Computers

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For fans of computers and anything related to these.

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1. No non-computer related content is allowed here.

2. No racism, homophobia, slurs, any personal or death threats, etc. Failure to follow this rule will result in a permaban.

3. Only post tech support questions on the monthly megathread (that is pinned).

4. Do not link to UserBenchmark, because they are known to be biased towards several brands, using outdated or nonsensical means to score products, etc. If you want to benchmark your PC, you can try TimeSpy and/or Cinebench R20.

5. Follow Lemmy's Code of Conduct.

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TECH SUPPORT MEGATHREAD - November 2023 (lemmy.ml)
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If you need help with anything, this is your place to ask!

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We need mods! (lemmy.ml)
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Hey, N00b22 here.

As I'm going to revive this community, I'm gonna need mods. So please let me know if you want to be a mod as long as you meet these requirements:

  1. Must be on the lemmy.ml instance

  2. Can enforce rules and do appropiate actions when someone is breaking the rules

  3. Is active or semi-active

Thanks,

  • N00b22
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Does anybody know the difference between a Dell3007WFP monitor and a Dell3007WFPt monitor? (lemmy.ml)
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I'm fairly sure they're the same but I'd love to know what the the 't' is all about. I'd heard some suggestion it has something to do with 'touchscreen' capability. It definitely doesn't have a touch screen but the power and brightness buttons are capacitative. Then again I thought all the variations of this monitor had such buttons so it would seem odd to point that out.

I'm near certain what I have isn't the Dell3007WFP-HC, though I'd be pleased to discover that somehow that 't' is some sort of alternative naming convention that means it IS the same because then it might actually be worth something.

I've had it since 2015 and my Dad bought it in 2006. I'm going to have to sell it because I just can't seem to get my hands on an adapter from DVI to HDMI that is active and dual link and I don't have a GPU with DVI out anymore (I've really tried btw, I've bought ones that specifically say they are dual link and specifically say they support resolutions up to 2560x1600 and they just literally lied, which is unsurprising because they don't look big enough and don't seem to have active electronics that would make them active let alone dual link). I'm trying to get as much information about what I have in order to put my best foot forward in hopes someone wants an 18 year old monitor.

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Before thermal throttling was invented, could you melt your CPU by doing something too intensive? (lemmy.ml)
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Or could you write a virus or trick someone in to do doing just that? When did thermal throttling first become a thing for that matter?

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If I get a new keyboard and paid a computer repair person to put it in how much might that cost? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I would rather not do this but if I buy a replacement and tell them to put it in how much would that cost?

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My laptop keys where you place the fingers aren't working. (lemmy.ml)
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So they haven't been able to work for a while no matter how often I press them. I've been basically trying to clean it over and over but nothing.

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does the Lenovo ThinkPad E15 (Gen 3) amd cpu 20YG00BRMH have a headphone jack? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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TECH SUPPORT MEGATHREAD - October 2023 (lemmy.ml)
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If you need help with anything, this is your place to ask!

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The cost of a 10MB HDD back in the 80's. (lemmy.ml)
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TECH SUPPORT MEGATHREAD - September 2023 (lemmy.ml)
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If you need help with anything, this is your place to ask!

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What's different inside a thunderbolt 4 cable compared to a usb c cable? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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So I realise they both have the same connectors, but that they operate using different protocols and different ciruitry inside the thunderbolt or USB based devices that are connected to one another with these cables, but I'm specifically wondering about the differences between USB-c and TB4 cables themselves. Why can't you for example, connect a thunderbolt device to a thunderbolt port using a USB-C cable? (Or can you?) What's different inside the cables which allows them to carry one signal over another despite still both using the same connector at either end of a cable?

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TECH SUPPORT MEGATHREAD - August 2023 (lemmy.ml)
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If you need help with anything, this is your place to ask!

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TECH SUPPORT MEGATHREAD - July 2023 (lemmy.ml)
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If you need help with anything, this is your place to ask!

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Behold, the eMachine eOne. Known for looking similar to Apple's iMac. It began production in 1999 and was discontinued in 2002. (lemmy.ml)
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TECH SUPPORT MEGATHREAD - June 2023 (lemmy.ml)
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If you need help with anything, this is your place to ask!

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Happens here in Costa Rica (lemmy.ml)
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