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Which is exactly why it overheats so quickly when they close the lid.
Let's face it, the place using a laptop on the floor with a paper sign probably doesn't have the budget for real sysadmins. At the same time, most real sysadmins know to disable the lid-closing behavior and get the laptop off of the carpet because they've been foiled in their past by people who refused to read the goddamn paper sign.
They have the budget for printer ink tho
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OMG, Y500 ?
Mine is still running after 13 years!Lenovo made some kickass computers back then.
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My server is a loose motherboard with a loose PSU, thrown into the living room TV rack, which I leave open for cooling. It's a repurposed (free) Athlon, DDR2. I only use it for smb and git backups, and project sharing between my desktop and laptop. What amazes me most is my IT coworkers don't find that a perfectly acceptable scenario.
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My server is a loose motherboard with a loose PSU, thrown into the living room TV rack, which I leave open for cooling. It's a repurposed (free) Athlon, DDR2. I only use it for smb and git backups, and project sharing between my desktop and laptop. What amazes me most is my IT coworkers don't find that a perfectly acceptable scenario.
That free computer is going to cost you a lot on your electric bill.
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...but then the sign would have affected the airflow...
This is the best compromise until mom visits and steps on it.
I have killed two laptops by stepping on them. Is this a sign?
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That free computer is going to cost you a lot on your electric bill.
Not in winter it won't.
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They have the budget for printer ink tho
Or a local library and $0.10
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On carpet
you see ivan, server is much happier when comfortable on carpet, you can tell it wams its heart
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Lol, reminds me of my old setup.
It was all old W98 laptop that I got used. I installed xunbuntu on it back when it first came out in 2006. It sat on my desk, open like that with a bit of tape over to hold the power cord because it was loose. The battery was completely dead.
It was the server I used to host all the modded maps I made for a silly little tank game. Thing ran seemlessly only going down when the power went out or somebody juggled the power cord for 5 years.
Wow five years is a long time to juggle something
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I mean, literally just lean it against the wall, at the very least...
With a risk of falling hard drives and such? I'm not doing that...
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Not in winter it won't.
Even in winter, it's terrible compared to a heat pump or (probably) directly burning gas or wood.
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Even in winter, it's terrible compared to a heat pump or (probably) directly burning gas or wood.
That's the joke.
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Serious question that I've wondered about but never worked on.
Can you rig a laptop to keep running with the lid closed? Either by software or hardware? I guess you could cut the switch, but an OS-based solution would be neater.
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Serious question that I've wondered about but never worked on.
Can you rig a laptop to keep running with the lid closed? Either by software or hardware? I guess you could cut the switch, but an OS-based solution would be neater.
Yes, easily. Most OSes let you do that.
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Disable suspend when the laptop lid is closed:
sudo sed -i 's/#HandleLidSwitch=suspend/HandleLidSwitch=ignore/g' /etc/systemd/logind.conf sudo sed -i 's/#HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=suspend/HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=ignore/g' /etc/systemd/logind.conf sudo systemctl restart systemd-logindIf you are in a TTY, you can blank the screen before closing the lid to prevent burn-in. After running this, come back later and press a key to turn the screen on again.
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Yes, easily. Most OSes let you do that.
In some cases, is a bios setting also.
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Serious question that I've wondered about but never worked on.
Can you rig a laptop to keep running with the lid closed? Either by software or hardware? I guess you could cut the switch, but an OS-based solution would be neater.
Yes usually it's the OS that handles it and it can be set to ignore the lid detection.
I did it for a while. Also removed the battery so it doesn't start swelling
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Serious question that I've wondered about but never worked on.
Can you rig a laptop to keep running with the lid closed? Either by software or hardware? I guess you could cut the switch, but an OS-based solution would be neater.
Sure, it's part of windows settings under power management.
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And the lid is not open because of preventing it sleeping, but rather to cool it down
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Sure, it's part of windows settings under power management.
Same with Linux!
