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[–] 22 points 8 months ago (9 children)

On the other hand, opening a browser makes my ThinkPad overheat and shut down. Yes, the fan controller is dead.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    When was the last time you repasted it?

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago

    The fan controller on the motherboard is dead (the fan itself works, it just never gets the signal to turn on). A minute of sustained 100% load is enough to get it over 100C. I have a replacement motherboard somewhere, but I moved last year and it's still in a box.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    switch to something less bloated, like netsurf or mothra

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    I usually downclock it to 800 MHz, launch the browser (takes like 2 minutes with an ssd and 8GB RAM) and then I can let it go back up to 1.83GHz (core 2 duo) as long as I don't open any page too big.

    Not my main laptop anymore, mostly keeping it for sentimental reasons.

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