Re:Open-Sourcing our Firmware
by grp000 on Friday January 21, 2022 @08:53PM
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I'm waiting for something with beefier internals, or an AMD variant, or both. That being said, they'd have to redesign the power delivery system and thermals, so maybe it would no longer be as modular? Anyone with the knowledge care to weigh in?
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there wouldn't be any new parts except the mainboard/cpu/heatsink. It's unlikely for someone to want to replace only one of those*. I don't see a loss for customizability or repairability
* very few people can solder a cpu and I've never heard of a heatsink needing replacement
> I've never heard of a heatsink needing replacement
It definitely happens. Usually as a direct result of someone just not taking care of their machine at all, but it still happens.
Source: work at independent repair shop.
Funny you say that, my current laptop has a really low wattage chip and as a result, a very small heatsink. As I was removing the plasticy thermal dividers that insulate the rest of the board from the heat of the heatsink so I could lap the contact area, I bent the heat-pipe and pinched it, since it was so thin and fragile.
That being said, that's a bummer. Would be nice to get a higher end compute option or one with a dGPU.