Should I turn off my PC when plug/unplug external display? Some people don’t do that, but I think this is required to keep safe your equipment. Am I correct in thinking this? Solution: Short AnswerAssuming that this external display input is VGA, DVI, or HDMI there should be no adverse effects. Rationalization / Support…
Note: This is intended to become a canonical post. I got a dedicated graphics card of type XXX and it claims I need at least a YYY Watt PSU. How big does my PSU really need to be? Solution: There’s a few things to look at. The average “recommended power requirement” is a safe bet…
Possible Duplicate: charging laptop with a diffrent manufacture charger How can I tell if an AC adapter is compatible with my laptop? For example, does the voltage output have to bee the same, or just close? What power measurements matter? Solution: Any AC adapter is considered compatible with any device if it has…
I have a reasonably-decent old 20-pin PSU which I want to use on a newer 24-pin ATX motherboard. I see that the ATX page on wikipediamentions that 24-pin ATX is backward-compatible, and I can find 20-to-24 pin adapters to buy for a couple of dollars/pounds at lots of places, but I can’t find any mention…
When your laptop’s battery is 100% charged, should you leave it plugged in so any battery power doesn’t get used, or will that cause overcharging, overheating, etc.? Should the laptop be unplugged when the battery level is 100%? I’m asking because my laptop’s screen tends to get dim when unplugged, so I don’t like to…
I was reading Is surge protection actually needed? and well I’d like to know why brownouts are so harmful. The explanation gave there is “the capacitors get above their rated voltage” But that makes no sense if the power coming into the PSU is less than the usual voltage. What happens to a PSU in…
Given that I am building a home computer from scratch and I have several components (MB, CPU, HDD, Video, Sound, etc) which have specific power requirements, is there a formula for me to calculate the size/capacity of the Power Supply I will need? I want to be able to expand the setup later on also……
I’m trying to get a list of all the XSL and XSLT files in a directory. dir -recurse -filter *.xsl,*.xslt -name But the following error: Get-ChildItem : Cannot convert ‘System.Object[]’ to the type ‘System.String’ required by parameter ‘Filter’. Specified method is not supported. dir -recurse -filter *.xsl -filter *.xslt -name But got this…
On my computer (Win10 Enterprise x64, 1709) running Update-Help returns two errors: update-help : Failed to update Help for the module(s) ‘AutoSequencer, HostNetworkingService, WindowsUpdateProvider’ with UI culture(s) {en-US} : Unable to retrieve the HelpInfo XML file for UI culture en-US. Make sure the HelpInfoUri property in the module manifest is valid or check your…
It seems that the recent Synaptics driver update for Synaptics SMBus TouchPad on Windows 10 (build 100049) somehow doesn’t see my middle-button. Uninstalling, and installing an older driver for Windows 8.1 from the HP site (my machine is HP EliteBook 8570w) restores the middle button functionality. Few days later, the driver updates itself again, and…
