In that last photo you linked, you can see the graphics card in the top half
Since there isn't a fan on it, I'll just restate my suggestion—maybe grab an 80mm fan with a Molex connector so you can plug it directly into the power supply, or if you have an open header on your motherboard, get the 3-pin version instead
You could probably screw the fan onto the heatsink if there's enough space between the fins, or—in a pinch—just use some plastic zip ties (the kind they use to cuff people during an arrest 😁)
Below those two fans—the side case fan and the CPU cooler—there's the graphics card. Looking at these photos, I get the impression it might be passively cooled.
Just to be sure, check the next image where I've circled the area in red. Does the card have a View on imgur fan?
If it doesn't, you might want to just pick up an 80mm fan and mount it directly onto the passive heatsink.
Maybe try a factory reset on your router—the reset button is usually right next to the power switch, and you’ll probably need something thin, like a toothpick, to press it
I ran into a similar issue once, and when I called tech support, they asked me, "When was the last time you performed a factory reset?" 🤷 I told them, "Actually, never," and they were just like, "Well, you should probably do that then."
Ever since I did it, everything has been working perfectly fine—honestly, it was kind of a silly thing to have missed
You probably need to keep it connected for a longer stretch—maybe a few days—to see if there's any actual signal drop-out at some point, if it's an issue with the USB port
Right-click the icon for File Explorer -> manager -> Device manager
Look through the device list for the Universal Serial Bus controllers—you'll likely see quite a few items listed there, like hubs and various controllers, I guess.
You mentioned you turned off "allow the computer to turn off this device to save power"—did you do that for the USB hub option too, or just for that wireless card?
The formula in column D is =MIN(C2:C5) The formula in column E is =LOOKUP(MIN(C2:C5); C2:C5; B2:B5) Basically—the first part is what you're looking for, the second is where to look, and the third tells it to grab the value from the adjacent cell once it finds a match. The formula in column F is =D2/E2
edit: I think I might have misunderstood how the LOOKUP function behaves—it’ll probably just pick the last entry from the lowest prices and overwrite the value there, I guess.
If by "reinstalling" you mean doing a clean install of Windows from a bootable drive—like a USB or DVD—then yeah, that’ll wipe the current installation. That means those admin password restrictions won't matter anymore since you're starting from scratch.
If this is what your CPU and RAM usage look like while idling—meaning you aren't even running anything specific—then it's definitely eating up a lot of resources.
Have you maybe run a scan for viruses, Trojans, or something similar?
How much RAM are we talking about? How much virtual memory did you actually allocate?
When that "low on memory" error pops up—is it always just Google Chrome and the Adobe Flash plugin causing trouble, or do other programs start acting up too?
Roughly how much RAM are Google Chrome and Adobe Flash eating up when the warning message hits?
If it’s been a while since you last dusted out your laptop, there's a chance the graphics card is overheating.
The worst-case scenario—and I guess this is possible—is that the graphics card itself is failing and might just quit on you without warning. You'd probably need to take it to a pro—like a local repair shop or something—to run some diagnostics and be sure.
