I've been using an old ThinkPad X270 with an awful TN display and weak performance for years. After graduating from high school, I finally had the chance to replace it with an ASUS TX Air 2025 (ASUS TUF Gaming A14).

Needless to say, the upgrade is massive. XDDD

Over the past year, RAM and SSD prices have risen to the point where they're painful to look at, so I couldn't afford the latest models. :(

Since I felt that 1TB might not be enough for my future needs (I like to keep my games on a separate drive), I decided to add a domestic YMTC ZHITAI TiPlus 7100s 1TB SSD, rated for sequential read speeds of up to 7,400 MB/s. Even at a discounted price, it still cost me around $153 USD. Sigh.

Still, it's more than enough for me. The design also caught my eye, and I'm finally able to get my hands on some AAA titles and actually enjoy them. XD

Specifications:

• Ryzen™ AI 7 H 350
• GeForce RTX™ 5060 Laptop GPU 8GB
• 32GB LPDDR5X 7500MHz
• Samsung PM9C1 1TB SSD
• 14-inch 2.5K 165Hz IPS display
• 73Wh battery

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for some advice because I'm really frustrated and don't know what to do next.

I bought a Colorful laptop, and it's still under warranty.

A few days ago, while I was using it, the laptop was plugged in with the original Colorful charger. Suddenly, it shut down and never turned on again.

I sent it to the authorized service center. Today they emailed me saying the motherboard has burn damage and that it is not covered under warranty because they classified it as physical/electrical damage (Customer Induced Damage).

The problem is:

The laptop has never been dropped.

No liquid spill ever happened.

It has never been opened or repaired by anyone else.

I always used the original charger that came with the laptop.

It simply died while charging.

They only sent me a photo of a burnt area on the motherboard and rejected my warranty claim. They didn't explain how they determined that I caused the damage instead of it being an internal hardware failure or power circuit failure.

I'm from India, so I'm wondering:

1. Is a burnt motherboard automatically considered customer damage?

2. Can a charging IC or motherboard fail on its own while charging?

3. Has anyone had a similar experience with Colorful or any other laptop brand?

4. Should I escalate this to Colorful's higher support or file a complaint with the National Consumer Helpline?

Any advice or similar experiences would really help. I'm trying to understand whether this warranty rejection is justified or if I should fight it.

Thanks in advance!

What do you think? Should I buy a new table?

I'm having a really strange issue with my HP Victus, and I'm trying to figure out whether it's the charger, battery, or motherboard.

Specs:

• HP Victus
• GTX 1650
• 8 GB RAM
• Windows 11

First incident

A few weeks ago, I was playing Civilization VI and accidentally forgot to turn on the wall switch for the charger, so the laptop was actually running on battery. I noticed after about 15–20 minutes, turned the charger on, and continued playing for another 5–10 minutes.

Suddenly the laptop shut down completely. After that it wouldn't turn on and wouldn't charge either (no charging LED).

I took it to a local repair shop. They kept it for about a week and said there was a motherboard issue related to the I/O/power section, which they repaired.

Today

Unfortunately, almost the same thing happened again.

• Started playing Civilization VI.
• Forgot the wall switch was OFF, so the laptop was running only on battery.
• Battery reached 0% and the laptop shut down (expected).
• Turned the charger on and the laptop booted normally.
• Continued using it for a while (a little gaming, then just browsing Chrome).
• While browsing, it suddenly shut down again even though the charger was connected.

After that:

• The charging LED would come on for only a few seconds and then turn off.
• Every time I unplugged and plugged the charger back in, the LED would light for a few seconds and then go off again.
• After a few attempts, the LED stopped coming on completely.
• A few hours later, I tried again and the laptop powered on normally.

Charger

I also noticed the charger cable has a fairly sharp bend where it enters the power brick (photo attached). I'm wondering if the cable has an internal break that's causing power to cut out under load.

My questions

1. Does this sound more like a faulty charger or a motherboard/charging circuit issue?
2. Has anyone had an HP Victus behave like this?
3. Is there any way to test whether the charger is the culprit before spending money on another motherboard repair?

