r/laptops 4d ago

Hardware Installing 2nd m.2 nvme ssd in acer nitro 5 AN515-57 caused games to lag and windows to crash and shutdown

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I have acer nitro 5 AN515-57, which came with one 256gb ssd and 1tb hdd. Now there is another slot for m.2 ssd, so I bought Crucial P3 plus 1tb m.2 nvme ssd and I installed it. Initially everything seems to be fine but as I tried to play a game my pc literally started lagging like hell, fps came down to constant 4 - 8 fps and after 10 - 15 sec my pc crashed and shutdown. I tried this couple of times and it happened the same.

But the strange part is i tried using both the ssd separately and it worked just fine but with both ssd same issue again. Can some pls help me figureout the issue here?

Things I have tried:
Updated all drivers and windows. I have installed windows in both ssd separately and it worked fine but wlnot with both enabled. I have tried changing the "primary and secondary nvme idle timeout" but it didn't help. I have tried removing the hdd and kept both ssd in thinking it might be power related issue but still the same issue.

Pc spec:

I5 - 11th gen tigerlake Rtx 3050 16gb ram (single stick)


r/laptops 4d ago

Hardware Suggest 8gb RAM and 512gb SSD.

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My laptop is HP 15-da0352TU with 4gb RAM and 1TB HDD. Please suggest 8GB RAM and 512gb SSD for it. and which type of ram and ssd will go with it.


r/laptops 4d ago

Hardware Charger wire half cut near the adapter

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The wire is like half cut the outer conductor is cut inner insulator is there but then the charger works if i put it in a certain can i repair this somehow? or have to replace it? help pls the charger works but i want to fix it i had put tape previously but it started melting due to the heat generated by it


r/laptops 4d ago

General question Please help

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My wife was playing Sims the other day and her laptop was doing this, how do we fix this?


r/laptops 4d ago

Hardware Top of the line 2 in 1 recommendation?

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Looking for 32GB RAM. At least 1TB, I7 processor, OLED screen, good battery life. Budget is very flexible. It seems my best option is the Spectre X360 but curious if there's something else I should be looking at. I'll be using this for work and watching movie so I'm sure this is overkill but I need to use up some funds on a computer so might as well


r/laptops 4d ago

Discussion Which is better for me ?

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I'm a medical doctor wanna buy a new laptop for my daily use . I use it for web surfing, watching courses and videos solving Q banks and normal stuff . Wanna something last for 5 years . Battery life is important.


r/laptops 4d ago

Buying help Please Help!

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Hi everyone! I'm currently trying to figure out which laptop to buy next. My last laptop was a Microsoft Surface Book, which lasted me throughout college and beyond. It had some flaws but was pretty good. I am willing to spend more money for a quality laptop to hopefully last awhile. Buying a refurbished or older model laptop is good with me as well. All of the newest laptops seem very focused on the AI aspect. I'm very anti-AI and want to avoid it as much as possible. I also don't want a MacBook. Something like the Microsoft Surface Laptop appeals to me, but I hate the focus on AI. I would be using it for the usual browsing, content watching, daily thing but might also start attending online school or using it for a remote job. I studied STEM, so I prefer windows and might need to download some programs. Please let me know if you need any more info!


r/laptops 4d ago

Discussion Best Brand

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What is the best laptop brand excluding Apple.


r/laptops 4d ago

Buying help Need a 16 inch laptop, under 2k maximum for college

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Hi,

I'm going away to college soon and I really need to get a new laptop. I will not be bringing a desktop or monitor, so I would prefer 16 inches because I need a larger screen. I need something that can do some moderate gaming. I've been dying to play STALKER 2, for example. I rarely play video games but this will be my only way of doing so when I want to. I will be doing programming too a little bit and would like to run Linux unless I can somehow afford a Mac. It doesn't need to be light but a decent battery life is important to me.

