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Thank you that is very helpful! I've searched for pcie expansion cards using the terminologies you provided and found some promising results! (Amazon Link) I just cant seem to find out that's in stock

Its pretty common for laptops to have usb c ports that with hubs/dock be split off to HDMI, ethernet, several usb, etc. Can the same be said for usb c ports from a computer's motherboard/usb c pcie expansion? What do I need to look for in pcie expansion cards to have that capability? I'm in a situation where I need to constantly move my pc between my Living room for and my room fairly frequently until I can save up for a dedicated pc in the living room. I think having a usb c hub ready in my room already setup to my drawing monitor/monitor/keyboard will save me a lot of time fumbling with ports and shit.

I'll certainly have this in the back of my mind moving forward. I'll have to finish backing up everything relevant before choosing what to do. before then I'mma explore options to solve this cpu usage issue.

initially posted it in troubleshooting, posting it here just incase: TLDR; I just reset Windows 10 after a period of showing a black screen after startup due to a Gpu driver problem. But after the reinstall my laptop is constantly at 100% cpu usage but all of the processes at Task Manager reporting 0% usage, as well as constantly freezing a few mins after starting up. I been using my Dell inspiron 7559 (i5 6300/Gtx 960/8gb) running windows 10 for a long time until earlier this week where I can't use my Gpu in applications (but it still appeared in device manager although with a yellow triangle mark) I reinstalled the Nvidia drivers, but stupidly left the Integrated graphics disabled within device manager when I restarted. Starting a cycle of turning it on, just getting a black screen with just a loading symbol in the mouse- turning it off, and repeat. During the process of trying to fix it I've: Cleared the CMOS twice, Setting Bios to default settings, Rolling back windows updates in the windows recovery screen, Finally somehow gotten it to boot into safe mode- reinstated the integrated graphics, and finally fed up going with the nuclear option of resetting windows. With hard shutdowns after freezing/blackscreen throughout the process. (Tbh I think constantly turning it off was a bad idea, and caused further issues down the line) I think the constantly freezing on startup started after either rolling back windows updates or after getting into safe mode. After booting to safe mode to enable the iGPU I was able to get further in the startup process getting into the account selection but I was left with a forever looping Welcome screen upon logging in. Sometime in this stage I was able to Ctrl+alt+del open task manager and get into my windows desktop but it freeze as soon as I tried to do anything or by just waiting for a couple of mins. Right now I'm trying to backup all my drawings/documents and other files worth saving, incase of a full reinstall of Windows or full reformat of my boot ssd. I'm really hoping for solution so that it won't have to come to that. I'll appreciate all the help I can get. Thank you for listening and I'm eagerly waiting for your suggestion to my situation.

TLDR; I just reset Windows 10 after a period of showing a black screen after startup due to a Gpu driver problem. But after the reinstall my laptop is constantly at 100% cpu usage but all of the processes at Task Manager reporting 0% usage, as well as constantly freezing a few mins after starting up. I been using my Dell inspiron 7559 (i5 6300/Gtx 960/8gb) running windows 10 for a long time until earlier this week where I can't use my Gpu in applications (but it still appeared in device manager although with a yellow triangle mark) I reinstalled the Nvidia drivers, but stupidly left the Integrated graphics disabled within device manager when I restarted. Starting a cycle of turning it on, just getting a black screen with just a loading symbol in the mouse- turning it off, and repeat. During the process of trying to fix it I've: Cleared the CMOS twice, Setting Bios to default settings, Rolling back windows updates in the windows recovery screen, Finally somehow gotten it to boot into safe mode- reinstated the integrated graphics, and finally fed up going with the nuclear option of resetting windows. With hard shutdowns after freezing/blackscreen throughout the process. (Tbh I think constantly turning it off was a bad idea, and caused further issues down the line) I think the constantly freezing on startup started after either rolling back windows updates or after getting into safe mode. After booting to safe mode to enable the iGPU I was able to get further in the startup process getting into the account selection but I was left with a forever looping Welcome screen upon logging in. Sometime in this stage I was able to Ctrl+alt+del open task manager and get into my windows desktop but it freeze as soon as I tried to do anything or by just waiting for a couple of mins. Right now I'm trying to backup all my drawings/documents and other files worth saving, incase of a full reinstall of Windows or full reformat of my boot ssd. I'm really hoping for solution so that it won't have to come to that. I'll appreciate all the help I can get. Thank you for listening and I'm eagerly waiting for your suggestion to my situation.

