AleksanderK

Thanks everyone, the careful bending with pliers approach worked and everything is alright

This tiny metal hook in red won't let the retention arms be pushed back into the right spot

Hi, I was following a tutorial to upgrade ram on my laptop. Each RAM slot has 2 retention arms that hold the RAM stick down. The idea is that you push them away and the RAM stick pops up. When I was doing it, I must have pushed the retention arms too far and now they are stuck. A little bit of metal won't let them get back into the right posirions. I can't get them to close and the new RAM sticks won't stay in the right position without them. I'm running out of ideas at this point and I really need help

I'm trying to expand my storage by throwing in a new SSD, WD Blue SN570 NVMe to be precise. It's not gen4, so I don't think it should get very hot. Will it be fine if I just install it in the slot, or do I have to add a thermal pad on top of it? Mind you there is no cooler or radiator above that m.2 slot, so I'm guessing the pad will only work if it's thick enough to contact the metal body of the laptop. If you've ever installed a m.2 SSD in a laptop without any pads, please tell me what the temps are like.

I just bought a new wireless charger and the noise is really annoying. Can it be considered defective or is this ok? Sounds kind of like coil whine with ticking and clicking.

My PC (with 16 GB of DDR3 installed) has recently started running into weird perfomance issues. After investigating a bit, I noticed that Windows (along with software like Speccy) is only detecting 8GB. Could there be any reason for this apart from one of the modules inexplicably dying?

Windows says this:

It's a card that used to be in my Galaxy S8. I'm trying to recover photos and videos that were recorded on that same phone. I don't know how it got corrupted, it worked fine, then I took it out of the phone, because it had to be repaired. For about a day I put that card in an older phone so that I wouldn't lose it. After I got my S8 back I put the card back into it and it became corrupted. I didn't make an image and I don't really know what filesystem is used there

I'm looking for software that could recover data (about 40 gigabytes) from my corrupted MicroSD card. If there's any way to do it without specialized software, that would be nice too. I am mainly looking for free of charge options, but I guess I will have to consider paid services as well if all else fails. Thank you.

Damn, I've just realised I might have confused you all. I kind of forgot about the stock Samsung headphones, that come with the phones. I was actually talking about the wireless Galaxy Buds EDIT: these https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07MWCNR3W/ref=dp_ob_neva_mobile

The Galaxy Buds are 130$, which is cheaper than the Jabras, but certainly more than 100 dollar ear buds. I'm afraid they might be a downgrade. I wouldn't really call myself an audiophile though.

I'm currently using Jabra's Elite 65T and I like them, though they have some technical issues, and I have an opportunity to either exchange them for a new pair of Jabras or the Galaxy Buds. I've never tried the Buds before though, and I'm cautious about their sound quality. For a point of reference, I'm content with how the Jabras sound, if that is of any relevance, and I also use my earbuds with a Galaxy S8. Thank you.

Nevermind, found a fix

I'm trying to follow a tutorial on tracking on Youtube, but I've run into a problem. The Tracker window on my PC doesn't have the same buttons and functions as the Tracker window in the youtube videos. I can't find the "Analyze" and "Apply Buttons". Any idea what I could do to make those appear in the Tracker window?

My mic was working perfectly until I pressed the "Set Default Device" button in Realtek HD Audio Manager. After that the button became unpressable and I couldn't bring it back. Any ideas what I could do to undo that?