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How do I go about calculating a needed powerbank capacity?
I want to work out a powerbank capacity to charge MacBook Pro 16" 2023 1.5 times and Samsung Galaxy S25 3 times.
MacBook Pro has a 8000 mAh battery,
The MacBook charger gives out 140 W, 28 V max....
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Laptop with two NVMe slots
I'm looking for a laptop that supports 2 NVMe devices, for redundancy.
Ideally:
still portable, i.e. no workstation monster
two m.2 slots
each slot supports x4 PCIe lanes
each slot supports standard ...
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Need help upgrading Asus G14 RAM
I have the Asus G14 (GA401IV-BR9) motherboard, and I hope to upgrade its RAM.
Is the maximum supported RAM capacity by the motherboard up to 40GB (8GB soldered on board, 32GB in the upgradable slot)? ...
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Adding active cooling to a Radeon Instinct card
My new Radeon Instinct MI50 begins whining after only a couple of minutes of the system uptime — it gets too hot just sitting idle inside a Dell workstation.
By all appearances, the "passive ...
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Would it be safe to run a 65W CPU without direct CPU fan cooling?
I am getting one of the AMD Ryzen 65W CPUs, and wondering if I can cheap out on cooling and aftermarket it later at best.
I've got a fan pointed right at it, so hopefully that should be enough to let ...
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Is it possible that a processor can be unstable and affect whether I can update my BIOS? [closed]
I need a CPU to update my BIOS for another CPU, and I'm looking at a used one which the seller says "Windows boots up, now and then i get BSOD".
I'm assuming they just have a bad setup, and ...
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Webcam with a slender neck or to sit in front of the screen
I have 4 screens mounted on an arm. The problem is that a standard camera is bezel mount.
If I install it on the top, it looks at my scalp.
If I poke it though the gap, its precarious and twisted ...
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ARCTIC TP-3 as thermal pads for registered ECC DDR4?
I'm building one of those chinese-motherboard-powered Intel Xeon PCs and I got a set of registered 128GB (4x32GB) ECC DDR4 modules but they came without a heatsink. I already bought a set of sturdy ...
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i7700 Memory Controller Compatibility
I want to keep my Kaby Lake-based machine for a while and maybe upgrade the RAM. I enquired with my motherboard manufacturer's support and they told me any RAM limitations were purely from the memory ...
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Headphones for cycling
I use headphones not only for music etc. during bike tours, but also for navigation instructions, since I can't always look at my phone in traffic. So I need headphones that fulfil these criteria:
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Looking for Arduino Kit
I have used a Raspberry Pi before. I want to just play around with an Arduino. There are so many versions and so many kits. Which one should I look at or which ones should I avoid? For instance ...
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Samsung SSD 9100Pro with or without heatsink for a Dell Precision 7680 laptop?
I have a professional laptop Dell Precision 7680. I would like to add two SSDs Samsung 9100Pro 8TB on it (MZ-VAP8T0BW or MZ-VAP8T0CW), but I have no idea if the heatsink version would fit inside my ...
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Can a tiny lightning to USB-C converter adapt a selfie stick for an android mobile?
I'd like to take selfies with an android mobile mounted on a selfie stick that is equipped with a wired Shutter Release button on the handle.
My problem is that the selfie stick has an apple lightning ...
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Headphones buying advice
Recently my Logitech G935 (wireless) plastic swivel hinge broke (poorly engineered to hold almost 400g of headphones) and I am looking for a wired replacement. I don't necessarily need a microphone ...
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Wireless Options for HDMI with Ultrawide Support
I recently upgraded to an Ultrawide monitor (aspect ratio 21:9, 2K 3440x1440 resolution). However, due to the way my apartment is laid out, I have to use wireless HDMI to get signal to my monitor. ...
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