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  1. Shutset
    I've been inspired by this video by Chris Titus "The Ultimate System" wherein he's made a Linux host machine that simultaneously runs a Windows virtual machine with libvirt. I want to run a computer with Nobara Linux as its host operating system with a Windows 10 or 11 virtual machine with QEMU or any other VM software other than VirtualBox. I want it to be a gaming machine with the Windows VM used for any games I can't run on Wine or any other Windows-only software like Adobe Creative Suite. So I'd like both operating systems to share the same games library and I want to know how it's possible to enable shared folders in QEMU or any other software. I know how to use shared folders in VirtualBox but I heard that other VM software like QEMU are supposed to be much better somehow - I don't know all the details so I'd appreciate it anyone enlightened me on that too. Thanks.
  2. Shutset
    Earlier, I found an article that says you can soften the paint with olive oil then scrap it off with a plastic spudge. How does that sound?
  3. Shutset
    Thank you very much. One last thing, does anyone know a safe way to remove paint from the heatblocks and pipes (which are aluminum and copper, respectively, if I'm correct) without damaging the metal?
  4. Shutset
    Okay but how do you think Tech Ingredients' epoxy compares?
  5. Shutset
    Yes, I know. I only bought these ones to experiment with - see if I can bend them by hand (using the technique demonstrated here. I just barely managed but I further bent them about with just my hands only to see if I can get them to bridge the heatblocks. I never intended to use them for the actual cooling. Thermally conductive fast curing epoxy resin? Where can I find that? I considered that but I found that A) It's too expensive for me and B) Too risky, especially given that I have absolutely no soldering experience. I don't want to risk overheating my heatpipes and blowing them up! Besides, I watched the video about Tech Ingredients' thermal epoxy from the company itself and I was convinced this may be the next best thing. https://youtu.be/8MOTMq9g8Nk
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    I'm trying to figure out an affordable way to improve my Thinkpad T440p's cooling without breaking the bank so I done some research over the year and bought some cheap laptop heatpipes for testing. So I think I came up with a plan. My T440p has a 00HM903 dGPU fan so I plan to use a pair of copper heatpipes (one 7cm and one 6cm) to bridge between the CPU and GPU heatblocks. After finding a way to remove the paint safely from the affected areas of the stock cooler without damaging the pipes, I will use Honeywell PTM7950 padding to make contact between the cooler and new pipes to ensure optimal heat transference and then I will use the TechIngredients thermal epoxy to glue the sides to the cooler, sealing the PTM7950 padding inside. My rough plan for modifying my T440p's cooler. Keeping the new heatpipes straight, I'd only bend them ever slightly vertically to make sure both ends can touch the heatblocks. I figured a second extra heatpipe would help transfer more heat from the CPU to the GPU heatblock. Notice the copper/graphene heatsink on top of the CPU heatblock. In theory, this should provide maximum thermal performance with the best of both worlds - thermal compound and adhesive. I will also apply this principal to install some extra heatsinks to the CPU heatblock. Of course, this is all just theory so far which is why I wanted to bring this up here for any feedback and advice. Thank you.
  7. Shutset
    I am using a Thinkpad and recently installed a Transcend 2242 M.2 SSD which I fitted with a new heatsink. The heatsink itself is actually a 2282 NVMe one which I sawed in half to fit the 2242 SSD then I plugged it inside, booted it and installed a new Linux distro. It was working fine. However, after watching a Youtube video on copper shims, I'm suddenly worried if I hadn't cleaned my sawed-off heatsink enough and there might be a little bit of copper dust inside my laptop. What I plan to do is remove the SSD and heatsink to give it a good wash but I wonder if there is a mini vacuum cleaner suited for laptops (i.e. having non-ESD bristles) or if there is another way to suck possible dust out without having to completely take apart my laptop. Thanks.
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    Thankfully, I managed to loosen them with a pair of pliers then took them off with my fingers. Thanks.
  9. Shutset
    I have had a Raspberry Pi 4B fitted with an Ice Tower cooler for a long time now. Sadly, I lost the tools to get the screws off so its currently stuck together. I could buy another Ice Tower cooler and use the tools it comes with but I must be able to buy the tools I need separately. As you can see in this photo (Sorry about the blur but this is the best I could take with the only camera I got), its a tiny hex knut I need unscrewed from my Pi. Does anyone know exactly what kind of tool I need? Thank you.
