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  • Smart companies will allow remote work, and be able to recruit top talent that wants to work remotely. From what I've heard, Amazon is a terrible place to work in pretty much any non-executive role.

  • SD Card fails to format using official SD Card format tool on Windows
  • This is a microsd card inside an SD adapter, that is then inserted into an SD reader in your windows machine right? Some of those SD adapters have a little lock tab that makes the card read-only. Make sure that's in the correct position.

  • Can a damaged hard drive slow down a computer?
  • You can check the data the drive itself keeps about disk errors. This data is called SMART.

    https://www.howtogeek.com/134735/check-ssd-or-hdd-health-with-smart/

    Figure out if the drive is having problems or not, then look at replacing it.

    Another thing that slows down old laptops is thermal throttling. Once again there are plenty of programs you can download to check component temperatures. Have you cleaned dust out of the inside of the laptop and re-done the thermal paste?

  • Ides of March
    [RMA] What is this lump on my friend's CPU?
  • So based on the other comments, I would check the cooler and anything else that was above the CPU to see if something got too hot and dribbled solder on the CPU. Also is the socket next to that drop clean, or are there other smaller droplets nearby?

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