40.36 Ganesha Dell Inspiron 6400
20200928
A 2006 laptop with 1GB of memory, a 100GB hard disk, a DVD\(\pm\)RW Dual Layer burner, a 15.4” screen, and a wireless card. The machine came with MS/Windows XP installed so the machine was originally set up for dual boot (now part of the Debian GNU/Linux install options).
Specifications
From the lspci and lshw commands and
/proc/cpuinfo:
| Spec | Details |
|---|---|
| Install Date: | 2006-04-18 |
| Machine: | Dell Inspiron 6400 |
| CPU: | Intel(R) Pentium(R) T2400 Centrino Duo Processor 1.83GHz |
| Performance: | BogoMIPS = 3665 |
| Memory: | 1GB (2x512MB DDR2 SDRAM) |
| Disk: | 100GB TOSHIBA MK1032GS 2.5” |
| Wireless: | Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 Dual Band 802.11a/g 54Mbps (iwl3945) |
| Network: | Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (b44) |
| Video: | Intel 945GM (i810) |
| Audio: | (snd-hda-intel) |
| CD/DVD: | PHILIPS DVD+/-RW SDVD8820, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM |
| MemoryCard: | Ricoh Secure Digital/MMC card reader (sdhci) |
| Kernel: | 2.6.16-1-686-smp, 2.6.8 |
Log
| Spec | Details |
|---|---|
| 20050418 | Install Sarge 3.1r2 Debian from a DVD. |
| 20081005 | Upgraded to Debian Sid. |
| 20090905 | Install Ubuntu 9.04. |
| 20110421 | Install Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.1 as |
[FreedomBox](http://freedomboxfoundation.org/) bit too early to
trial.| 20131515 | Install Ubuntu 13.10 to become togaware.com.au and then ecosysl.com.|
20140500 | Upgraded to Ubutnu 14.04 LTS.|
20160000 | Would shut down after a few minutes.|
20201010 | Disassemble, clean and resit heatsink.|
20140500 | Upgraded to Ubutnu 14.04 LTS.|
20160000 | Would shut down after a few minutes.|
20201010 | Disassemble, clean and resit heatsink.|
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