by mjnelson99 » Fri Jun 24, 2016 9:00 am
I can have a friend check out the fans when he checks the networking
card, probably next week. I think he said he cleaned my other laptop
when he replaced the keyboard.
Good idea. Thanks, Alan.
On 6/24/2016 8:07 AM, AlanD wrote:
> On 2016-06-23 12:05 PM, MJNelson wrote:
>> Wouldn't be surprised if it overheats. I did move it a bit more off the
>> table so there is more air circulation underneath.
>>
>> So far, the old restore (early 2015) has functioned well. It took a bit
>> of updating since it was so old.
>>
>> On 6/23/2016 10:26 AM, AlanD wrote:
>>> On 2016-06-21 3:19 PM, MJNelson wrote:
>>>> The image size was too large for restore. Maybe there was an easier wat
>>>> to do it and it DID work.
>>>>
>>>> I restored to a USB drive that has enough room. Then I resized it in
>>>> BIBM. Then used BIBM to copy it to the C partition after deleting the
>>>> existing one. I had to edit boot stuff to get it working.
>>>>
>>>> Am now working on updating really important stuff before I reimage it.
>>>>
>>>> Is it working okay? Not enough time yet to be sure.
>>>> Mary
>>>>
>>>> On 6/21/2016 11:10 AM, MJNelson wrote:
>>>>> I did a 12 hour test with Memtest86. No errors. I left it that long for
>>>>> a thorough test. Both modules were relatively new.
>>>>>
>>>>> It may be worth a test with the 2015 image.Since I did not do MS updates
>>>>> there, it is possible there is VERY little else installed then.
>>>>> I can put this one back on if it does not work well.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mary
>>>>>
>>>>> On 6/21/2016 1:17 AM, TeraByte Support wrote:
>>>>>> yes it could.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "MJNelson" wrote in message news:11678@public.tech.misc...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I know the networking card in my laptop is causing hardware problems.
>>>>>> Internet access is BAD. A USB external networking card is working. I may
>>>>>> ask a local guy to look it over next week.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There may also be software stuff.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> After a restore, sound was disabled. Reboot. It's there.
>>>>>> Thunderbird would not run (after it had already been running minutes
>>>>>> before) Reboot. It runs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At one point I could not delete messages in Thunderbird. I shut it down
>>>>>> and restarted it. Now I could delete. No, no other changes were made.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am considering imaging what I now have and then restoring an image from
>>>>>> May 2015 that would need LOTS of MS updates plus other programs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It is is ram, that might not be necessary or useful.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Could faulty ram cause such weirdnesses? There are 2 sims of 4 GB each.
>>>>>> It seems to be getting more intense with time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Comments
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> Mary Nelson
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Mary, been wanting to ask if you think that you have any over-heating
>>> issues, which laptops are famous for?
>>>
>>> AlanD
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
> I'm sure that's a good idea, but I'm thinking more along the lines of
> dust accumulation in those very tight spaces inside - blocking air
> circulation.
>
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