  10. Shutset
    Lately, I've come across a site that sells faraday clothes that supposedly block wireless signals to protect your body, similar to signal blocking pouches for your phones and other devices. While I'm very keen to buy some items from them, I reigning myself in to investigate whether or not they work and how their customer support is. https://getlambs.com/ So I thought I'd ask if anyone here on LTT has bought from Lambs and tried their wares and see what they can tell me about it. Thanks.
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    Yeah. I see that now. So just to be clear, which material should I get? Copper or aluminum? Wait. What if I filled the pipe with thermal glue? Would it transfer heat again? Or fill it with thermal compound then seal it with thermal glue?
  12. Shutset
    I dunked the piece in some water and found a lot of debris fall out of the heatpipe so now it's mostly hollow. Does that actually impact its performance in any way?
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    I'm kinda a perfectionist. I didn't want a plain old heatsink but a piece of a high end one to maximize cooling for my SSD. Plus I learned that, by using a full size heatsink on my entire SSD and thus cooling the NAND flash, I actually degrade its performance and lifespan so I have to focus cooling on only the controller. I did consider buying a raspberry pi heatsink but I kinda bought the full heatsink, originally just planning to cut it in half, then refreshed my memory on everything too late. Rather than buy a raspberry pi heatsink, I wanted to see if I could, indeed, cut the regular heatsink to fit the SSD's controller, which I did.
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    Does it matter if its soft or hard water?
  15. Shutset
    This is sort of a follow-up to my last thread here. I bought an M.2 SATA SSD for my laptop and I want to cool only the controller chip while leaving the other ones (i.e. DRAM and NAND flash) untouched. So I bought a be quiet! MC1 Pro M.2 heatsink and managed to cut a piece off with a hacksaw, and smoothed and sides and edges with a filer, to fit that controller. However, I'm worried that any tiny debris from the cutoff ends of the copper heatpipe (or the heatpipe itself) may fall out and damage the electronics inside the laptop so I wonder if I should glue the sides of the piece with thermal glue or something. If that's all I need to do or if there any better ideas, thanks.
  16. Shutset
    One last thing. I managed to cut a piece off of a be quiet! MC1 Pro M.2 heatsink right here. The idea is that I attach this piece to the controller chip with a thin layer of thermal paste in between. (I used a hacksaw and a filer). Seeing what I did here, do you think I should apply some thermal glue on the sides where the copper heatpipe is cut off just so no bits or the pipe itself falls out? (Mind you, I did shake the thing rigorously and it did not fall out.) Thanks.
  17. Shutset
    Thank you so much, guys!
  18. Shutset
    Hi. I just took new photos with a much better camera and replaced the old ones on my first post.
  19. Shutset
    Inspired from this as well as this! I sought to cool down my SSDs. I bought a new M.2 SATA SSD (Transcend 430S 512GB, to be exact) for my ultrabook, took the sticker off and begun my search for the controller chip. (Please see the photos attached here but apologies for any lack of clarity in them since it was the best I could do.) So if I got it right, the NAND memory chips are the large square-ish chips (labelled Transcend in this case) while the controller is a smaller chip nearest the gold connectors. This SSD also has a DDR3 cache so I'm left two guesses which is the controller and which is the DDR3 cache. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.
  20. Shutset
    I personally wouldn't switch to Windows 11 at all, assuming you care about privacy and being rid of bloatware. Ever heard of the Windows 10 Amelioration project? Linus Tech Tips covered this on their Youtube channel.
  21. Shutset
    Yeah... I do.
  22. Shutset
    I just checked those. They're way too big to put into a laptop with those big radiators on top!
  23. Shutset
    I'm quite worried about my CPU's, not that any of them are showing any obvious signs of wear and tear but I do know they don't last forever. While I'm considering buying spare ones in the unlikely event any of mine dies, I'm wondering how I can check the health and lifespan of my currently installed CPUs on either Windows or Linux. Thanks.
  24. Shutset
    An M.2 SATA SSD
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    I just got myself a T440p and learned I can fit an M.2 SATA SSD and can easily buy a Transcend one with a capacity up to 512GB on eBay. However, to ensure it doesn't throttle, I would need a good heatsink so I looked online for the best M.2 heatsinks which are, of course 2280s so I would have find a way or someone to saw them in half. I learnt all about it here. https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=dT_xevPwKjo Though I'm wondering if I really need to settle for an expensive high-performance one or if a cheap and cheerful heatsink off of eBay would do just as fine.
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