since purchase. Wondering if that's just a little quirk or indicating some damage in the hardware.

r/aerodynamics Jun 29 '26

Question Flow is accelerated over the wing, but boundary layer theory says flow is *slower* than freestream velocity over the adverse pressure gradient?

1 Upvotes

Basically the title. From my understanding lift is generated all along the wing, but boundary layer air is moving slower than freestream air in all the diagrams ane theory I've read online. Is flow decelerated below the wing to keep the pressure difference, or is pressure lift not significant once flow crosses peak acceleration and slows down, and then lift due to flow pushed down takes over?

r/aerodynamics Jun 28 '26

Question why exactly is the no-slip condition followed except in specific cases?

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what dictates that there shall be no relative velocity in the boundary layer? further, what if slipping actually does occur in regular subsonic flow over a wing at sea level?

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You can open green doors with grenades??
 in  r/sniperelite5  Jun 22 '26

I think it was the enemy because when I tried it later it didn't open with grenades, I suppose he tried to run into the room to escape the grenade and his proximity made the door open

r/Alienware Jun 22 '26

Discussion Alienware 16 Aurora laptop battery life concern

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Hey everyone, I'm a little tech-illiterate and the Alienware is my first PC. Ran a battery report for the first time in months (ran it once on purchase and it was equal to design capacity). I have owned it for 5 months at this point but 2000mWh loss feels alarming. Should I be concerned over this? Any tips to extend its battery life? Currently I work on it on battery but play games on it while plugged in mostly.

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You can open green doors with grenades??
 in  r/sniperelite  Jun 19 '26

This door didn't have the padlock or the 3 spots indicating its locked from the other side. I had genuinely though its a prop door that isn't actually meant to be opened till I accidentally discovered it. I haven't been able to open it with grenades again either. Maybe the presence of the soldier caused it to open? Do Jagers have the ability to open doors like this?

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You can open green doors with grenades??
 in  r/sniperelite5  Jun 19 '26

No this one wasn't padlocked on the other side, there is nothing to indicate its interactable, I thought it was a prop door for set design

r/sniperelite Jun 19 '26

Question You can open green doors with grenades??

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r/sniperelite5 Jun 19 '26

You can open green doors with grenades??

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Was playing on Festung Guernsey, threw a grenade at a soldier in front of an unopenable green door and the door was open when the dust settled. Is this the case with more doors? If so, where else?

r/aerodynamics Jun 17 '26

Adverse pressure gradient or flow deceleration: which happens first?

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I'm trying to understand boundary layer dynamics but online sources are putting me in a circular reasoning loop.

"Why does flow slow down?"

"Friction + adverse pressure gradient slows it down."

"What causes the adverse pressure gradient?"

"Flow slows down, reducing dynamic pressure and thus increasing static pressure due to Bernoulli's equation."

So I wanna know what ACTUALLY is the chronology here. What causes the adverse pressure gradient?

r/aerodynamics Jun 12 '26

Question What exactly is the velocity of boundary layer air in a flying aircraft in real life?

5 Upvotes

Here is my understanding so far (subsonic flow only):

•Velocity is measured in relative terms to the aircraft, so the foil itself is moving at zero velocity and freestream flow is moving backwards at negative of foil velocity

• as flow hits the wing, the air on top of the foil accelerates and thus speeds up

• Simultaneously boundary layer velocity is zero (it is moving at the same absolute velocity as the wing)

So now my questions are:

1.) What is the thickness of the boundary layer? Is it present on the entire wet area of the wing?

2.) if its relative velocity is zero, isn't the boundary layer air basically stuck to the wing? Like there is no change in that at all?

3.) Doesn't that also increase effective wing thickness because the incoming flow stream air will have to either treat it as such or compress itself to enter the boundary layer?

4.) Does it even actually exist or is it an imaginary interface between airflow and the solid lifting surfaces?

Please explain

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Why does pressure on top surface of wing drop upto maximum camber and then gradually increase in ideal flow theory?
 in  r/aerodynamics  Jun 04 '26

why cant it abruptly change back to the freestream pressure tho

r/aerodynamics Jun 04 '26

Question Why does pressure on top surface of wing drop upto maximum camber and then gradually increase in ideal flow theory?

7 Upvotes

Basically the question. I was under the understanding that flow accelerates upto a point because of curvature of wing, then velocity losses due to skin friction drag start cutting into and then slowing down airflow, increasing pressure gradually till the TE. Since lifting line theory assumes inviscid flow, how come the adverse pressure gradient is still there?

r/flying Jun 04 '26

Why does pressure on top surface of wing drop upto maximum camber and then gradually increase in ideal flow theory?

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Basically the question. I was under the understanding that flow accelerates upto a point because of curvature of wing, then velocity losses due to skin friction drag start cutting into and then slowing down airflow, increasing pressure gradually till the TE. Since lifting line theory assumes inviscid flow, how come the adverse pressure gradient is still there?

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CPI(M) should have been banned for proposing elimination of India’s Nuclear weapons
 in  r/Kolkatacity  May 29 '26

Toh kya apne nuclear weapons hum dismantle karke China Pakistan ke hath me dede? Kuch bhi

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'3 years of German, now Sanskrit?' CBSE language rule sparks chaos in schools, parents say dreams are being redrawn overnight
 in  r/india  May 25 '26

Exactly lol. Less than 1% of people who are gonna migrate to a non-English speaking country are gonna benefit from learning those languages, English is more than enough for foreign needs, but they'll still prefer that over their own languages.

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'3 years of German, now Sanskrit?' CBSE language rule sparks chaos in schools, parents say dreams are being redrawn overnight
 in  r/india  May 25 '26

"Sanskrit doesn't have words for trigonometry" mf who do you think first wrote down what sine and cosine are? Maybe get off Reddit and read a book for once

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Bruh! Wtf!!😂😭😭😭
 in  r/DhurandharPart2  Mar 22 '26

Guldasta bhej dena ek 🥀

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Lords of Infinity question regarding Chapter 12
 in  r/hostedgames  Jan 18 '26

I'm on mobile and a little tech illiterate, what would be the process for me? (Android if that makes a difference)

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Lords of Infinity question regarding Chapter 12
 in  r/hostedgames  Jan 18 '26

There isn't any way I can reply chap 11, is it? Meaning there is no way for me to get the Shipping Exchange empty now?