Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

Restart your laptop and clean the keyboard to fix some screen issues without replacing it. If your screen is black, try connecting to an external monitor to check if it's a screen problem. Sometimes ...

If your Windows 11 laptop shuts down without a low battery warning, check notification settings, enable low battery alerts in Power Options, apply energy recommendations, and assess battery health.

For the last month or so, my wife’s laptop has been noisier than you’d think possible for such a thin, compact PC. The culprit: The cooling fan, which seemed to run non-stop and at the highest ...

I’ve spent more hours than I care to admit diagnosing stubborn Windows problems: sluggish laptops, desktop crashes, weird startup behavior, you name it. Over the years, I’ve used plenty of different ...

For months, my Lenovo Yoga C940 laptop seemed to be playing tricks on me. One minute the display would be pleasantly bright, but switching to anything with a dark background caused a gradual drop in ...

You might have to replace the screen, but first try rebooting, checking for debris, and updating the graphics driver with a second monitor This article explains the possible ways to fix a laptop's ...