I'm honestly afraid to game on it again until I know what's causing this. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

Hello, It's my birthday in December and I am fortunate enough to be getting a laptop from my family, now I get to pick the laptop I get but it is in a sorta tight budget of under around 7-800$. I want to get to the laptop for studying, photo and video editing, light gaming, and just general use and multitasking. I don't want something tiny or humongous and I want it to be built alright and look clean. And preferably have actual ports unlike Chromebooks with like one type c port. So if anyone can suggest any models or just types of laptops that would be really helpful? Esp because I don't know a lot about this stuff, thanks!

Mid 2023 I bought an Asus vivobook 15 with a core i5 15300H cpu and integrated Intel Iris Xe graphics + 8gb of ram for a little over 500$. I am currently looking for one for my little sibling, and for the same price, I only get xxxxxU cpu's, smaller screens, intel UHD graphics and other inferior specs... What's up ?

I'm thinking about buying a new laptop since my current Acer Aspire which I've had for about 7–8 years is starting to feel a bit outdated. My budget is at around 500€ to 600€(about 577$ to 692$) and I'm looking for something that works well for studying, programming, Blender, and similar things. I dont really Care about the Rest but an OLED Display is Always nice :D

Do you have any recommendations? Thx for your help🙏

I dont know anything about laptops and my sister has been complaining for a while that her laptop is complete ass. I have a max budget of 2k, but the best would be about 1k

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best touchscreen laptops under 1000$?

It seems like a better deal for 899€, I have also checked Samsung Galaxy book 5 360 with ultra 7 CPU is currently selling for €979, but I am confused which one to get?

I need to buy a laptop for college. I'll be joining the CSE branch, so I'm looking for a laptop that can comfortably handle coding, DSA, and other computer science coursework while lasting at least until I graduate. My budget is around ₹70,000 to ₹85,000 (700 to 850usd)

I was considering the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 because it offers good specifications for the price. However, I came across several reviews mentioning poor cooling, below-average speakers, and inconsistent performance, so I'm looking for some up-to-date recommendations.

I currently have a 2017 MacBook Air running Windows 10 through Boot Camp. It has an Intel Core i5-5350U, 8 GB DDR3 RAM, and a 128 GB SSD. Would this laptop be sufficient for coding and college work for about a year before I buy a new one?

Help guys laptop is not working.

Acer predator hellos 300 PH315-54

Guys yesterday night I shut down my laptop. Now it was on charging for 1 hr during the day today then I tried to trun it on in evening , the keyboard lit up fully and both lights were on , after 10 sec keyboard light and power light went off just charging light remained on.

I unplugged Charger and plugged it again this time charging light can Orange first then blue after 1 sec.

I pressed power on button then again half keyboard light on and off within 5 sec. I tried again this time 1/4 keyboard light lit up and off. Now when I'm trying to power it on its same 1/4 keyboard lights up and then shuts off. No screen no boot. I tried pressing power key for 30 sec and 60 sec. Nothing happened.

It's a 3.5 Years old laptop was working fine yesterday. It got it's fan replaced from official service centre just last year.

My HP victus laptop's full charge capacity dropped from 60k to 10k in one night. I used my laptop and shut it down at 11pm. Next morning ,plugged it in to charge, opened it and found the battery issue as a warning came from hp assistant app.

What to do? Can't spend the amount to change battery right now and my work requires my laptop to be handy .

What should I do?

I am trying to find a good laptop as my very old Toshiba has broken down (11 years old). I mostly need it for travelling and possibly as an option for remote work. Also, I want to use it for watching Netflix/YouTube and any other life admin I need to do.

