Hi Greg, Repasting is a simple procedure, and it's much riskier to run the CPU at an unnecessarily high temperature than to replace the paste.
If you want another X200, shoot me a private email. I have 2-3 sitting in storage that I'd part with. Also a couple X201s, though I know those are less desirable. On August 2, 2025 9:31:34 AM PDT, Greg Farough <[email protected]> wrote: >On Sat, Aug 02 2025, Ian Eure <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Greg, >> >> Greg Farough <[email protected]> writes: >> >>> On Thu, Jul 31 2025, MGD <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Guix Community, >>>> >>>> I hope this message finds you well. I'm currently setting up Guix >>>> on >>>> my Lenovo X220 laptop and would greatly appreciate any guidance or >>>> tips for optimizing performance on older hardware. >>> >>> In my experience, the difficult part is the guix pull. Older >>> machines >>> like my X200 can only barely (and only sometimes) manage it without >>> overheating. >> >> These older machines will certainly get hot, but shoudn’t *overheat*, >> even under heavy load. By "overheat," I mean going into thermal >> shutdown, which will immediately power off the machine, or sometimes >> restart it. Simply getting hot, even very hot, is normal. As long as >> it’s still running, it’s not overheating. > >Yes, thanks for reminding me. I usually shy away from these things >given how rare the X200 has gotten these days, but maybe it's time to >give it a try. > >-g > >-- >"I want the freedom and the Guile." > >
