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- Mon Feb 12, 2024 5:31 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: CPU temperatures
- Replies: 18
- Views: 971
Re: CPU temperatures
Well just to close out this thread, I replaced the thermal paste this morning. It was a nightmare of a laptop to take apart and to get to where I needed to get just about the entire machine needed to be totally disassembled. The main heat pipe are attached to the bottom of the aluminum pan that is t...
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 2:19 pm
- Forum: Distros
- Topic: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS will get 12 years of updates
- Replies: 10
- Views: 332
Re: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS will get 12 years of updates
Oh man you have the coolest toys. Good thing an ocean separates us or you would be sick of me stopping by to see them all in action. People have lots of approaches to getting done the things they want to do. For me the thrill is always more in the final product than the methodology used to create it...
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:45 pm
- Forum: Distros
- Topic: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS will get 12 years of updates
- Replies: 10
- Views: 332
Re: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS will get 12 years of updates
Ubuntu was hoping to have their "immutable system" ready to go for the released of 24.04, but from what I read that is being pushed back until summer. It is to be entirely Snap based, which I am sure will irritate many folks. But that could have a very (nice?) long term impact on Ubuntu de...
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 9:01 pm
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: The weather has been crazy
- Replies: 1255
- Views: 165668
Re: The weather has been crazy
We have been running 30ºF above normal. A couple days back I was sitting on the porch on a sunny afternoon wearing a flannel shirt, reading a book with a cup of coffee. It has been raining all day today. Just nonsense weather for February in Minnesota. Everyday we are breaking one record or another....
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 3:39 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: What hardware are you using?
- Replies: 1802
- Views: 197780
Re: What hardware are you using?
The 7010 is about the same specs as my Thinkpad X230t. The 230 is a laptop/tablet with a mobile processor and chip set, so it is most likely a bit slower. The X230t is my knock about machine. It goes to the shop, sits on the bench. It hold lots of documentation and directions. With the touch screen ...
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 1:44 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: CPU temperatures
- Replies: 18
- Views: 971
Re: CPU temperatures
I was surprised that a question of the expected temperatures of C2D processors would generate so much discussion. I took a side trip to YouTube and it appears that “thermal paste” sort of occupies its own sub-genre. I do like YouTube, but a large portion of the videos on most topics are opinion piec...
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 8:55 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: My older hardware seems to outlast my newer systems
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1137
Re: My older hardware seems to outlast my newer systems
One of the problems with the higher clock speeds and the microbial soldering used on newer systems is the higher frequency will cause stress fractures in the solder resulting in bad connections. This is ultimately a problem of design in the either the soldering is not properly done in the factory or...
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 5:14 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: My older hardware seems to outlast my newer systems
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1137
Re: My older hardware seems to outlast my newer systems
I am in a phase of using older hardware. Most of what I am enjoying is using software that has served me well for years and has either become abandon or needs updates. I have always been something of a sucker for the odd hardware that never seems to catch on or stick around for long. I like the rota...
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 1:39 am
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: Raspberry Pi OS on the Surface RT
- Replies: 1
- Views: 342
Raspberry Pi OS on the Surface RT
The Surface RT was the first high quality tablet I purchased. It was a very nice device and I am probably one of only three people in the world that liked it. Microsoft very ignominiously dumped it and support for it. As a last in your face move their final security update, closed off the boot loade...
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 1:14 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: CPU temperatures
- Replies: 18
- Views: 971
Re: CPU temperatures
Thanks for all the solid advice. Changing thermal paste is something I usually do and would have probably done to this 2006 laptop, but of course I was out of thermal paste. I have ordered some and when it arrives I will clean out the old stuff and replace it. The laptop is the top of the line 17&qu...