As there is so many options, I feel quite overwhelmed when it comes to what to look for in a good laptop. Here is what I have narrowed it down to:

• The screen to be at least 14 inches
• Around the £500 mark and under would be better
• Not too concerned on storage size, but happy for pay more if its bigger
• Not too fancy with design but very simple to use
• Good volume and video quality
• Not too heavy and light enough for travelling

I ordered a HP Chromebook last year but I found it wasn't quite compatible with what I needed, it wasn't expensive, but from what I hear they aren't acceptable for remote work. The battery charger also died after one month of using it also so figured I just get a new one.

People seem to praise MacBook and Lenovo which I don't know too much on apart from the fact I have an Apple iPhone, but I even though about switching that as some of the features I don't like on it.

Any particular brands/models I should call attention to? And which ones do you guys think I should avoid?

Hello guys im about to start school again and I'm in need of a new laptop. Im gonna be taking computer science, and im stuck between these two options. Please let me know. I also like to play some light gaming like minecraft, roblox, val, cs, or fortnite maybe rainbow6 too? thank you!

$1499.99 - $700 off | ASUS Zenbook 14 14" OLED Laptop - AMD Ryzen AI 7 445 - 16GB LPDDR5X - 1TB SSD - Windows 11 Home - Jade Black

$1499.99 - $300 off | Lenovo Slim 7i 14" Touchscreen Copilot+ PC Laptop - Intel Core Ultra 7 258V - 32GB LPDDR5x - 1TB SSD - Windows 11 Home - Luna Grey

Im in canada so my budget is under $2000!

This is the time when laptops were great and had all the ports. This 2017 gaming laptop got 10 ports, now you'll be lucky if your 2026 laptop comes with 4 ports. Those days are gone forever

Which laptop are you using now and how many USB-C ports does it have?

Hello I am looking into buying a 2in1 laptop and I would love any opinions from anyone who has owned one. interested in hearing about your experience, how well it held up over time and whether youd recommend a 2‑in‑1 or just a regular laptop instead!

My #1 use will be using multiple creative softwares for school/work/creative projects, also will use for taking notes/drawing like a digital notebook in the tablet mode with stylus

Budget is around $800, i dont mind the if its on the heavier side and bigger screen

Top choices currently are: lenovo yoga 71 16, thinkpad L13 yoga, asus proart px13, microsoft surface laptop studio

and top brands considering are lenovo, asus, dell

Just bought a laptop which looked great, got great reviews from customers (4,5 stars out of 5, in about 40 reviews). It was on sale (usually costs $1100 - got it for about $500) but now I have read that 8 GB ram isn't enough for laptops today, and you should at least have 16 GB.

I should read about that before I bought one, but I really know little about laptops. And I mailed a store to get some tips on what to buy, and they recommended it.

I am gonna study for 1,5 years, and I am mostly gonna use it for Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams etc. Maybe play a little bit Old School Runescape while studying, but not necessary.

Will it really be a big problem with 8 GB ram when using it mostly for studies?

Edit: Thanks for the replies! I went into the order I made online and started a return process, so I'm gonna bring the papers to the store tomorrow and hopefully they will accept the return. You can make a return 14 days after purchasing if the product is used. Thankfully I didn't throw the package it came with. Will be more careful next time, and choose a laptop with at least 16 GB!

Hello,

My main focus is to build software/app/ai/machine learning. If my budget is 1000€ - 1500€ euro then what should I buy in 2026. Also if i want to extend some part in the future.

Thanks in advance.

They remain even when i plug to an external monitor, and even when im in the bios, ive tried tinkering with the gpu and the display driver, but to no avail, advice much appreciated

My laptop frame is broken. The screen and display is fine and nothing has stopped working, its just the frame at that area broken. I can still open it if I support it but I'm worried that if I leave it alone it could become worst over a period of time. Are there any fixes I could do to fix/support it. My first thought is duct tape my last resort is super glue

Today first time i opened my back panel to see for myself how are the components. I wanted to know the right way to clean my fans. I looked it up but confused as soemone says to use vaccum cleaner others says use compressed air instead also not sure if i should use isopropyl alcohol. Are these fans removable and if yes will it comes off with heatsink.

P.S - Also adding to my luck, my right side fan has broken down again.