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[redwallzyl]

okay I'm probably going to get this laptop: https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-E5-575G-53VG-Laptop-Windows/dp/B01DT4A2R4/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

any naysayers?

[wierd]

Not a fan of the mobile chipset variants from nVidia...  I know that they have to contend with running on a battery, and heat generation, but they are very lowpower.  The only alert to the user they give is the "MX" tacked at the end.  They give it similar versioning numbers as desktop GPUs on purpose, even though they simply are not in the same league.  This causes confusion in end users, and I find that distasteful. 

They try to weasel out of it by saying that "It is based on the same technology as" the similarly versioned desktop GPUs, but the mobile versions just are gutless wonders.  There ARE a few actual desktop grade chips that due to very ideal manufacturing runs, just magically use less power and produce less heat, and they package them for use in high end laptops, but in my experience, the MX series chips are NOT those chips.

As long as you intend to run it like it was some older card, and not expect gtx940 like performance, it is a nice little system as far as I can see. Just expect it to not live up to the big version number they used to describe the chip.

Here's the performance breakdown for that graphics chip.

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=GeForce+940MX

[Flying Dice]

It's especially icky because you can get laptops with desktop GPUs. But I mean for a $550 laptop you can't expect too much anyways. That looks pretty good as long as you're not trying to run current-gen games or last-gen games with high-res graphics.

[redwallzyl]

I'm not one for flashy fps. i like strategy games like paradoxes stuff. i found a nice refreshed one for a bunch cheaper and that model laptop has a slot for the terabyte drive in my current laptop. i am never going to run out of memory. all the benefits of a ssd and the raw space to store my ever accumulating files. i could even get 8 more RAM for 50 bucks if i wanted to. i wasn't looking for a super computer just something i can do my homework, store my files and game on. my current one lags and overheats just being on and is currently non portable due to its failed hinge. i would have to replace half the body of this thing plus the labor expense of minimum 100 bucks. not worth it.

[Flying Dice]

Hey, I meant to ask a few month ago but forgot: has anyone been trying out Malwarebyte's anti-ransomware program beta? Done any active testing of it?

[AzyWng]

My Hard Drive has become dismounted from my laptop after an accident. Again.

Every time that happens I have to open up my laptop and put the hard drive back in the proper spot, which takes time and also makes me deathly afraid of breaking the thing.

Any ideas to stop the laptops hard drive from falling out? I know that if I put it down in a certain way it won't fall out, but it gets irritating knowing that joust setting it down in the wrong position could cause the drive to fall out.

[wierd]

Are you missing the retaining screw or what?

Tell me the model, so I can research the HDD compartment.

[AzyWng]

Crap, you're right, the screws are out!

I'm trying to screw hem in but the screws don't fit and I think the holes to screw the screws in are messed up.

The laptop is a Dell Inspiron 3520.

[wierd]

Try painting the threads with threadlocker.  You can get it Walmart and most automotive stores.

Its what that blue/white/red stuff painted on the threads are.  It seals the threads making it so the screws can't work loose on their own.

[MasterFancyPants]

Try painting the threads with threadlocker.  You can get it Walmart and most automotive stores.

Its what that blue/white/red stuff painted on the threads are.  It seals the threads making it so the screws can't work loose on their own.

Be careful that you get the blue loctite stuff for this, the red loctite or something like JBWeld will break your computer before it comes apart.

[Parsely]

My computer has been updating to Windows 10 all morning. It's sat at 82% for the past two and a half hours. Do I give it more time? What the hell is it actually doing anyways?

Edit: Woah there, looks like we're at 86%. Call in all flights we're setting sail for the stars tonight.

[redwallzyl]

I'm having a weird thing going on with my browser. completely randomly it will get these random pixel things all over it. they appear on the rest of the screen as well but if something updates it like a click or  something they disappear.

http://imgur.com/lyEV23P

[Thief^]

My guess for that one would be some fault related to graphics, needing either new drivers, new ram (if you have integrated graphics which shares your system ram) or new graphics altogether (which if this is a laptop, would mean at least a full main-board replacement, if you don't just replace the entire laptop).

But start with updating your graphics drivers and running memtest (preferably the burn-to-cd and boot from it one).

[redwallzyl]

My guess for that one would be some fault related to graphics, needing either new drivers, new ram (if you have integrated graphics which shares your system ram) or new graphics altogether (which if this is a laptop, would mean at least a full main-board replacement, if you don't just replace the entire laptop).

But start with updating your graphics drivers and running memtest (preferably the burn-to-cd and boot from it one).

its probably non updated drivers seeing as its a new computer and i haven't done anything more than the normal windows install. i will update them and see if that fixes it. thanks.

any recommendations on how to find the right ones?

[Aklyon]

Go to the manufacturer's website and find your device.
Or for graphics cards, check either amd or nvidia's site.