On Oct 5, 2008, at 6:07 PM, Simon Royal wrote:
> > 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. > Worst for reliability, yes. But the absolute worst machine ever was the Performa 6200 series. I owned one, and everything you hear and read is true. I'm just glad I didn't pay for it :) > Was wondering whether this was the beginning of it again. > I never noticed the video chip getting too hot when they start to fail. But they don't generally fail, instead they detach themselves from the PCB due to a bad run through the wave solder machine. I think. > 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. > My 800mhz iBook G3 gets a little hot and the fan will kick on occasionally, but hasn't given me any trouble whatsoever. > Just a bit worrying it is in that area. Also I haven't heard the fan > kick > in yet. > Probably nothing to worry about, as long as you aren't running it on carpet :) 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
