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

40 pointsposted 7 months ago
by ViscountPenguin

10 Comments

em3rgent0rdr

7 months 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

7 months ago

Is there also one to increase the memory?

hulitu

7 months ago

> Is there also one to increase the memory?

Yes, the memory of the user. /s

burnt-resistor

7 months ago

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

user

7 months ago

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user

7 months ago

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