r/computerrepair

First time poster and first time repairer. I had set my laptop down, like I always do, and the fan seemed to take off right as I let go. At first I thought it was a software issue causing my fans to suddenly spike but with a bit of trouble shooting I saw that the temperatures were within a standard range, even lower than normal.

So I took the leap and opened up a laptop for the first time and BINGO I immediately noticed there was a sticker that had traveled to the inner part of the fan blades. I took it out, used some compressed air and now the laptop is cleaner and back to normal. I feel like a surgeon that just had a successful surgery.

You may refer to this post on microsoft learn for additional information because I reached out to get help there as well: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5826642/random-rt640x64-errors-on-my-computer

Hello, I have been having small, 5-second to 2-minute instances of my computer lagging considerably to the point that audio becomes choppy, and my mouse moves non-fluidly (as in, it doesn't glide but has less frames). As I am not very technologically literate, I do not know the specific term for this, but I think stuttering might be the best term for it.

My research into the issue normally leads to people having issues with this in resource-intensive situations (often playing a video game). But mine seems independent of that. Sometimes I let my computer play soft music when I am on my laptop, and the youtube video will lag out and mess up the song. Sometimes it happens while gaming, and sometimes it happens while I'm on discord only. This started relatively recently, maybe the past month or so weeks. I worry that a brown out (a brief power outage for less than a second) may have caused an issue. I thought it would be fine since it's on a lightning strip, but I guess not.

Another issue is that sometimes there are long start-up times. Like ten minutes.

I have checked for updates on my computer and driver, and have restarted (as in shut down and turn back on) my computer multiple times. I flashed the BIOS (updated it) and installed relevant drivers to see if it was the software, but I simply couldn't get it to stop. Check the microsoft learn forum post if you wish to learn more specifics.

Something similar happened a long time ago (almost a year), where a brownout happened, but was fixed with a large update to my software (struggled to run things and constantly took forever to start up from shutdown). However, the lack of success makes me worry it's a hardware issue.

Errors are in image 1. Computer specs are image 2. Image 3-6 is my drivers, because in my experience my drivers like to be the ones doing a little trolling.

Even if you are able to diagnose and/or prognosticate, I would be very happy. Thanks.

first it just doubled kinda now it's showing lines, Im pretty sure it's hardware cuz it's fine on an external monitor