[Discuss] Very slow system, no idle, but nothing running

[Scott Ehrlich]

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 6:04 PM, MBR <mbr at arlsoft.com> wrote:
> I can definitely vouch for Jerry's statement, "you cannot remove ALL cat
> hair from a years old laptop keyboard.  Ever."  A few weeks ago the "x" key
> on my keyboard became intermittent. For most people, this is merely a
> problem.  For us Emacs users, an intermittent "x" key is an unmitigated
> disaster!
>
> So just last week I examined things more closely and found LOTS of cat fur
> under the keys.  Compressed air was useless.  Luckily I found a website with
> instructions on how to remove individual keycaps from my laptop's keyboard.
>  So I pulled the "x" keycap off and picked out bits of cat fur with
> tweezers, and then with the keycap off and most of the cat fur removed, the
> compressed air was much more effective.  Since there was fur crossing keycap
> boundaries to adjacent keys, I then gave all the keys surrounding "x" the
> same treatment.  My "x" key now works reliably.
>
> However, no matter how hard I tried or how long I spent, there was ALWAYS a
> little bit of cat fur I couldn't get out.
>
>    Mark Rosenthal

Would an external USB keyboard have helped?

Scott

>
> On 4/25/2012 7:35 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
>>
>> On 04/24/2012 09:27 PM, David Kramer wrote:
>>>
>>> I cleaned a lot of the cat hair out of my computer, so it no longer
>>> has R25 insulation ;)  I say "a lot of" because I have determined you
>>> cannot remove ALL cat hair from a years old laptop keyboard.  Ever.  I
>>> also blew out the fans, etc.  That should make it run cooler.  The
>>> keyboard sure does feel and sound different.
>>
>> I think the biggest win here is the fans and filters.
>>>
>>> - Just an hour ago I took out the 2x1GB sticks and installed 2x2GB
>>> sticks.  According to the BIOS after the system takes its tithe I have
>>> about 3.35GB for me.  I'm sure that will make a huge difference.  I
>>> bought for my wife's laptop (a D830, since she bought hers a year after
>>> mine).
>>
>> Looks like a 32-bit system.
>>
>>
>>
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