Computer and Laptop Tech Thread

[oj88]

This cryptocurrency craze and parts scalping will be the death of us all. It's no longer just GPUs that are getting artificially scarce, susunod na mga high-capacity SSDs and HDDs because of the Chia cryptocurrency.

[Walter]

Has anyone bought from RS Gadgets on FB and tipidpc ... he has really good deals on laptops ... is he legit? ...

Please give recommendation for laptop to be used by college student ... also gaming laptop as an alternative (also for college student) ... considering DELL XPS 15, DELL G7, Asus Zenbook 14/15, Asus ROG Zephyrus ...

[StockEngine]

a small upgrade

[ray_noel]

a small upgrade

Weh? Small upgrade?.... im curious kung saan ka kumuha and how much?

Sa daming streamers ngayon and gamers... ubosan mga gpx cards sa retail shops...


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[StockEngine]

Meron naman paisa isa ang mga shops for the higher end cards.

Recently meron 3070 stock and 6700xt for many shops.

unfortunately the Nvidia cards are priced 3x or more. AMD gpus are priced 1.6x or so sa Philippine market so we got one.

Still very fortunate we got a 30series before the crypto price surge.

[BratPAQ]

Anyone using a Bluetooth speaker on their computer setup? I have two problems with Bluetooth speakers.

First is when the computer sends a notification like a *ding dong*, dong na lang maririnig ko cut out yung 1st few milliseconds. Kahit sa mga music, may small cut out sa umpisa ng song.

Second eh if the computer is not producing any sounds for a long time the speaker would auto off. Which will make my first problem worst, I'm not hearing any notifications.

Kaya ngayon I'm still on wired speaker, I want to go wireless, gusto ko sana mag bawas ng wire sa setup ko dahil magulo na.

Can anyone recommend a Bluetooth speaker that doesn't have this problems?

[Dr.Kamiya]

Baka naman pwede work-arounds.
If you're willing to leave a program running all the time, play a small silent file on repeat.
This makes it so you have a constant audio signal going to the speaker so it doesn't standby or shut off.


The initial sound cut-off seems to me like the speaker you have is slow to respond. I don't think I've ever encountered that. The standby issue is far more common because most bluetooth speakers are also portable devices. Depends on your device na if meron sya configuration option to disable standby. Some speakers won't power down if connected to charger (Sonos I think works like this).


Lastly, not a "speaker" but Sony WH1000XM3/4 you can disable the auto shutdown via the App even if no audio playing or source is disconnected.

[Wh1stl3r]

Does anyone have an idea what Adobe background processes can be shut down/disabled safely on Windows 10? I'm only using Adobe Acrobat reader for reading pdfs. There are around a dozen Adobe processes running in the background even when all programs are closed. I suspect this is what makes start up slower than usual.

[oj88]

Does anyone have an idea what Adobe background processes can be shut down/disabled safely on Windows 10? I'm only using Adobe Acrobat reader for reading pdfs. There are around a dozen Adobe processes running in the background even when all programs are closed. I suspect this is what makes start up slower than usual.

Open Task Manager and select the Startup tab. Disable whatever programs you think shouldn't be running at boot-up.

Restart and see if you still have parts of Adobe running in the background.

[BratPAQ]

Does anyone have an idea what Adobe background processes can be shut down/disabled safely on Windows 10? I'm only using Adobe Acrobat reader for reading pdfs. There are around a dozen Adobe processes running in the background even when all programs are closed. I suspect this is what makes start up slower than usual.

You can disable those and it won't affect your acrobat reader. Do what oj88 said and disable any Adobe you see at startup since you said you only use acrobat reader.