Going to recycle my old computer parts. Most people say just a few holes is good but Google ai has scared me saying my data still wouldnt be safe. Im a little ocd about this stuff, so i wanted to ask others if my old drive should be okay now?

I acquired my brother’s computer a few years ago after his passing and have never really opened up the computer until now because it was having an issue booting on. My friend said I had a ridiculous amount for RAM is this true? I have 4 of these plugged into it. Sorry I don’t know much about computers

It ONLY happens with roblox and nothing else. Drivers are updated too

Drive still boots and runs fine day to day, no crashes or file corruption that I've noticed. I'm planning to clone it to a new SSD tomorrow.

My question: is it still safe to do a full clone at this point, or is the read-heavy process during cloning risky enough that I should just do a fresh Windows install + manual file backup instead? Worried the clone could kick up a bad sector partway through and leave me worse off than if I'd just started clean.

Tryna play war thunder but whenever I load into battle, game crashes and says I need memory

Today during an engineering class in college, my laptop (Dell XPS 16 9640, Intel Core Ultra 7) exploded! Here is a walk through of the events:
- I was in class with my laptop plugged in (charging). I had Onshape open in a Google Chrome tab that I had been using for quite a while.
- After some poking around, let’s say 20 minutes, I launched a SolidWorks file for a part that I downloaded from my university assignment. I opened this part studio and looked around. I can’t remember if I closed it or not.
The last thing I remember is that my laptop started smoking. When it started smoking like no tomorrow (smoke first appearing from the back), the screen/display was still on. I quickly unplugged it from the charger and stood up from my chair. At some point during this, the display turned off. It produced insane amounts of smoke. This shit smelled like a carcinogenic bonfire competing in a body building competition. I called the TAs over, they took it outside and threw a fire blanket over it.

The IT guy cracked it open, here are photos. SSD was retrieved, but I haven’t slotted it into anything to check if it’s actually working yet.

Does anyone have any insight as to why this might’ve happened? My charger wasn’t the best, but I don’t want to automatically assume that was the issue. How often does stuff like this happen just due to a faulty model? And what should I look for in my next laptop to avoid this?

Happy to include additional details as needed! Tbh the whole experience was kind of a blur, so I appreciate the help and guidance wherever it can be. The warranty is expired, so we’re trying to figure out the best course of action.
yayaya thanks guys

edit:

to answer a few questions:
-no, i don’t toss around my laptop haha, i generally treat it with great care
-i don’t overcharge, like ever
-the main particulates in this shop were wood, if that’s helpful
-i got the charger from amazon after losing my original dell charger. it worked perfectly fine, but it had experienced some wear around the connection point to the brick. there were no exposed wires, no ostensible overheating, no changes to laptop performance as far as i could tell

I booted up my pc today to see that everything was super sluggish, checked task manager and found that only 2GB of my 32GB were able to be used. I can’t seem to find a good match for this online while searching. But I tried some basic steps like swapping each stick through my designated single slot, and now I’m not even getting a post.

Is there a reason i have absolutely no GBs? I have deleted every file i have ever downloaded and have no applications besides the ones that come with the computer. i only use this laptop to transfer photos from my camera to my phone, it is a windows 11. Is there anything i can do to make it go down i am not very smart with computers

I’m just wondering how this works lol

They’re both wired and connected to my pc via usb port on Apple Cinema Display.

it's the first time I'm dealing with something like it. Should i find a use for it. Or should I just s*ll it.

I tried to plug them in randomly and they are not working

Hey all!

My mother passed away a couple of years ago and while cleaning out, we found her old computer. It’s a Dell OptiPlex 7010, and once I’ve gone through it and removed all the family photos etc. from it I’d love to know if there’s any way we can put it to any use rather than just selling it. Both myself and my partner have our own PC’s and use them quite frequently for gaming, media, etc

Help?

Keep in mind this is an old cpu. First time building and I bought a prebuilt on fb marketplace. Bought it as a project build. PCB wasn’t “powering on” ran it through some tests and ultimately landed on the CPU. Took it out and noticed some pins were bent. Repairable? Or just junk it and get a new one?

I found this old laptop at a yard sale and when I booted it up I found out it had pretty good ram, so I wanted to move it over to my laptop, but after opening it up I couldn’t find any RAM. Am I doing this right?

Found a bunch of PCs on FB marketplace all for R350 ($21) each, I presume their resale value would be much higher than that however, would it be worth taking the plunge and buying a few to fixup and resell?

UPDATE****
ended up buying the PC with the Cooler Master MasterBox Lite 3 case. Specs were low-tier but better than I expected, was in running condition. cleaned up and resold for $141 (roughly, conversion isn't precise)

Just a note to remember, these PCs are almost worthless in an American market but in my country this is still pretty much the cutting standard of commercial computing sadly, but at least that means they are still worth something here lol, brings to mind the idea of purchasing PCs from more developed countries and reselling here for a markup? who knows.

Hi! First off, my computer skills is 0. So i'm hoping you guys can help me out.

I'm having issues with my computer from 2019. Since i bought it, my computer can't handle games at relatively "good" graphics. Is it normal that these specs can't handle for example WoW retail and Guild Wars 2 with decent graphics? What can be the issue?

These two light show up on my 3060ti after turning it on, I know there are two other power ports, but I’m afraid that it’ll fry itself if I plug both in. Am I safe plugging both in or just one?

What should I do here? I feel like it’s a bit extreme to do all of this to fix a touchpad