what to do with old laptops that still work fine?
for context, I have this thinkpad t400 that works just fine and works really goos, but I have no idea what to do with it. I currently use it for word and due to the fact it has a fingerprint reader, but I have no idea what to do with it except for that (I have a pc that I installed arch on it anf use it for everything else). I was thinking, since it has a finverprint reader, to actually put a complicated password on it and store some data on it, but ehhhhhh, I also want to use it normally but 2h battery life and windows 7. Any ideas to what I can do with it except ms office? (I hate libreoffice, openoffice wont install and google docs is weird. The version of office I have is office 2003, that I have from Internet archive)
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for context, I have this thinkpad t400 that works just fine and works really goos, but I have no idea what to do with it. I currently use it for word and due to the fact it has a fingerprint reader, but I have no idea what to do with it except for that (I have a pc that I installed arch on it anf use it for everything else). I was thinking, since it has a finverprint reader, to actually put a complicated password on it and store some data on it, but ehhhhhh, I also want to use it normally but 2h battery life and windows 7. Any ideas to what I can do with it except ms office? (I hate libreoffice, openoffice wont install and google docs is weird. The version of office I have is office 2003, that I have from Internet archive)
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Laptop on but screen isnt turing on
When I turn on my laptop when its not plugged in it turns on but the screen doesnt, a hard reset seems to work after a few attempts (while plugged in) but I hear people saying turning a laptop off by the power button is bad and i have done that a lot bc of this problem. I think this all happened bc while i was updating my gpu drivers something got messed up and it would go to the start up menu and as soon as i do my password it shuts down but this got fixed but is now happening again after i tried to update my gpu drivers but i accidentally restarted my laptop. I checked everything inside it all seemed fine and im about ready to raise a white flag and take it to a repair shop. I have also hard that updating bios should permanently fix this problem but I havent tried that.
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When I turn on my laptop when its not plugged in it turns on but the screen doesnt, a hard reset seems to work after a few attempts (while plugged in) but I hear people saying turning a laptop off by the power button is bad and i have done that a lot bc of this problem. I think this all happened bc while i was updating my gpu drivers something got messed up and it would go to the start up menu and as soon as i do my password it shuts down but this got fixed but is now happening again after i tried to update my gpu drivers but i accidentally restarted my laptop. I checked everything inside it all seemed fine and im about ready to raise a white flag and take it to a repair shop. I have also hard that updating bios should permanently fix this problem but I havent tried that.
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How much RAM?
I need it to be able to run quickbooks, email, shop monkey, and stream a few cameras from the shop in another state at the same time. Nothing else really.
How much RAM for this? 16? 32?
Thanks!
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I need it to be able to run quickbooks, email, shop monkey, and stream a few cameras from the shop in another state at the same time. Nothing else really.
How much RAM for this? 16? 32?
Thanks!
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All-in-one computer recs
Hello! I need help. I need an all-in-one computer that is good for multitasking but is budget friendly. I don't want touch screen and I only need it to be capable of having a few tabs open at a time. Any advise is appreciated.
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Hello! I need help. I need an all-in-one computer that is good for multitasking but is budget friendly. I don't want touch screen and I only need it to be capable of having a few tabs open at a time. Any advise is appreciated.
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Intel DX58SO suddenly no display showing
# I have a CPU with Intel DX58SO motherboard 12GB(4X3) DDR3 RAM combo. It was working fine for a simple work like excel, word docs and occasional youtube and other social media. It has Win11 working. Yesterday all of a sudden while watching a documentary on youtube the screen went off while the CPU running. Since then no matter I do the display never comes on. I started researching and I've narrowed down the issues to the motherboard. The board powers on just fine, GPU(GeForce GT710 2GB DDR3 PCIE) fans spin up, CPU fan runs fine, the HDD drive light turns on briefly when booting up the system, and the 24-pin power light turns on just fine. I've tried it running with and without RAM, with just 1 RAM in all 4 slots(one slot at a time) and the board won't POST. I think the processor is Intel i7900 series and am sure it is not the processor problem but I could be wrong. I've also tried clearing the CMOS which did nothing. It does not give any audio/beeps debug. Unfortunately, it doesn't have an LED debug readout, so I can't really use those for troubleshooting. Is there anything else that I should try to get this old board up and running?
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# I have a CPU with Intel DX58SO motherboard 12GB(4X3) DDR3 RAM combo. It was working fine for a simple work like excel, word docs and occasional youtube and other social media. It has Win11 working. Yesterday all of a sudden while watching a documentary on youtube the screen went off while the CPU running. Since then no matter I do the display never comes on. I started researching and I've narrowed down the issues to the motherboard. The board powers on just fine, GPU(GeForce GT710 2GB DDR3 PCIE) fans spin up, CPU fan runs fine, the HDD drive light turns on briefly when booting up the system, and the 24-pin power light turns on just fine. I've tried it running with and without RAM, with just 1 RAM in all 4 slots(one slot at a time) and the board won't POST. I think the processor is Intel i7900 series and am sure it is not the processor problem but I could be wrong. I've also tried clearing the CMOS which did nothing. It does not give any audio/beeps debug. Unfortunately, it doesn't have an LED debug readout, so I can't really use those for troubleshooting. Is there anything else that I should try to get this old board up and running?
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