Kind thanks to all for your observations and recommendations per the Pismo fan issue.
Will On Mar 17, 10:10 pm, Ione Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mar 17, 2009, at 10:41 PM, tortoise wrote: > > > > > On Mar 14, 6:34 am, Will_i_am <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Is there anyway of indirectly testing whether the cooling fan is > >> still > >> working in an old Pismo? That is, short of disassembling the > >> unit? I > >> never hear it turn on even when the CPU and HDD are working away on > >> backups to an external FW drive, etc. > > I haven't been following most of this thread, so this question may > have been answered already -- but here's my input -- > > On my Pismo, the fan very rarely comes on. But it almost always > starts up if the Pismo has been sitting in the sun and I try to use > it (my favorite computing chair is just inside a south facing > window). That black plastic really soaks up the heat from the sun. > > So if you want to test out your fan, I recommend leaving the Pismo in > a sunny window for awhile! > > -- > > Ione Smith > East TN Doberman Rescue > --http://www.etdr.org-- [email protected] > -- 865-776-7636 > Facts About Albino Dobermans > --http://www.whitedobes.com > > Speak truth to power -- old Quaker principle --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
