Recent content by nathanstrainrocks

Thanks for the advice, I'm already using a spare SSD I had lying around, I'll give mild overclocking a try and see if it does anything. If not, this laptop may have to hit the pasture.

From the title I know this sounds crazy, I use a few old laptops mostly running MX-Linux. I recently acquired a Lenovo G585 with a AMD e-300. This thing is slow as molasses and I am honestly not attracted to it in any way. So I'm thinking of trying to slightly overclock to perhaps improve it's...

I would guess thermal paste.

A good way to see if the cooling is effective is how fast to cools to normal after gaming. I would also advise checking your case's airflow. Personally I would advise a Liquid Cooling system.

Here is the situation. I have 3 (soon 4) towers on a rack that need access to the network There is only two network Cat 5e cables running to the setup. The network does not allow switches. (Network Admin does not know their job.) I need these computers to be able to grab software repositories...

Be patient with windows update.

how are you connecting the external monitor? VGA, DVI, HDMI, DP?

Try Debian or even puppy linux. They make light work of an older system.

I believe you can.

Look for ones with obvious burning. It may take a magnifying glass, If you are good at soldering it should be replaceable. This conclusion is based on what I know and still may be wrong though.

What bothers me is that it works fine with the other, Have you tried using an older version on the driver?

Follow this guide: https://www.howtogeek.com/217010/how-to-generate-a-battery-health-report-on-windows-8-or-windows-10/ Then check the report or post it here so we can see specifics of your problem.

First I would advise that you always keep it propped up in the back, This allows for better circulation. If that is not enough try to find some fan controlling software and play around with it to see if it helps.