A work critical pc's parts has died and needed replacement, I swapped over almost everything except the hard drive because it has the installs of important programs and databases within it so a reinstall of windows 7 with USB 3.0 drivers baked in is out of the question. Though thru an USB to PS/2 adapted I have gained keyboard input. How can I get this computer up and running from this state? Any points to the right direction will be appreciated!

Oof I already assumed USBpd won't be a thing. no alt modes either is probably a no deal.

my laptop is basically a desktop at this point. Battery is dead for years now. but still need reposition it every once in a while. Plus wouldn't give up wifi since I have two of those ports... Lol just looking at the viability of this, geez.

Thought about those quirky boards that adds a full size pcie for an external GPU through the Laptop's mini pcie slot usually used for wifi adapter and thought to myself if it has enough bandwidth for a gpu why not an add in card for usb c/usb 3.1? after searching around I manage to stumble upon this one: https://cablematic.com/en/products/adapter-minipcie-to-usb-31-type-c-reversible-MS07300/ Using this can it theoretically connect to a usb hub that can output hdmi to an external monitor and all the other one cable wonder that usb c can provide? The convenience factor is several times over worth giving up having wifi. And will be a matter of just placing in the card, buying a usb c extension cable and make a hole in the laptop's housing to accommodate the usb c port. Is any of this possible as I described it?

Recently dipped my toes in the world of webcomics. Randomly happened upon the webcomic Lackadaisy and fell in love with it and the format. I downloaded an app for webcomics and immediately noped from the sheer amount of stuff. This might be too broad of a question, but what are your suggestions for other webcomics?

Is there an app on android that can send Google assistant commands with a button on the touchsceen. also is it also possible to send home assistant commands from a button hooked up to a Raspberry pi or arduino? The ecosystem of smart lights in my living room I'm using has no physical light switch, while voice command is convenient, I'm still really used to turning in off/on using a wall switch. Also their's this annoying thing when you turn it off using google assistant, you have to flick off then back on the next time I'm using the normal light switch.

Lol this might just be a more convoluted solution to my convoluted problem. I am so doing this.

most phone chargers I can have on me are 5v 1a, while the battery is rated at 3.65v 1a is that safe enough margin to be operational? I'll keep trying to look for closer ones

Ok... this is bit convoluted now that I repeat it in my head, but hear me out... I borrowed a friend's ps4 controller that we know won't charge or anything related to plugging into the micro usb connector. I opened it out and the charge board and adjacent ribbon cable is corroded to all hell; the ribbon cable especially as the one of the contacts has lost continuity. I am going to order the replacement chip and cable but due to the pandemic situation shipping will take two weeks. The controller, before charging function cease, seemed to be fully working as my friend recalled, so I'm a bit confident that only the charging board is broken... I see that the battery uses a standard connector and somewhat standard charging voltages (3.65v, 1A), barring finding a bench power supply then jerryrigging the connectors - have any ideas how to charge the battery without using the charging board while waiting for its replacement? Desperate times call for desperate measures, I say....

Hello LTT forum I have a bit of a mountainous task ahead of me. I'm asking if there's a way to make if more efficient/organize. Because of the pandemic right now we been scrambling to create an online store for the school and office supply store my family owns. I been tasked to picture the items we have to put on the website we're making. I've been given an excel file of our inventory it contains around 8,000 items (I'm just picturing around thousand or two thousand items), is there a program where it can take an item's name from the excel sheet, then create a folder/file system where I could just drop the pictures I taken? or any alternative way that a program could pair an item name from the excel file to picture/s? Thanks for any points to the right direction