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My wife has been using her chromebook charger on her Samsung S21. The charger is 45 watts I think but I don't know if it is USB PD PPS and was wondering if using it could hurt the battery. The Chromebook was from 2021 and is a Lenovo Ideapad Flex 3 if that makes a difference. Thanks

I was worried about the bios. Probably only way to find out is to see what happens and can always switch back. Just a lot of messing around if it turns out not too. I think the i5 7400 had better H.265 quicksync support than the i3 6100 also that was making the upgrade look worth while.

The motherboard is listed as Odense2-K on HP website. They do not list the i3 6100 as a supported CPU only i3 7100, i5 7400, and i7 7700. The chipset is H170 and supports the i3 6100. I want to switch because my plex server has the i3 6100 in it and I think there would be a benifit to...

I'll probably just reinstall on this computer but I have another computer that I'd like to clone the SSD to a nvme that I'd expect that I'll have the same issue with. Would you have a product that you'd recommend that should be able to do this? I saw AOMEI backupper pro will do it but it is...

I was going to use it for storage. To be honest, I thought I unplugged the original drive when I installed on the nvme. I'll try to move the bootloader. Thanks for the help.

Good point, if I can see it, it must be compatible. I was wanting to avoid a reinstall but might be the best route to take. I double check the bios again but everything seemed to be ok but I couldn't select the Crucial NVMe as the boot device.

I picked up an HP AMD computer cheap for my kids that came with a HDD but has a M.2 slot. I picked up a Crucial P5 Gen3x4 NVMe ssd to upgrade it. I installed Windows 11 on it. I can boot from the drive it came with ,select the new drive during the process but if I remove the original drive I...

Thanks, I thought that it should but thought it was worth double checking.

I need to repurposed the Asus Z170-E to be used as a Plex server. It has 6 SATA , 1 SATA Express, and 1 M.2 skt 3. The manual says 6 x SATA (2 from SATA Express) and that the M.2 shares SATA mode with SATA Express. I wanted to double check before buying a drive, but should I be able to connect...

Thanks, I'll give it another try and double check to make sure I have it set correctly. I'm moving from a i5 2500k to Ryzen 3 3200G and thought the age and switch from intel and AMD might have been asking to much.

My daughters computer needs an upgrade. I tried to move the ssd to a newer computer but couldn't get it to boot. I'm guessing the hardware is to different for Windows 10 to deal with. I'd normally have just done a clean install but she has some apps/games that no longer appear to be available...

I'm looking for a cheap way to expand my Plex server and found this pretty cheap. It is an older model but would there be a reason this would be a bad choice for my use case? I'm using Stable bit drive pool and anything critical is backed up elsewhere also. Cost is around $60 but don't want...

Thanks for the help. I'll pick up one of the TP Link APs to start with but will also try a wired connection. I already have a USB to ethernet adapter. If it works enough better than the AP, I'll get a few more.

My router is a NETGEAR R7500 Nighthawk and is located in the basement. With 3 kids going to school online on the 2nd floor the signal is getting a little weak. I have wired runs to each room on the 2nd floor but their chromebooks are wireless only. I'm assuming that my best option would be to...

Ended up being the power supply. Each HDD checked out on another computer. I was almost hoping it was a HDD issue since changing the power supply is a pain vs dropping in a new HDD and I had back ups of everything.

Power went out and computer wouldn't reboot after. The boot drive is a SSD and I have 4 HDD for storage. When booting, I can hear a clicking noise so thought one of the HDD failed. I disconnected them and booted fine. I started adding them back in one at a time. With one added the computer...

I asked him for more info on his ram, he has 2x Ballistix Sport LT 8GB Single DDR4 2666. Would that work ok with a Ryzen setup? Any motherboard recommendations?

I haven't built in a while and have a friend looking to put together a PC for some light gaming and video converting. He has 16 GB of DDR4, 1 TB SSD, GTX 1060. I was thinking going with an i5 8400 would be a good choice but wasn't sure what motherboards would be good. He will not be...

My kids computer is getting a little old and the integrated graphics on the 2500k no longer works for all of the games she wants to play. She was using an old system that I had put together but was wanting to move her over to and HP that I was able to pickup on clearance. I know a clean...

