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m_d_hHacker Bug wins! After wiping the old laptop's hard drive and installing the old Mojave version of OS X, I was able to hack into the OS and stop the software from reading the broken temperature sensor that was causing an endless kernel panic.
Not "good as new" by any stretch, but usable again. Whereas fixing the underlying hardware problem probably would've cost hundreds of dollars -- probably a new motherboard.
Now ... what will I do with this old laptop? I hadn't thought this far ahead, LOL.
It can never be upgraded to a newer version of the OS. I'm skittish about even applying the latest security update, but, as I've proven the concept now I can always go back before the security update, though it would take about a day to redo everything ... applying the security update now ...
Ah, the security update overwrote my hack, so I'll have to do the hack again, but then, hopefully, I'll be done fiddling with it (until the next security update, but they aren't updating Mojave that often anymore). Unless the security update breaks the hack like Catalina does ... looks like I was able to redo the hack after rebooting a few times ...
Meanwhile, I ran 4 miles again, I'm loving this cooler weather! Now I can focus on running farther and faster instead of on not dying while running.
Not "good as new" by any stretch, but usable again. Whereas fixing the underlying hardware problem probably would've cost hundreds of dollars -- probably a new motherboard.
Now ... what will I do with this old laptop? I hadn't thought this far ahead, LOL.
It can never be upgraded to a newer version of the OS. I'm skittish about even applying the latest security update, but, as I've proven the concept now I can always go back before the security update, though it would take about a day to redo everything ... applying the security update now ...
Ah, the security update overwrote my hack, so I'll have to do the hack again, but then, hopefully, I'll be done fiddling with it (until the next security update, but they aren't updating Mojave that often anymore). Unless the security update breaks the hack like Catalina does ... looks like I was able to redo the hack after rebooting a few times ...
Meanwhile, I ran 4 miles again, I'm loving this cooler weather! Now I can focus on running farther and faster instead of on not dying while running.