[Blackpool] Fwd: RE: Saturday 4th July 2015
Olly Clark
olly at ollyclark.org
Fri Jul 3 13:44:06 UTC 2015
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Subject: RE: [Blackpool] Saturday 4th July 2015
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2015 14:38:40 +0100
From: Olly Clark <olly at ollyclark.org>
To: Arthur Garlick <arthur_garlick at hotmail.com>
CC: blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk <blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk>
If memory serves me James it's an Intel Core 2 Duo laptop isn't it?
When you say it's running hot, how hot are we talking? The BIOS should
give you some temperatures, plus there are a couple of free apps you can
use to monitor CPU and motherboard temps, maybe worth playing around
with those tomorrow.
Regards
Olly
On 3 Jul 2015 14:29, Arthur Garlick <arthur_garlick at hotmail.com> wrote:
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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