Re: [PLUG] very large laptop

[JP Vossen via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

And just to cover the sanity checking, you blew all the dust out with 
compressed air, made sure the fan actually spins & air actually flows, 
and all that, right?  Just checking...

I saw what Eric wrote about the inaccessibility of the fan, but a 
partial teardown for a good cleaning and re-seating of whatever you 
can...might help?

On 4/14/20 9:57 PM, Fred Stluka via plug wrote:
> Jeff,
>
> Have you considered an inexpensive cooling pad to sit it on?  Like
> a thick mouse pad, but big enough for the entire laptop to sit on.
> Blows air up at the bottom of the laptop.  Worked wonders for an
> old 17-inch HP laptop my wife had years ago.  The laptop was
> built cheap, I think, with no attention to heat.  Had a non-laptop
> CPU or something even.  Always overheated.  The pad solved it.
> Might still be lying around here somewhere, though I suspect its
> long gone.  See:
> - http://google.com/search?q=laptop+cooling+pad
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> On 4/14/20 7:18 PM, jeff via plug wrote:
> > thanks for the schoolin'
> >
> > On 4/14/20 7:12 PM, Soren Harward wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 6:35 PM jeff via plug 
> > > <plug@lists.phillylinux.org <mailto:plug@lists.phillylinux.org>> wrote:
> > >
> > >     So I'm looking for a replacement for a desktop replacement.
> > >     Important parts: 17" display, 16RAM, number pad, backlit kbd 
> > > would be
> > >     nice, linux-friendly, under 1k would be great-used is fine
Later,
JP
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