Fujitsu LH532 Thermal Paste Application

 Posted on February 22, 2023  |  1 minutes  |  Vincent Tam  |   0 comment

Background My old laptop was bought ten years ago. I had never changed the thermal paste between its CPU and its fan. As a result, it had been getting hot during my online tutorials. Photos thermal paste on CPU displaced after ten years thermal paste on fan displaced after ten years dried thermal paste cleaned and removed with isopropyl and kitchen towel I had to look at a previous article written five years ago to confirm the part that I wanted to disconnect. [Read More]
Fujitsu Lifebook  LH532  hardware 

Insensitive Laptop Touchpad

Log of my Ubuntu Tweak config

 Posted on May 6, 2019  (Last modified on May 10, 2019)  |  1 minutes  |  Vincent Tam  |   0 comment

Problem The touchpad on my new Ubuntu 18.04 LTS laptop was frozen. Toogling 🖱 with <Fn>-<F4> didn’t worked. Attempt Logout: didn’t work at all Reboot: worked most of the time Partial solution After changing the Mouse Click Emulation in Keyboard & Mouse in Ubuntu Tweak from the default “Fingers” (2 fingers for right click; 3 fingers for middle click) to “Area” (Right/middle click determined by clicked area), one might have to wait for next reboot. [Read More]
Ubuntu Tweak  Fujitsu Lifebook  touchpad 

Ubuntu 18.04 Installation on Fujitsu AH557

Ubuntu installation on hybrid system

 Posted on August 18, 2018  (Last modified on April 13, 2023)  |  4 minutes  |  Vincent Tam  |   0 comment

Objective To get a hands-on experience on Ubuntu installation on a UEFI hybrid system. Devices 120 GB SSD disk: /dev/sda 1 TB HDD disk: /dev/sdb 8 GB USB key: /dev/sdc Stage 0: precautions Ensure that your machine has enough power. Disable Secure Boot in M$ Windows Disable Quick Boot in boot menu Stage 1: Make your live USB key I tried Xubuntu’s built-in disk writing tool to create a live USB key from the official ISO file. [Read More]
Fujitsu Lifebook  Linux 

Fujitsu LH532 Keyboard Cleaning

Keyboard Cleaning DIY

 Posted on July 23, 2018  (Last modified on April 13, 2023)  |  8 minutes  |  Vincent Tam  |   0 comment

😖 @ 📃! This post contains unpleasant images. If you don’t wish to see them, please view this page with a text browser or a text mode plugin of your browser. Rationale Why? My Fujitsu LH532 has been serving me well as my production machine for almost six years. The keyboard was quite dirty: it’s full of hair and dandruff. I had to clean it for personal hygiene. My dirty keyboard I Hair and dandruff under the keys [Read More]
Fujitsu Lifebook  LH532  hardware  keyboard  cleaning 

Fujitsu LH532 Fan Cleaning

Let's reduce e-waste!

 Posted on July 4, 2018  (Last modified on December 19, 2018)  |  2 minutes  |  Vincent Tam  |   2 comments

Problem Two months ago, the Win* 10 installed on my old laptop crashed with blue screen on startup. Two weeks ago, I created a Xubuntu 18.04 LTS 64-bit Live USB and set up the dualboot. However, the fan was still giving out consideralbe noise and heat under Xubuntu 18.04 (installed in /dev/sda7). Many end users’ reaction They’ll simply buy a new PC. This had given rise to industrial parks in Guiyu (貴嶼), one of the world’s largest e-waste village. [Read More]
Fujitsu Lifebook  LH532  hardware  cleaning 

Xubuntu Dualboot on Fujitsu LH532

Convert Ubuntu to Legacy Mode with Boot-Repair

 Posted on June 28, 2018  (Last modified on April 13, 2023)  |  5 minutes  |  Vincent Tam  |   0 comment

You may skip to the acutal setup. Background After using Win 7 & 10 for six years on my Fujitsu LH532 , Windows 10 often falls into blue screen. Sometimes, it won’t even start up. Give Xubuntu a try Hoping to give a second life to my old , I’ve decided to try this popular lightweight distro. Initial partition setup I followed the instructions from Danatela’s question, including the optional setup of separate /var and /tmp partition. [Read More]
Linux  Xubuntu  BIOS  UEFI  dual boot  Fujitsu Lifebook  LH532