Re: Lenovo Thinkpad T60

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"News@tin.it" <news@tin.it.NO> writes:

> "5GyYap52yQ1UGMWD"    <ehj46PkBWfBAng9C@VW28LtWn6wknpUMV.invalid>   ha
> scritto nel messaggio  news:87pmfyejes.fsf@sjc.flh...  > "News@tin.it"
> <news@tin.it.NO> writes:
>>
>>> "Computer  Nerd   Kev"  <not@telling.you.invalid>  ha   scritto  nel
>>> messaggio news:6255f98e@news.ausics.net...
>>>> News@tin.it <news@tin.it.no> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> A few weeks  ago my Thinkpad T60 has been  behaving strangely, the
>>>>> Desktop freezes, the icons are  not clickable, the quick start bar
>>>>> also  freezes,   to  regainnormal   control  I  have   to  perform
>>>>> Ctrl-Alt-Del for taskmanager, in this way I can get back to having
>>>>> a desktop that works. The point is that I have to do it many times
>>>>> every hour.  What can be the problem?
>>>>
>>>> A good starting point would be  to work out whether it's a hardware
>>>> or software problem - boot into  Safe Mode and see whether it still
>>>> happens there.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ok  thank you
>>>
>>> In safe mode without a network,  Desktop not freezing, but in normal
>>> mode  for not  to complicate  things  I have  not described  another
>>> problem: Open  the Chrome browser,  open tabs, when switch  from one
>>> tab to another, with the mouse pointer,click on the tab, but the tab
>>> closes.   and this  also  happens  in safe  mode  over network,  but
>>> Desktop not freezes really strange this thing
>>>
>>
>> I believe  the maximum memory  that a T60 can  take is around  4GB. I
>> presume you are running windows since you've mentioned above that you
>> a "Ctrl + Alt + Del", so  are you running a 32-bit version of windows
>> or 64?
>>
>> I'm asking  that since Chrome is  a memory hog  and as far as  I know
>> they're  not serving  any  32 bit  versions anymore.  So  if you  are
>> running a 64 bit machine then that will just tax your machine more.
>>
>> Have you considered running either  Linux or BSD? Maybe running those
>> will help you prolong the life of that T60 for a few more years.
>>
>> -- 
>> Pointless meanderings in a bleak and lonely world.
>
> Yes,  Thinkpad 32bit  Yes I'm  trying these  days to  install a  linux
> distro like  arch32 or voidlinux or  lubuntu18.10/xubuntu18.10 I think
> it becomes lightning
>

Why not try NetBSD? It's still supporting 32-bit installs. I don't think
it's  a good  idea  to use  an  unsupported version  of  a Linux  distro
especially if you are using it to browse the web.

-- 
Pointless meanderings in a bleak and lonely world.

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Lenovo Thinkpad T60 "News@tin.it" <news@tin.it.NO> - 2022-04-12 12:30 +0200
  Re: Lenovo Thinkpad T60 not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2022-04-13 08:13 +1000
    Re: Lenovo Thinkpad T60 "News@tin.it" <news@tin.it.NO> - 2022-04-13 11:57 +0200
      Re: Lenovo Thinkpad T60 not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2022-04-14 08:08 +1000
        Re: Lenovo Thinkpad T60 "News@tin.it" <news@tin.it.NO> - 2022-04-14 08:37 +0200
      Re: Lenovo Thinkpad T60 5GyYap52yQ1UGMWD <ehj46PkBWfBAng9C@VW28LtWn6wknpUMV.invalid> - 2022-09-14 11:15 +0800
        Re: Lenovo Thinkpad T60 "News@tin.it" <news@tin.it.NO> - 2022-10-03 18:18 +0200
          Re: Lenovo Thinkpad T60 5GyYap52yQ1UGMWD <ehj46PkBWfBAng9C@VW28LtWn6wknpUMV.invalid> - 2022-10-04 11:07 +0800

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