CPU stuck at 0.80Ghz, Fixed by removing keyboard screw (2018)

34 pointsposted 14 hours ago
by ViscountPenguin

10 Comments

em3rgent0rdr

12 hours ago

> "I think i solved the issue by putting a piece of tape underneath the metal plate and the motherboard. So the plate where the keyboard is attached to can't touch they motherboard."

Sounds like the metal screw shorted one or more signals on the motherboard.

iefbr14

14 hours ago

Is there also one to increase the memory?

hulitu

an hour ago

> Is there also one to increase the memory?

Yes, the memory of the user. /s

burnt-resistor

11 hours ago

PPE - Piss poor engineering. Quanta might've been to blame since Dell was mostly a sales operation by this time.

user

12 hours ago

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user

13 hours ago

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