On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Kurt Cypher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 05 Oct 2008 21:19:09 +0100, Simon Royal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Secondly, the heat is coming from the left hand side of the trackpad > which > > I fear is where the graphics chip is on the logic board. It does indeed > get > > very warm. > > I forget off-hand where the graphics chip is located, but on my 600MHz > iBook G3, I believe the HD is located underneath the left-hand side of > the trackpad. That area tends to get hot when the HD is being used > hard, but generally cools down if the HD is given a chance to rest. > > Kurt > > > > Yes, it's the same with my 500MHz iBook G3. If you max out the RAM in it to 640MB, it will run quite a bit cooler (and get better battery life as well!) since it wont have to access the HD as often for virtual memory purposes... --ryan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
