I think you should check out the heat-synk possibility before you spend
money you might not need to spend.

:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 10:08 AM, <joe@actionline.com> wrote:

> Many thank to you all who helped me with this problem.
>
> As I mentioned in an earlier reply, after shutting down, blowing out any
> dust bunnies, and letting the unit cool down, it restarted and seems to
> be working okay ... at least enough so that I was able to rsync/copy my
> crucial /home directory files to my two "back-up" laptops.
>
> Now, I am considering getting a new ASUS EB1030-B003L net-top from either
> newegg.com or Amazon ($239 with 2-GB ram and 32-GB SSD and ubuntu
> preinstalled) to build a 100% redundant system to my current Lenovo Q150
> net-top that I have been using for a couple years as my main computer.
>
> I think that the Asus with solid state drives should run even cooler than
> the Lenovo; and I think I'd like to replace the pre-installed ubuntu with
> Linux Mint.
>
> Any comments or suggestions from the PLUG brain trust before I proceed
> would be much appreciated.
>
> Joe
>
>
> ------- Lisa last wrote (in part) -------
> > Brian's suggestions are right on:  (showing you how to
> > boot other [installation] media [CD/DVD or pendrive]
> > and then chroot  [change root] into your current system.
> > ...
> > Once you get your documents resurrected,
> > you can just upgrade it or rebuild?
>
>
>
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