Some of you might recall that some months back I was having trouble with my pismo massively overheating. The only way I could run it and keep it cool was to point a personal fan directly at the back corner externally - at about the point where the processor sets internally. Of course, this wasn't a workable solution.
Today, I finally was able to get some good thermal paste, artic cool lab MX-2. I bought it because if I did a sloppy job, accidentally, I wouldn't fry the pismo. Well, I followed IFixit's instructions to the letter. I read up on applying the paste. I was super careful. The repair seems to done the pismo in. There is NO power when pressing the button. Is it dead? What do you think did it? There was all sorts of black charred old paste on the heat sink that I cleaned off. There was next to no paste on the processor itself. I don't think it ever had enough to dissipate heat. I'm very upset about this. I couldn't afford an apple replacement laptop, so I had to get a cheap old thinkpad and install xubuntu on it. I like it, but I can't use my favorite mac applications on it. All I've got left is the failing emac that I'm typing from, and that thinkpad now. Seriously upset. Can I revive the pismo? Or should I just sell it for parts? :-( -- 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/
