I took my Lenovo laptop running Ubuntu Linux to Best Buy because it wouldn't accept the 20 character disk encryption password that had previously worked. I thought it might be a good time to convert it to Windows 10 which would give the house more flexibility. I further thought this would be a matter of wiping the hard drive and installing W10. All the data I care about are in the cloud. The Geek Squad receptionist said he didn't know anything about Linux and that he would ask a "tech". Sounds like "let me talk to my manager." The conclusion was the hardware is too old to support W10 so why don't I just buy a new laptop which might be a less expensive option. It has an Intel I7 processor.
I decided to take it to Marcos who wiped the disk and installed a new version of Ubuntu. I took it home and installed Zoom. For all other purposes accessing applications via the browser should work. I might have to install Steam so Matthew can play games with his international friends. But the consensus is that yours is a fan problem. The only relevance of my experience is to resist buying a new computer unless there is no other less costly option. Good luck, Nick. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Sat, Jul 17, 2021, 11:31 PM Pieter Steenekamp <piet...@randcontrols.co.za> wrote: > I agree with Carl that it's most probably fan problems and that could lead > to overheating. > > You obviously need to get it serviced. In the meantime I recommend you > search for how to measure the temperature of the CPU and then monitor it. I > guess that while the temperature is not too high you would have some > breathing space while waiting to have it serviced. I tinker with Raspberry > Pis that don't not come standard with any cooling so I monitor the CPU > temperatures, but that's in Linux so I don't think sharing what I do would > help you. > > I'm sure you don't need to be reminded to ensure that all your important > data is securely backed up > > On Sun, 18 Jul 2021 at 06:49, <thompnicks...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Anybody, >> >> >> >> My Lenovo laptop has started making the oddest array of noises. It >> started with clunks and chunks and churrs but has now moved on to peeps and >> whistles. It’s latest production is a dying swan noise … a squeal, that >> descends in halftones and intensity followed by a scary silence… for a >> bit. >> >> >> >> Lenovo customer service seems to be “upgrading its systems” and has not >> responded for three days. Much as the noises sound like a dying mechanical >> hard drive, this machine has a solid state hard drive. Any thoughts? The >> machine seems to be working fine otherwise, but I am afraid it is going to >> shake itself to death. >> >> >> >> Sorry to bother you with this. >> >> >> >> N >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Nick Thompson >> >> thompnicks...@gmail.com >> >> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ >> >> >> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >> > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >
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