[Blackpool] Fwd: RE: Saturday 4th July 2015

Les Pounder lespounder at gmail.com
Fri Jul 3 13:46:47 UTC 2015


IIRC James has a Dell 1735/1737 laptop like my beast!

Here is the service manual for the CPU cooling.

http://blog.parts-people.com/2011/12/05/dell-studio-17-17351737-cpu-cooling-fan-removal-and-installation/

Les

On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 2:43 PM, Olly Clark <olly at ollyclark.org> wrote:

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> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> 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>
>
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> 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
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>     > 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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