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

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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

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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