[Blackpool] Saturday 4th July 2015

Fri Jul 3 13:29:55 UTC 2015

My 2p is:  Don't take the laptop apart yet! 
Take a look at the "maximum processor state" setting and experiment with turning it down (assuming it's Windoze, but I am sure Linux has a similar tweak).  
You haven't overclocked it and forgotten have you?!!

A 

 > Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2015 14:05:55 +0100
> From: olly at ollyclark.org
> To: blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Blackpool] Saturday 4th July 2015
> 
> Hi James,
> 
> I'll be there tomorrow, I don't mind helping you take your laptop if you 
> want, do you have any thermal paste and rubbing alcohol?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Olly
> 
> On 02/07/15 17:01, James Page wrote:
> > I think I need to stick some new thermal paste on my laptop's CPU. Cleaning
> > out the vents etc hasn't helped to decrease the running temp. Will there be
> > anybody around who could guide me through it? It's not something I've done
> > before.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > James
> >
> > On 2 July 2015 at 13:02, Arthur Garlick <arthur_garlick at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,I've just been asked to help out on a Scout camp this Saturday so won't
> >> be there :o(.
> >> It's been too hot to be indoors hacking this week.  I've been in my garden
> >> trying to get as far as I can hacking the tree stumps and roots before
> >> deploying the chemical warfare.
> >> It's bad form to use a chainsaw on anything but clean wood, even if you
> >> powerwash the roots the grit remains and ruins the chain, a man should look
> >> after his tools and the chain can pickup something sharp and fling it at
> >> your head...  But the convenience and speed of a chainsaw makes cutting a
> >> stump out a lot less of a chore (actually it becomes an enjoyable job!).  I
> >> was doing this with two expensive chains and sharpening the chains between
> >> runs last year, which is tedious and it doesn't take long before the grit
> >> ruins the way the chains run in the saw and they have to be dumped anyway.
> >> Cheap Chinese goods to the rescue yet again, at £5 a pop for a new chain it
> >> makes it economical to use the chainsaw (it's still scarily unsafe though,
> >> plenty of protection req'd).  I have two cheapo chains and I'm still on the
> >> first one, I'll probably resharpen them once and then dump them as running
> >> them too long is probably damaging the saw itself.
> >>
> >> After looking at the Makerspace progress I had another look at my lower
> >> ground floor space and decided I am going to do a proper job same as Mike.
> >> I'll take the walls down to brick, tanking slurry, 25mm of insulation,
> >> battens and probably I will go for OSB walls in this workshop.  Floor is
> >> screeded, I have read that should go back down to the concrete slab for the
> >> tanking slurry to really bond in.  I don't have any major damp issues in
> >> this room and I'm loath to take out the screeded floor as it's quite well
> >> done.  So I won't get a good tanking fillet between the wall brickwork and
> >> floor (I believe the tanking will not bond in with the screeded floor but I
> >> will come it from the wall for about a metre with the tanking anyway).  I
> >> am thinking of using the sheet you use to tank a shower wetroom to overlap
> >> the wall/floor join by a metre or so.  25mm foam insulation on the floor on
> >> top of the wetroom style tanking sheet and a floating chipboard floor.
> >> Door frames will stay as is, most people including myself will fit under
> >> them without having to duck!  OSB walls will be a great base for a shelving
> >> and storage system.  It's not a massive space so the costs won't mount up.
> >>
> >> I will be at Preston Raspberry Jam with my soldering iron helping out
> >> younglings with a soldering project.  I have promised someone I'll have the
> >> ESP8266 project done and written up on the blog by then too...  we'll see
> >> how that goes.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Arthur
> >>> From: mikehull2008 at hotmail.co.uk
> >>> To: blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk
> >>> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 11:49:22 +0100
> >>> Subject: [Blackpool] Saturday 4th July 2015
> >>>
> >>> Tyldesley Road will be open as usual Saturday from 10am.
> >>>
> >>> Best regards
> >>>
> >>> Mike Hull
> >>>
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