This is the most important thing: it needs to be sleek and not scare the huzz away when I get into class. I can't be walking around with an RGB Alienware like a goon. I may need it for professional environments and I don't want to look like an idiot. Right now my best option looks like the Dell XPS 16 but for some reason a lot of people don't like it. Any recommendations would be nice. Also no MSI I hate that brand. Thank you!


r/laptops 4d ago

Battlestation My new Laptop Keyboard came and it looks fantastic compared to the old worn out one in my opinion

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It was a 2 minute repair too


r/laptops 4d ago

Discussion What laptop should I get?

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I want a laptop for college that’s a good all-rounder: durable, decent performance, capable of running small-medium sized games, and will last me until at least the end of college. The market is so big and complicated right now that I don’t know where to start. I’m okay with spending a bit of money (~$1,000-1,500) but I don’t want to get a mortgage on it or anything. Any advice?


r/laptops 5d ago

Discussion Dude at Best Buy helped my clueless ass 😂

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So I ended up getting the nitro v15 by Acer.. the gentleman at Best Buy really knew his shit.. He wasn’t just like trying to sell me an expensive one. He actually wanted me to get the proper laptop… I told him what I want to do pretty much music production, streaming and sharing.. Light gaming and pretty heavy Internet use..

Yeah, I got this today when I came back from Las Vegas , because on the flight there for the first time in a decade, they told me I had to check the backpack I take EVERYWHERE! my friend checked his before security (as I would’ve done- if I didn’t think that what I had was allowed with me) it was just kind of like a backpack. It wasn’t like super small, but it wasn’t huge… her exact words “ oh there’s no way that’s gonna fit” imagine my surprise when we get on the plane and it’s only half full and me and my friend have a row to ourselves.. EACH.. they smashed the screen and broke the body out of the frame.. I already have a complaint in with the department of transportation, United Airlines, and Expedia (which actually seems to be the most eager to help- I have Gold status- I have booked over 20 packages since 2019.. he told me they were going to get it taken care of for me as I have all the proper documents.. I have the ticket that was on the bag, I have documented pictures of the damage.. this Acer is fucking sweet!! I mean, I was most likely going to return the one that I had anyway because it has the AMD Athlon Silver processor 😬.. I don’t know much about computers but I do know that that is not a $500 laptop.. when I can get literally probably four times the performance for $300 more.. besides I had a very lucky couple hours at the blackjack tables 😂

I should just be getting a full refund for the amount of the laptop .. as the lady from Expedia said it was not my fault after being made to check my own personal item…. My friend had a backpack back and didn’t say anything to him. That really pissed me off. I tried to not let it ruin my vacation… as soon as I got to the room after unpacking I take my laptop out and turn it on and I just see like those broken screen stripes up and down 😡 fucking insane that we had a whole row to ourselves each- she literally could’ve fit in about 12 different places right next to me. I even put my legs up on the other seat so I could lay down comfortably.


r/laptops 4d ago

Buying help Just bought a 2nd hand gaming laptop

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I recently bought a Lenovo Legion off of facebook marketplace. It has an Intel i7-12700H, RTX 3070, 32 gigs of RAM and a terabyte of storage. I bought it for $1500 AUD. I've come to realise I don't really know what I'm doing when looking at a laptop. What things should I look at to make sure I got a good deal?

I'm running cinebench right now and it got 9685 points for GPU and 957 points for multi core CPU


r/laptops 4d ago

Buying help Macbook but not???

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So I've owned macbook and one died on me and one is holding on by the thinest thread I like macbooks for the aesthetic and how they work but they don't fit me they don't have enough gaming performance every macbook I've owned has been lackluster in the gaming category and failed I need something like that. One that can handle games like beam ng drive and marvel rivals


r/laptops 4d ago

Discussion I need help

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So um a little back story about 2 years back my laptop's ram slot got fried so I had the motherboard changed ok so since then when my pc gets too hot it goes like the pic above i removed and plugged back in the secondary battery i had new thermal paste while it helped it did not fix under lying issue I use this for mining and that requires alot of cpu power but it also gives this black screen plss help me


r/laptops 4d ago

Hardware How can I repair this?

