Recent content by geo909

Nevermind, I went for a Dell latitude E6330, I think it fits my needs.

Thanks a lot guys,

Hi all, I want to buy a fairly cheap laptop, and I decided to go for a second-hand. Here is I what type of user I am: ■ I will be using a very minimal lightweight linux setup, that needs resources comparable to windows XP. ■ I will rarely use it outside the house, so I don't really mind a...

Hi again! It's been a long time, but I was very busy with life to deal with the laptop. I found some time today and I opened it. As I was saying in my first post, this laptop is overheating a little bit and I was planning to clean the heat sink and apply thermal paste. 1. There is a sticker...

EDIT: I removed this post and repost some questions below. Apologies for the mess..

Sorry for the late replies; the laptop is not my priority at the moment, but it *is* in the schedule to finalize this. Btw, the only computer store that I found around selling thermal paste and such, only had this 'Metal Oxide Thermal CPU Paste Compound' by Startech. Paid around 5 bucks for a...

Hi Pyree and thanks for the feedback, Hmm.. I don't have a thermometer, but it should be a reasonable room temperature. Most of the times I wear a t-shirt and sometimes wear my hoodie (it's winter!). However, there is an update. I have an inspiron 1525 which I just realized it has a similar...

Hi all, I'm helping a friend to set up her 3-year old fujitsu amilo li 2727. It had overheating problems due to a dirty fan and an awfully bloated, cpu-hungry vista installation, and it was always turning off. I did some cleaning and a format and although things are obviously better (fan...