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lavish vine Jan 5, 2024, 2:36 PM

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Sounds like hardware issues to me honestly

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The battery thing, Linux won't help at all, that sounds like it is dead. Overheating, I mean Linux is less resource intensive, but your PC shouldn't be overheating to begin with so something is wrong

short ferry Jan 5, 2024, 2:40 PM

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oh i see, yeah, makes sense

lavish vine Jan 5, 2024, 2:41 PM

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How comfortable are you working with hardware?

short ferry Jan 5, 2024, 2:42 PM

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idk, 50/50, i'm scared of breaking something, but i know a lil bit abt it

lavish vine Jan 5, 2024, 2:44 PM

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That's me too with laptops, I'm always nervous with them, only did work on one once. I could maybe aid you in determining what specifically is overheating, if you wanted to attempt to fix it yourself (might mean replacing a CPU for example, idk), or otherwise I'd consider taking it to a shop and seeing if they can figure out the issue.
I don't think linux is going to help this, although linux is great and worth looking into if you're interested in it. But I'd recommend figuring out the hardware problems first

maiden apex Jan 5, 2024, 2:46 PM

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First thing first: Does the fan spin? Can you see dust in the vents? Canned air works wonders.

short ferry Jan 5, 2024, 2:46 PM

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thank you a lot, i'll see the problem, a friend told me the battery is completely dead xd

lavish vine Jan 5, 2024, 2:46 PM

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maiden apex First thing first: Does the fan spin? Can you see dust in the vents? Canned air ...

^ good advice

lavish vine Jan 5, 2024, 2:55 PM

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short ferry thank you a lot, i'll see the problem, a friend told me the battery is completel...

also check the fans, dissasembly it and do a full clean of it's insides, sounds like something is blocking the fans

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taht happened to me with my old laptop, opened it up and found a lotta dust and such, like what you find on https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupportgore

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so a deep clean should help. then replace the battery

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then, you may like to use mint to have a less resource intensive OS

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if you have zero idea about how to proceed with the hardware mantainance, ask a local tech support

crude lotus Jan 5, 2024, 4:48 PM

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it may help a tiny bit with overheating, especially as you can fine-tune it to stay lightweight, but all of which you described sounds more like a hardware issue

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