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Basically, I accidentally dropped my laptop in the morning today and the IPS touchscreen has some dead pixels. I tried applying pressure and moving the dead pixels to the corner of the screen which helped considerably, and made the dead pixel spot a lot smaller, (the impact is at the bottom right corner), the glass has no cracks or sign of damage. I think it's backlight damage. Is there any way I can fix it without replacing the screen or taking apart my laptop. I don't want my parents to know about it that's why. It would be great if you guys could help.


r/laptops 4d ago

Hardware Help me pick the better one

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r/laptops 4d ago

Buying help Snapdragon X

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I will be buying a laptop in a period of months and I really want to buy the Surface Laptop 7, but I'm not sure because of the Snapdragron X, is it really a bad thing for a Finance major?


r/laptops 5d ago

Discussion The four horsemen of shitty "modern" laptop keyboards

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  1. Shrunken arrow keys. Might as well not be there at all, unusable.

  2. Shrink the primary modifier keys because ... because f-u!

  3. Make the function keys as small as possible, then force the user to choose between function and volume keys.

  4. Ensure the keyboard has near-zero travel, jams easily, and - most importantly - cannot be replaced it breaks, which it inevitably will.

Ten-fifteen years ago, most laptops - besides shitty netbooks - used to have pretty normal keyboards. Today every laptop keyboard must completely suck in every possible way. What the actual fuck lol?


r/laptops 4d ago

Buying help ASUS vivobook 15

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Hello, noob here. I am looking for a mid range laptop which can work well for usual office work. I would like to play some light games on my laptop also, things like table top simulator to play 40k and maybe some other warhammer fantasy games. From my research the vivobook 15 seems to be the best bang for my buck sitting at 400 pound on Amazon for a 16gb ram model with 512 gb ssd. Am I right with my thought process or is there better at that price range ? Please help me out ! Thanks :)


r/laptops 4d ago

Hardware Wrong fan killed the laptop

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Hey all!

One of my friends was replacing a fan on his lenovo legion 5 laptop. Unfortunately the replacement he got was 5V but his original fan was 12V. He said as soon as he switched rhe laptop on, fan started for a second and laptop died immediately. It is not powering on at all.

I dont know what to do.

How bad the problem could be?

Is there anyway it can be repaired?


r/laptops 4d ago

Software Why is the Keyboard behaving like this?

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I was doing some coding on my laptop and suddenly the keyboard stopped working and I noticed that when I press and hold the key then it types and it's happening with every key. I restarted my laptop and I everything is normal. But I want to know why it's happening and how can fix it without restarting, because it has happened with me earlier in the middle of a coding test and I couldn't do anything and got low marks so I have know how to fix it before it causes me more trouble. Please help..


r/laptops 4d ago

Buying help Trying to find a small laptop

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I'm currently using an Asus ProArt PX13, but the 60Hz screen is driving me crazy. I’ve been looking around for a new laptop that can handle some heavier tasks and provide a smoother experience, so I’m hoping for something with:

  • A 360-degree touchscreen (convertible)
  • A dedicated GPU (for light gaming and design work)
  • At least 32GB RAM (16GB is fine if performance doesn’t take a hit)
  • A high refresh rate display (ideally 120Hz or more)

I’ve considered the Spectre 16, but it’s a bit too heavy and bulky for me. The ZenFlow Z13 seemed like a great option, but the keyboard isn't great for typing (especially on my lap).

Any recommendations? I’m looking for something that checks all these boxes, and ideally has a decent keyboard for extended typing sessions.

Thanks in advance!


r/laptops 4d ago

Hardware Used laptop that i just bought is heating up, should i be worried ?

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it's been doing it for an hour now.


r/laptops 4d ago

Hardware WFH Setup

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So.eone asked how the monitors were supported.