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Computer Help and Support

exboyfil

(18,117 posts)

8. Reporting back

Reply to exboyfil (Original post)

Thu Feb 24, 2022, 09:23 AM

Feb 2022

Complete success on this project. The reason for not replacing the fan on the original machine is that my arthritic fingers can't manage to pull the keyboard (the design sucks). I have my daughter's machine back with all her software and set up for video editing. I also have a machine which might shut down at high core temperatures but is running Ubuntu and is perfectly capable for general web browsing (not bad for $45). I am also looking forward to playing with Ubuntu in a sandbox since I have never used it before.