Recent content by ShadowReaper

Thanks for the answers, the laptop is a Lenovo Y560 and the screen is LED, so there is no inverter

Hello, I have a problem with my laptop's screen. The colors seem washed-out. I am pretty sure that the problem lies in the LCD screen but I would like your opinion. 1)I tried connecting an external monitor with both VGA and HDMI and the external monitor works fine 2)I replaced the lcd cable...

Hello all, my laptop was getting too hot and I decided to open it and clean it(haven't done that in 5-6 years).I opened the cpu fan which had A LOT of dust in it and cleaned it. I also replaced the thermal paste on the cpu & gpu. Now the temperatures are low (40-45C) but the fan always runs...

Hello all, I have a NanoStation which connects to other nanostations forming a wireless network. Each nanoStation is connected to a switch with some other devices. One NanoStation acts as an Access Point. If I connect the Access Point to my laptop I can connect to every device on the...

SSD would be a good idea, but for the size I want it would be too pricey

Hello, i recently replaced my laptop's hard disk with a WD Scorpio Black 750gb. Due to 7200 rpm i can feel a vibration while touching the laptop. I think that the disk works at full speed, even while I am browsing the internet. Is there any program that can spin down the disk when it is not...

Hello, I have an old nvidia 7900gt 512mb and it started showing artifacts. I am thinking of replacing it with a new low-end nvidia gt620. I have researched about gt620 and they say that has poor performance. I want to ask if the performance will be better than my old 7900gt card. I don't...