[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
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> On 3 Jul 2015 14:29, Arthur Garlick <arthur_garlick at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> My 2p is: Don't take the laptop apart yet!
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> 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?!!
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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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