[FRIAM] why, me, o lord?!

Sun Jul 18 16:16:27 EDT 2021

I would definitely be worried if one of my PC's cores is at 95 degC. I
would turn the machine off for 30 minutes at least

On Sun, 18 Jul 2021 at 21:57, <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you,  One of the cores is at 95 degrees C; I can hear the fan
> whirring.  No other noises just at the moment.
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> Time to turn the machine off and walk away?
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> N
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> Nick Thompson
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> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
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> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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> *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Sarbajit Roy
> *Sent:* Sunday, July 18, 2021 12:50 PM
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> HWMONITOR to monitor the CPU
> https://www.cpuid.com/downloads/hwmonitor/hwmonitor_1.44.exe
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> On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 9:24 PM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Thanks everybody.  Right now all is quiet.  Last night, it was making
> noises like a saw-whet owl that has slammed his talons in a car door.  I
> will pay close attention to the heating issue.  So far the machine is
> barely warm to the touch.  I have them on a three year, come-to-my-door
> warrantee, so I aint buying no new machine in the near future.
>
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>
> 7 inches of rain in July and counting.
>
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>
> Carl, it was particularly good to hear from you.  Two gifts you have given
> me forever are “steaming dog vomit” and “imagine a spherical cow”.  Surely
> you have more of that sort of stuff in you.  Don’t be a stranger.
>
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> Nick
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> Nick Thompson
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> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
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> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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> *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Frank Wimberly
> *Sent:* Sunday, July 18, 2021 8:54 AM
> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <
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> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] why, me, o lord?!
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>
> 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.
>
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>
> 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.
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> On Sat, Jul 17, 2021, 11:31 PM Pieter Steenekamp <
> pieters at 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, <thompnickson2 at 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.
>
>
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> Sorry to bother you with this.
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> N
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> Nick Thompson
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> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
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> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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