Brian These have to be Apples worst machines. I have had loads of them faulty and most of them have been the infamous graphics chip problem.
Was wondering whether this was the beginning of it again. Apple portables have always gotten hot. My wife had an 800mhz one and it too got hot but worked fine so I am wondering if this is just expected heat. Just a bit worrying it is in that area. Also I haven't heard the fan kick in yet. Simon --- http://www.simonroyal.co.uk - Mac news, reviews, guides, upgrades, hacks and more... - http://www.nmug.org.uk - webmaster for Norwich Mac User Group - The box said requires Windows XP or better, so I bought an Apple Mac. On Oct 5 2008, Brian Deuel wrote: On Oct 5, 2008, at 4:24 PM, Simon Royal wrote: > > Brian > > It can't be apps as I have just installed a fresh OSX Tiger > installation on > it. > > Simon > I just tested a lot of these from a school. Of the 30 or so I tested, only six of them had zero problems. The rest had either power or video problems. Some had labels that said, in various descriptions, "got very hot, then completely died" which leads me to believe that the CPU gave up the ghost. Brian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
