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I cleaned my notebook

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Cleaning a notebook is something every notebook owner should do every once in a while. It really helps to keep it cooler and healthy.

Different from desktops, notebooks don't have plenty of empty space available, and thus heat dissipation is a much more important issue.

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I got another MCE

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One week ago, I've blogged about machine check exception. Today (or yesterday), another MCE shows up on my machine. Damn, this is driving me crazy...

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I need help about mcelog - Machine Check Exception

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I'm having a few Machine Check Exceptions, and I have no idea what causes this. Could anyone help me and shed some light on this subject?

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An then a Maxtor HD fails after 3 months of use

After 122 days and 7 hours of use, my Maxtor 500GB hard drive stopped working. I should have had a second hard disk as backup...

People, DON'T EVER TRUST ONLY ONE HARD DISK, please have multiple hard disks as backup, not only one!

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iwl3945: Microcode HW error detected.

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This post is just to document an error I've just had. Since it is the very first time it occurs, I suppose it might be just a "random", non-reproducible, hardware error.

Note, however, that I've not solved my previous issue with nvidia-drivers yet. I'm still looking for help about that. Update: If found an workaround for my previous issue: use Compiz instead of Beryl. I don't feel it is "solved", but this workaround appears to work for me.

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