<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mcc" class="u-url mention">@<span>mcc</span></a></span> almost all laptops have an inbuilt thermal pad for the M.2.</p><p>what temperature it reporting? M.2 drives tend to run pretty hot anyway (by design).</p>

<p>I only want to open up the laptop once. Trying to decide if I should</p><p>(a) just open it and assume there&#39;s already a heatstrip</p><p>(b) I poke around and there&#39;s lots of weird blue polymer strips that seem to do the same thing? It wouldn&#39;t be that expensive to just buy one and have it around if it turns out there&#39;s not one in there already…</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/s?k=m.2+thermal+pad&amp;crid=2UQ8R3U74NIPB&amp;sprefix=m+2+thermal+pad%2Caps%2C92&amp;ref=nb_sb_noss_2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">amazon.ca/s?k=m.2+thermal+pad&amp;</span><span class="invisible">crid=2UQ8R3U74NIPB&amp;sprefix=m+2+thermal+pad%2Caps%2C92&amp;ref=nb_sb_noss_2</span></a></p><p>(c) set the computer preemptively on fire, so that the hard drive can&#39;t be the one to overheat it</p><p>(2/2)</p>

<p>Okay I have more computer build babby questions</p><p>I got a hard drive</p><p>But I&#39;ve been warned it&#39;s one that runs hot</p><p>So I think I want a thermal &quot;strip&quot;, which is apparently a heatsink that fits into smol spaces like a laptop</p><p>I google</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Deal4GO-Heatsink-5B40Z68852-Replacement-Thinkpad/dp/B0CDSBKD1X" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">amazon.ca/Deal4GO-Heatsink-5B4</span><span class="invisible">0Z68852-Replacement-Thinkpad/dp/B0CDSBKD1X</span></a></p><p>This looks good! Oh, they&#39;re out of stock. Except wait, why doesit say &quot;replacement&quot;?</p><p>I watch installation instructions</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/8sm1ScVUHqY?t=108" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/8sm1ScVUHqY?t=108</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Is there a hd heatsink strip in my friggin laptop already?? (1/2)</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Strandjunker" class="u-url mention">@<span>Strandjunker</span></a></span> because if you have a yacht you can also afford to buy newspapers and TV channels who would keep asking only convenient questions.</p>

<p>Here we go! This is the final 200 Glasgow shipment for the original Crowd Supply pre-order batch! This finalizes the Crowd Supply campaign! It took a lot of time and effort to get here. Thank you everyone for you trust and patience! (The glasgows from that particular batch should start shipping in about a week from now as it takes some time for them to arrive at Mouser and be processed) <a href="https://social.1bitsquared.com/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://social.1bitsquared.com/tags/manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>manufacturing</span></a> <a href="https://social.1bitsquared.com/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>electronics</span></a> <a href="https://social.1bitsquared.com/tags/fpga" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fpga</span></a> <a href="https://social.1bitsquared.com/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hardware</span></a> <a href="https://social.1bitsquared.com/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://social.1bitsquared.com/tags/GlasgowInterfaceExplorer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GlasgowInterfaceExplorer</span></a></p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.noyu.me/@hikari" class="u-url mention">@<span>hikari</span></a></span> this is a challenge.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.noyu.me/@hikari" class="u-url mention">@<span>hikari</span></a></span> a knife that hits the target is infinitely faster than a bullet that never gets shot</p>

<p>Okay. So I think I have my plans for the hard drive complete. Now here&#39;s the shedpainty question:</p><p>The old drive has Ubuntu 24.04 on it. I hate it.</p><p>Should I trade down to Debian?</p><p>Or should I trade up to Pop!_OS?</p><p>Will I regret either of these? Will either one, if I just go get a standard usb key installation, cause driver problems with my AMD chipset or secure boot or whatever other junk Lenovo has on board?</p>

<p>a knife is the fastest way to reach my heart, in more ways than one</p>