A Helping Hand when I needed one !

[William Witteman]

I had an Acer Aspire small form-factor desktop which was very laptop
like in its construction, and it had a bad heat sink.  I bought two at
a time and one was a lemon with the heat sink problem.  It was fine
until you got both CPU cores up to 100%, and then it would shut down
very quickly.

That happened to me the same weekend I bought the machines, so I was
able to return it for replacement without any trouble.

On 24 January 2014 09:04, Tim Tisdall <tisdall-DXT9u3ndKiSh7up9GtFB90EOCMrvLtNR at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Awesome.  :)
>
> I feel your pain too, because my laptop can barely finish compiling a kernel
> without overheating.  It's plenty fast enough (I think), but they didn't
> design the thing for sustained CPU usage so the heat goes from a safe-ish
> 60C to over 90C.  At about 90C the machine does an emergency shut off to
> save itself (the safe highest temperature for my CPU is 62C).  So, make sure
> your new machine isn't an Acer Aspire laptop which overheats like mine.
>
> -Tim
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Aruna Hewapathirane
> <aruna.hewapathirane-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I am unable to find the appropriate words to properly express the immense
>> feeling of gratitude
>> and relief I am feeling right now. I experienced an emotional overload I
>> have not felt in long years a few hours ago.
>>
>> I used to feel am just another positive person who 'cares'  but I was
>> suddenly made to clearly re-think and understand there are others out there
>> who do very much CARE!
>>
>> I am truly blessed to have such a wonderful "family" showing their support
>> in such a magnificent way.  Since I am at loss for words, it might be best
>> to simply express my appreciation with a sincere and profound thank you.
>>
>> And since you are all now quite confused and wondering has Aruna finally
>> lost his marbles, actually no am quitel sane and the reason for my state of
>> euphoria is that a very kind and generous gentlemen who wishes to remain
>> anonymous reached out to me off the list and contributed the amount of
>> $200.00 toward my computer fund. So I will soon have a new PC that will not
>> take 4 hours to compile a kernel.
>>
>> I wish to state that without the said gentleman and his wife's support I
>> would still be pulling
>> my receding hair all out bit by bit due to kernel compiling stress :)
>>
>> Today I will treasure forever. I am humbled and I am grateful. And I feel
>> special to be among you.
>>
>> Thank you so very much !
>>
>> Aruna ( The video Chat meeting starts in ten minutes )
>
>
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