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Re: Lenovo Thinkpad T60

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"5GyYap52yQ1UGMWD" <ehj46PkBWfBAng9C@VW28LtWn6wknpUMV.invalid> ha scritto 
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> "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

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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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