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the most common error I have come across is people using too much thermal paste, if it doesn't all squeeze out when seating the heat sink then too much can act as an insulator, or if it does all squeeze out it makes a right mess of the mother board

its easy enough to do, but it is easy to get it wrong, the number of people that put too much paste on the cpu is quite high

you did well there, fully refurbished grade A, are usualy around £170, grade B around £150 and grade c £125 I liked my old insperon, but I went for a Latitude 5490 as they say the price was too good to refuse. and now there are so many grade A and B fully refurbished [of all makes] about there...

Only good thing I have found with MediaTek products, is they make media start [MSI] look dammed awful, I will never buy products by either of them.

This old timer defiantly disagrees, keeping them clean helps to avoid "Dry joints", damage to bearings in the moving parts, and reduces the possibilities of short circuits, and burn-outs due to poor air circulation.

Since the early 80's I have serviced my desktop every year [unless I have had reason to be inside it, then wit would also get an extra clean before starting any work., the most important parts [the vents on the case and particular around the PSU get a quick brush out every couple of months from...

There was a problem with Ubuntu a while back [I thought it was fixed, but maybe not] try installing in safe graphic mode.

so is it about 12 yrs old AMD twin core ? Sounds like you may have a method problem, 1]turn off laptop completely [not hibernation] [if in doubt, press and hold power button down until all lights go out] 1 insert USB in primary socket [that's the one closest to the power supply] or the DVD in...

Welcome to the forums I am sorry my crystal ball is at the polishers today, https://linux-tips.us/how-to-ask-a-good-support-question/ your post tells us absolutely nothing, so why purchase Ubuntu, why not download yourself for free? I am guessing you are a newbie to Linux...

you're doing OK, we will get there, [what is your language]

Still trying to get a grip on what you are saying, so from your last post, is your windows' installation on the slower SSD and only games on the faster NVMe ? If so, you just install your Linux distribution as a dual boot to the slower SSD, not all but most distributions will give you the option...

Welcome to the forums \\\if I am reading you correctly, you have 2 NVMe drives, one probably has Windows OS and the second probably has your files and folders stored on it. Provided they are big enough, you could move the contents of drive 2 to drive 1, then install Linux as a dual boot to drive 2

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Cheese should be in the Deeping software repository [it has been in earner bulds]

Welcome to the forum please can you run then copy/paste back the results of inxi -Fnxxz

Welcome to the forums Your age, ethnicity or location means nothing to us, members are members. And please moderate your language as we have members from 13 yrs old up to over 90 can we get some clarification are you trying to 1]install ? or 2]just test [run live] problems could be corrupt...

you can play games on any Linux distribution, you can do web development, software development or even Pen-testing on any Linux distribution no one distribution is better than any other, despite what some people think...

@f33dm3bits This young man has a Microsoft mind set, he has not researched Linux or he would know it works differently from windows, or that there is no fundamental difference between a laptop or a desktop [except you would not wish to carry my desktop around in a bag all day [if you had one...

Although its an antipodean site, I often look at https://krebsonsecurity.com/

Welcome to the forums if using a Debian/Ubuntu based distribution then there is a lot of information and several options on https://askubuntu.com/questions/123798/how-to-hear-my-voice-in-speakers-with-a-mic