• Re: Chrome OS Flex on ThinkPad Edge E530

    From Andrew M.A. Cater@21:1/5 to Roberto Catanuto on Sat Sep 21 12:00:01 2024
    On Sat, Sep 21, 2024 at 11:35:25AM +0200, Roberto Catanuto wrote:
    Hi, the truth is I use Chrome OS Flex on TP Edge E530.
    Honestly, this is the output


    *~$ cat /proc/version *Linux version 6.6.41-03520-gd3d77f15f842 ( [email protected]) (Chromium OS 18.0_pre516547 clang version 18.0.0 (/mnt/host/source/src/third_party/llvm-project 28a8f1b901389c1e478407440f7ccf2d41c71b64), LLD 18.0.0) #1 SMP
    PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat, 10 Aug 2024 02:57:26 +0000


    Hi Roberto

    Strictly, this is off topic here. ChromeOS Flex is ChromeOS for non-Chromebooks. It's a Google product - maybe ask them.

    A quick search for the ThinkPad Edge from Lenovo: the review I found was
    from about 2019. It's the cheapest end of the Lenovo range. I see a range
    of them available second hand online from about �99 - at this point, it
    is not an expensive laptop..

    If it's about five years old - it might be that the original battery has reached the end of its life expectancy. If this is a second hand laptop, then you don't know its previous history: if you've had it from new, it might
    be time to replace the battery.

    Since this is ChromeOS, this list can't really help. Install Debian and
    we could perhaps advise.


    Even when the good old laptop is connected to the power supply, the battery begins discharging after about one hour.

    If I also use an external HDMI monitor, the discharge begins immediately.


    Anything in logs? How are you monitoring this? It does suggest either a
    dying battery or a laptop with a marginal power regulator giving low voltage.

    Do any of you have suggestions about solving this mystery ?
    The charger is fine when used in another laptop.


    All the very best, as ever,

    Andrew Cater
    ([email protected])
    Thank you very much in advance.
    Roberto

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  • From Charles Curley@21:1/5 to Roberto Catanuto on Sat Sep 21 14:50:02 2024
    On Sat, 21 Sep 2024 11:35:25 +0200
    Roberto Catanuto <[email protected]> wrote:

    Even when the good old laptop is connected to the power supply, the
    battery begins discharging after about one hour.

    If I also use an external HDMI monitor, the discharge begins
    immediately.

    Do any of you have suggestions about solving this mystery ?
    The charger is fine when used in another laptop.

    Loose power supply socket on the flaky laptop?

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to Andrew M.A. Cater on Sun Sep 22 09:00:02 2024
    On Sat, Sep 21, 2024 at 09:56:17AM +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
    On Sat, Sep 21, 2024 at 11:35:25AM +0200, Roberto Catanuto wrote:
    Hi, the truth is I use Chrome OS Flex on TP Edge E530.
    Honestly, this is the output

    [...]

    Hi Roberto

    Strictly, this is off topic here. ChromeOS Flex is ChromeOS for non-Chromebooks. It's a Google product - maybe ask them.

    A nice example of a multi-billion behemoth leveraging people's good
    will to pick up their customer support duties.

    Clever!

    Cheers
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    t

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