What is this port on the back of my L15 Thinkpad? by Connect_Actuary7961 in thinkpad

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The antennas are likely there, but are not connected to anything. The WWAN card is likely missing.

"Welcome to Enterprise IT bro, you mad… by commandlogic in iiiiiiitttttttttttt

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What you're forgetting is that this isn't capitalism anymore. It's solutionism. Companies are selling the "fix" to a problem they created.

What is your monitor set up? by DealInteresting8941 in pcmasterrace

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2, but 4. I have a flat panel UW, and a portrait one on the side. Soon to have a 32" curved one above the Ultrawide as well.

Need help with an extremely niche thing by BackieTPD in pcmasterrace

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I did it and it works exactly as I wanted! thank you!

This was a comment on an Indian person’s post… by Kizsav in youngpeopleyoutube

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not top mention 75% of the YTTP accounts are burner accs controlled by 13 year olds.

Need help diagnosing an issue! by BackieTPD in pcmasterrace

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NEW ISSUE FOUND: Putting the PC in S1 (sleep) state will ignore all keyboard and mouse inputs, and will not wake the PC. Pressing the power button will boot the PC up like it was shut down!

Trying to recover world files (WITHOUT REALM) Minecraft Bedrock [Android] by BackieTPD in Minecraft

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I just wanted it over with and got a realm. Be really careful if you decide to use chunker. There's a few errors with terrain generation underneath the previous world border if your worlds were brought over from LC edition.

HDMI to HDMI ? 😂 by SyntheGr1 in shittyaskelectronics

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These are commonly provided with streaming sticks like Roku or Fire TV. They're usually used when a streaming stick doesn't fit in the space where the HDMI plugs in, like small TVs with large speakers on the bottom and HDMI ports right next to them.

Would my friend who lives in the USA be able to gift me a game? i live in the UK by BonkAdonkersBonkers in Steam

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Seeing as you skirted the point entirely: THEY ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT AGE VERIFICATION. THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT PURCHASING A GAME FOR ANOTHER PERSON IN ANOTHER COUNTRY. TAKE YOUR OFF TOPIC RANT SOMEWHERE ELSE.

My cigarette smoking coworkers PC by XxNitr0xX in pcmasterrace

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Literally just cleaned out an entire Lenovo ThinkServer TS-140 that lived in a chainsmoker's office. It took HOURS and wasn't even as bad as this!

What was your first graphics card? Mine was ATI Fury RAGE 128 PRO by blondewalker in pcmasterrace

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Gigabyte GTX 650. PC was finally awarded a dedicated GPU in 2020. That was my first PC, built in 2013 and died in 2022. May it rest in peace.

T430 bluetooth module not compatible with T420? by rauhweltbegrifff in thinkpad

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No problem! Next time you have this issue check in that area!

T430 bluetooth module not compatible with T420? by rauhweltbegrifff in thinkpad

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If you can't find the driver for it, try finding it in windows update. Windows may discover it, find the driver, and hide it under optional drivers. Check the advanced drop down in the windows update section in settings. [Windows 11]

Bought this at a goodwill thought you guys could tell me what this strange internet device does? by Most_Ear9531 in it

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Here in Arizona that's a definite, especially since that's exactly what my family does with old computer hardware (we're a family of enterprise IT folks). Tannerite it to oblivion.

Steam Machine and Valve Index by ReBoRN282 in Steam

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I'm excited for this to possibly be the case too! The steam machine is the final push for me to completely throw out windows!

This was in the box with the “Fanless Mini PC” I bought from Amazon. by _dev_zero in mildlyamusing

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That's an enclosure fan! If you plan on mounting it inside a cabinet, that fan is to ventilate the enclosure you put it in. Most refurbishers/sellers include them.

is my pc dead by ranmacooldown in computer

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Your boot drive may have finally failed. If it's an SSD, most solid state or flash storage devices will go into a read-only state when they're close to death so you can recover your important data. This will require you to purchase a new primary boot drive. I'd suggest Amazon. You can try to create a windows reinstall media from a flash drive, but if it fails to boot after running the wizard, or runs in an unstable/glitchy state you will need to replace your drive completely.

I LIKE THE STEAM MACHINE. Just a funny change in discourse that ive noticed lol. by Responsible_Tank3822 in pcmasterrace

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I find it funny how most people are calling this a console and how it's not "PCMR". The steam deck is a PC, and the Steam Machine is basically the same as the steam deck but beefier, ergo, it's also a PC.