I was looking at the UniFi AC In-Wall but there are some really good sales right now on the UAP-AC-LITE-US ($70) Will they both give comparable coverage? I assume that they can work together so I could get one of each? Also, just to make sure I'm understanding this correctly, if I purchased...

Thanks for the help, I was thinking about something like a Netgear Nighthawk Mesh X6S but the options listed here would be cheaper and better fit what I need.

I have a Netgear Nighthawk X4 AC2350 in the basement. The wireless signal is pretty weak when you get to the 2nd floor of the house. I do have Cat5e running to each room of the house. I set up an access point with another router but devices wouldn't switch to the stronger signal. Is there...

I'm running off of intel integrated graphics, i3 6100 with intel 530 graphics. I went to intel and downloaded newest video drivers the 530 and still have the problem. Any other ideas on what I should do? I can switch back to previous version of windows if needed but would like to get it fixed.

Well, final update I think for anyone that finds this looking for the same info. I believe there are a few models/options on the Acer Spin 1 and some of them came with a 500 GB HDD. Those models have the sata connector where the empty solder spot labeled HDD1 is on mine. That maybe why...

Just read some where on a similar model that you have to remove the battery to do it. I'll give it a try later and see how hard it is to take out the battery.

I was able to do a chat with someone from acer once I had a S/N. He said the RAM was upgradeable and that a SSD could be added. He said that they do not provide any support for upgrades and I'd need to take it some where for it to be done. He also insisted that it shipped with a 500 GB 5400...

Yeah, that was what I was afraid of. I'll try using their support now that I have a serial number. They didn't seem to have/ or I couldn't figure out a way to contact them before buying it. Thanks

I got the Acer Spin SP111-31N-C4UG yesterday and took the back off of it today. I can see where a SSD would go, but I don't see anyway to connect it. If don't have a lot of experience working on laptops though. https://1drv.ms/i/s!AjeNQl9VEybaoq8Ls3zGNzsh69NjRQ...

I posted a question on the support forum but had a hard time finding a way to contact them directly with out already having a serial number. With out that, it was directing me to a third party called AnswersBy for out of warranty support. I should have it by tomorrow now. This will be mostly...

I also found this https://www.slashgear.com/acer-spin-notebook-series-offers-a-dizzying-array-of-choices-31453926/ "And finally, the Acer Spin 1 gets an Intel Celeron processor (as there isn’t a Core i1) and up to 8 GB of DDR3L, not DDR4, RAM. It also has a dual storage system but one where you...

Didn't have much luck finding a tutorial online which surprised me a little. Did find this review though http://www.9to5gadgets.com/2017/05/acer-sp111-31n-c4ug-honest-review-for.html [

Sorry about that, in my first post I can easily see how it sounds like I was talking about the SSD from Crucial instead of the laptop when I said " Does anyone know of other ways of checking other than ordering it and seeing once they get it?" I was trying to use the Crucial tool to see if the...

How can I take it apart and take pictures without ordering it first? I didn't want to buy it if it can't be upgraded. I'll probably give it a shot since it seems like there is at least a chance it might work. Thanks everyone for the insights.

I couldn't really find anything from Acer one way or the other. I know they sell a Acer Spin 1 version that comes with a 500 GB hard drive so I'd expected to be able to upgrade that one but can't find much out on SP111-31N-C4UG.

As I mentioned in the OP, I wanted to find out without having to order it and see once I got it.

I thought that I wouldn't be able to replace the hard drive in an Acer Spin 1 SP111-31N-C4UG but when I went to Crucial.com to look for upgrades, it had several SSDs listed for this model. I also double checked a laptop that I knew I couldn't upgrade and it only offered RAM options with no...

I'm throwing together some old parts to make another computer for the kids to play Minecraft. I think the Gigabyte GT 7600 is better than the G3258 but I'm not sure. I'm having trouble tracking down what version of Intel graphics is on the chip. If it is just Intel HD then the GT 7600 would...

Would there be much benefit in this setup to get any of the faster DDR4 or just stick with the 2133? Any recommendations? Thanks

What I have read at least seems to indicate that it could help Google fiber rolling out due to access to existing infrastructure that the did not have access to before. Probably another reason that Comcast and AT&T would be unhappy.

From what I remember reading from before, Google gave Microsoft 30 days before they went public and Microsoft was going to roll out the fix with a major patch that was going to be 32 or 33 days.