Now Eating » Linux Survival http://www.noweating.com What are you eating now? Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:22:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Compaq Presario C793TU – An overheating piece of junk with poor service http://www.noweating.com/2008/10/compaq-presario-c793tu-an-overheating-piece-of-junk-with-poor-service/ http://www.noweating.com/2008/10/compaq-presario-c793tu-an-overheating-piece-of-junk-with-poor-service/#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:08:50 +0000 Waco http://www.wacofx.com/?p=605
  • My Very First Laptop (Compaq Presario C793TU)
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    Few months ago I mentioned on my Compaq Presario C793TU laptop in one of my posts. These two weeks, I had bad experience with this machine, that is, it is overheating at room temperature of about 30ºC! When I first purchased this machine I installed Fedora 9 (a Linux distribution) under air-conditional environment which is working fine. Intermittently, I noticed that the laptop’s fan spins for few minutes and shutdown automatically when I was using Firefox. I tried to fresh install Fedore/Windows Vista and the process cannot be completed due to overheating issue.
    :wtf:

    I am suspecting the CPU fan is not powerful enough so I sent it to local HP service center located at Krystal Point, Penang two weeks ago. It takes about 4 days to replace a board and test it before I noticed that the laptop failed me again when trying to install Windows Vista/Fedora 10 Beta at 30ºC.
    :turntable:

    I am suspecting the technician was testing it under air-conditional environment as when I first turned on the laptop at service center to verify the fix, the air blew from the vent is like coming from Alaska. Early this week, I threw my laptop back to the service center and this time I clearly stated under “Problem Description” that the laptop is still overheating when using at room temperature of 30ºC.

    After 3 hours, I received an unhappy call from the technician saying that the laptop is working fine. When I asked him whether he is testing on testing on non air-conditioning environment, he told that the air-conditioner is running but is at low speed. From the conversation, I knew that he has no intention to fix my laptop.
    :noword:

    The next day, when I was collecting back my laptop, as usual, I turn it on on the spot. Again, the air flow is like the laptop just taken out from fridge!
    :turntable:

    I am fed up with HP customer service. When I went back home, I tried to install Fedora 10 Beta again and it overheats as usual. To overcome this issue, I actually have to take out the cover at the bottom:

    C793TU memory compartment

    C793TU memory compartment

    With bottom cover removed, I can install Fedora 10 Beta successfully. What’s the point I purchase a laptop while I have to take out its cover every time I use it? Definitely a laptop designed by a penguin working in south poles which underestimate the weather in tropical countries like Malaysia.

    As a whole, cheap laptop has its own price. HP used to have good reputation on its product, especially on printer series (I have a HP Laserjet 1100A which is about 8 years old and is still running… even though some time it sucks up whole rim of paper.) Due to bad experience with the product and HP customer service, I will never consider HP notebook in future.
    :red:

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  • My African Cichlid
    • ]]>     African Cichlid - Melanochromis Auratus

    African Cichlid

    Sometime after washing aquarium, this playful yellow African Cichlid (非洲王子) will jump into a Sushi King teacup ready to become sashimi.

    Scientific name: Labidochromis caeruleus
    English name: Yellow Labidochromis

    Max. Length: 10cm
    Water Quality    : pH 7.5 ~ 8.5
    Hardness: 5.0 ~ 12.0 dGH
    Note: Easy to keep. Entry level of species. Semi-aggressive. Can mix with other type of fishes. Male fish has brighter and greasy-look skin.
    Food: Mix. I usually give frozen red worm to them.

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    ]]>     http://www.noweating.com/2008/10/my-african-cichlid-ready-to-become-sashimi/feed/ 0     10 Reasons I Use Linux http://www.noweating.com/2008/09/10-reasons-i-use-linux/ http://www.noweating.com/2008/09/10-reasons-i-use-linux/#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:24:51 +0000 Waco http://www.wacofx.com/?p=272 One of my laptops is running Fedora 9 now and the reasons are:

    1. Because it is free…. legally.
    2. Because I don’t plan to play game on it
    3. I mainly use it as BitTorrent server running 24×7
    4. It has large supporting community and the applications are frequently updated (without any genuine copy validation).
    5. My laptop is just an entry level (Compaq C793TU to be exact) and can’t afford Vista.
    6. To enrich my computer knowledge.
    7. It is always good to have an alternative of anything… including Windows.
    8. It supports most hardware officially and unofficially (except my Canon 4400F scanner :().
    9. No virus/trojan/etc (This is a very good point and I had nightmares dealing them in Windows)
    10. It looks cool when sitting around Windows users :D

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