KaushikMajumdar Troubleshooter

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Step 4 is a leftover tip from the days where not every integrated GPU was powerful enough to handle Windows Aero and this led to a visual slowdown of the desktop. With today's performance, the only thing you're doing by disabling visual effects is disabling the eye-candy with no noticeable effect on performance because…

I think your internal SSD came loose. You can verify by checking whether it is being detected in the BIOS (check the Bootable devices section).

Try going to BIOS changing the option back to UEFI. Your Windows disk was created in UEFI mode and will not work with Legacy BIOS.

The low volume issue is a design problem. The speakers are low power and the placement doesn't allow for a good volume either. You can check one option in the Sound settings (Control Panel). Go to Speakers and check the Custom tab to see if Limited Output is enabled or not. If enabled, disable it and your maximum volume…

You can't get BIOS on the external display because it is programmed to be displayed in your primary monitor which is your laptop display. The only way I think that you can get it to display onto your external monitor was if you disconnected your internal display, and I wouldn't recommend you go through so much trouble just…

It's a 2TB drive with 1.81 TB Total space, 425 GB free.

Sorry for not wording my post correctly. When I say "docked" I mean using the laptop with an external monitor like a PC. I'm not actually using a "dock". All my peripherals including the external hard disk is directly connected to my laptop, i.e. no docks or hubs are being used. I've even tried connecting the external…

Thank you Sandeep for the reply. Since my system is working all fine and dandy after interchanging the slots, I've decided not to pursue the problem any further since this does not affect performance. I've had zero problems with my system since then, no BSODs or any memory errors. I can only wonder what actually went…

Thank you Sandeep for the reply. Since my system is working all fine and dandy after interchanging the slots, I've decided not to pursue the problem any further since this does not affect performance. I've had zero problems with my system since then, no BSODs or any memory errors. I can only wonder what actually went…

This seems like a bad case of hardware shielding where the graphics card is causing interference in the audio interface. Try an external USB soundcard to see if it solves the issue.

Check your Task Manager to see what is taking up CPU during idle. This is probably the culprit for the poor performance.

This is actually the most elegant workaround. I like to use Quick Access to turn-off USB charging and disabling it's startup task would interfere with the program. Also deleting/modifying the image file is actually something which works without error. I was thinking of going into the registry before but had no idea where…

I think you need the Realtek Audio Console for the popup to appear. This is a problem since the app is not available to download on the Microsoft Store. Try the latest version of the Realtek driver from the Acer website or try to update the Realtek Audio driver using Device Manager and restart.