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July 22nd, 2021 10:00

Windows 10 with older Studio 1555

Old Dell Studio laptop:
New 500GB SSD
64-bit Win10
4GB RAM
Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 @ 2.00GHz

On boot: I have to press F1 because the power adaptor is jank. Says it can't charge the battery properly. I have to leave it plugged in. Okay. NBD.

Was going to upgrade the ram to 8GB... Okay. It can Emulate and stream from Steam off my 2060s/i5-9400F 2.90GHz/16GB machine. Check...

Don't tell me the processor is going bad in the laptop. I read that the heat sink is garbage in these older laptops... It did sit for a couple years, and I remembered I had it in the basement.

It boots, run for a little bit (like an hour or so) I hear the USB unplug sound, then Blue Screen of Death. Runs into a problem, re-boots, then says Media check failed, No operating system. I turn it off, turn it on, press F1, and it loads Win10.

I monitored the temps, and the CPU is getting up to 75 degrees C. I did some research, and I think I need a BIOS update. With Win10, that might be a problem. 

Kinda worried about it...