Thanks for helping. Until a few minutes ago, I thought the intermittent part of the problem had turned to fatal. Strangely, just now when I booted up to check the profiler the card began to work again!
Now, bear in mind - this can't be attributed to just cooling off enough to work. Yesterday I tried like a mad woman to get the thing working. The Pismo was completely cool. Not once could I get that card working. Tonight? It works again. To touch on the point about heat again - I notice you mentioned a fan in the Pismo. In all seriousness, I'm asking: Is there a fan that is supposed to run in the Pismo? I've owned it for just two years now, and never in all this time have I EVER heard a fan run. I try very hard to keep it cool but turning it off when it gets warm, or running a personal fan at it while using it. (The personal fan gets chilly for me in the winter here - but what else is there to do?) Would it help if I took it apart again - like I did when I replaced the whole upper case with screen - and put some of that gel/paste/ silverstuff on the processor this time? When I did the surgery last time, I was told it wasn't required for my model. I could buy some though and do it over if you feel that might be part of the heat issue. I really have to use the Pismo. My only other model is a moose of an eMac. Healthwise, I can't sit up at my desk at times - and the Pismo is my only chance to get anything done on the computer at those times. Any thoughts on cheaply rectifying this would be appreciated. PS: As for testing, unless the eMac has a slot for that card (don't think so) then I have no other machine to test it on. Maybe the heat has damaged it enough to make it "wonky" but it isn't quite totally dead yet. If anyone has a cheap replacement for the card, please let me know. It only has to function about 30 feet from the wireless router - and the speed isn't as important as getting on line, period. On Dec 22, 3:55 pm, Kris Tilford <[email protected]> wrote: > On Dec 21, 2011, at 2:30 AM, wren wrote: > > > Last night, it did get VERY hot. > > Did I fry the Belkin card due to heat? > > It is in the same area as the CPU. > > Heat is bad for any electronic component. > > Sporadic, intermittent function is very hard to troubleshoot. If you > have another computer to test the card in, that would help. Reseating > the card or changing slots if possible might help. If the card is > shown properly in System Profiler and the Network Preferences Pane > it's likely the software is working. You might remove the Airport > "port" in the Network Preferences by using the "-" button and then > reboot and go to Network Preferences and see if the "new port" auto- > detects or not, I believe it normally should auto-detect. If it > doesn't, you should be able to add it back using the "+" button and > selecting Airport. > > I suspect this issue will be hard to resolve if you don't have access > to additional hardware to assist in troubleshooting. The overheating > issue can be very difficult because it will work fine when cool and > stop when hot. If it stops, pull the card and feel how hot it is, if > it's really hot, it's probably a heat issue. The card itself might > have the heat issue, or as you pointed out, the CPU proximity could be > the problem. Is the fan working properly? If not, STOP using this > PISMO, you'll eventually kill the HD, and perhaps the whole thing. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
