Windows 10: Laptop Not Coming On

My HP EliteBook 840 G3 has been acting up recently. It kept turning off and on repeatedly, so I went online to look for quick fixes. One suggestion was to hold the power button for a while because the battery might be overcharged. I tried that, and it worked temporarily.I then decided to do a full system scan to see if anything was wrong, but the scan didn’t find any issues. Afterward, I shut down the laptop, planning to use it the next day. However, when I woke up, the same issue happened—it kept shutting down repeatedly. I tried the same quick fix again, and it worked, so I updated all my dr

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Best laptop under $800??

Well the last one I suggested seems to be the best for 650$

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Sound comes out of laptop instead of TV when viewing a DVD

Sorry everyone, I forgot to come back to say I solved the issue! I did it like this:

• Right-click speaker icon in the tray
• Click on "Sounds"
• Go go to the "Playback" tab"

There are two speaker devices listed:

1. Digital Output (with a TV icon)
2. Speaker/HP (my laptop speakers)

I disabled Speaker/HP, and then Digital Output automatically took over, which made the sound come out of the TV. Problem solved! Thanks for the suggestions and advice that helped steer me in that direction. *Thumbs

 

Laptop overclocking adventures

hey guys I'm trying to get clockgen to work on my laptop but can't get any of the plls to work, can you please post like exactly what steps I need to take to test each pll to see if it works? my specs are listed to the left
thanks!