[450] Speaking of freedom....

Sun Jun 27 21:49:22 EDT 2010

Re: [450] Speaking of freedom....Had experience servicing a couple of lap tops, samething could have similar effect on desktop (much less likely). Lap tops take in considerable amounts of dust overtime. This inhibits effective heat transfer. This results in bizarre laptop performance bcause of overheating of the cpu. Disassembling the lap top and cleaning the heat sink and cpu of baked thermal paste with some good silver paste helps. I have not performed measurements, but I think the heat sink and possibly retention clips warp. The heat sink no longer makes effective contact. That means lapping the heat sink and perhaps the cpu (if you dare). I got such a laptop working by adding software that controls the fans and slows the cpu down. Better than tossing the laptop as long as you can handle 20 to 25% speed reduction. The heat build up also likely damages the board and other components. This is the result of poor design of the lap top. Also lap tops are not really designed to be a lap top. Some have fan ports that become completely blocked when placed on your lap.

George
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          No sir, desktop but, it's dimensions are such that the "Chill Mat" is actually a little large under it & it still blows away my old tower.

  At 1:07 PM -0400 6/27/10, George Andrews wrote:
    Are you speaking of a lap top?

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              'Mornin'!

              Thanks. I replaced two suspect externals (USB hub & modem) & added a "Chill Mat" w/ 2 fans but, it's still "spooky." Too many variables. Heat & humidity don't seem to help. CD/DVD ROM burner needs replaced & may be effecting other components. There's some evidence of possible "power back-flow" from external devices. Then again maybe software conflicts or maybe "cascades" of 2 or more issues... Nonetheless, as it is, it is...

              N1VXD

              aka:
              ~ Canis Crustyus ~

      At 9:46 AM -0500 6/27/10, Bob wrote:

        Good morning Bubba.....glad to see you up and running again....

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        [shudder] "Dueling Banjos" and "Can you
        squeal like a pig" just seem a little too real to
        joke about much 'round here...

        At 7:09 AM -0400 6/27/10, George Andrews wrote:

          ¤
          Saw "Deliverance" a while ago. As I recall it was a movie about city boys goin' to the country with a take a knife to a gunfight theme.

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          Bob, how about  "Deliverance"  and  "squealing like a pig?"

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          For me, any reference to pigs at all always conjures up some amusing banter
          from "Pulp Fiction"......

            Vincent: Want some bacon?
            Jules: No, man. I don't eat pork.
            Vincent: Are you Jewish?
            Jules: Nah, I ain't Jewish, I just don't dig on swine, that's all.
            Vincent: Why not?
            Jules: Pigs are filthy animals. I don't eat filthy animals.
            Vincent: Yeah, but bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste good.
            Jules: Hey, sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I'd never know
          'cause I wouldn't eat the filthy motherfucker. Pigs sleep and root in shit.
          That's a filthy animal. I ain't eatin' nothing that ain't got sense enough
          to disregard its own feces.
            Vincent: How about a dog? Dog eats its own feces.
            Jules: I don't eat dog either.
            Vincent: Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal?
            Jules: I wouldn't go so far as to call a dog filthy, but they're
          definitely dirty. But, a dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way.
            Vincent: Ah, so by that rationale, if a pig had a better personality, he
          would cease to be a filthy animal. Is that true?
            Jules: Well, we'd have to be talkin' about one charming motherfucking pig.
          I mean, he'd have to be ten times more charming than that Arnold on Green
          Acres, you know what I'm saying?
            Vincent: [laughing] That's good.

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             Good point. Pigs in particular emanate a very "wrong" aroma. There's a pig
             farm not far enough away from here & pig manure is also one of the more
             "popular" fertilizers liberally used in the fields of these parts, as well
             as chicken & bovine varieties. (This "country air" can truly make one
             appreciate your dense northeast woods...)

             But then, this is all "off-subject" as well so, I'll be conservative in
             any further comment....   8^>

             N1VXD

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