On Thursday, July 03, 2003, at 11:57AM, Christopher Hack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Recently swapped the 233mhz chip on my wallstreet for a 300mhz I saw on >ebay. I am running 512mb of ram, and OSX10.2.6. >The machine is getting very very hot. So hot that if you lift the keyboard >and touch the large heatsink plate it gets too hot too touch. The fan never >seems to operate. >Any ideaas or commetns aprecaited. Specifically: >How hot is too hot? >Is there any particular aspect of my setting causing the heat 9eg shoud I >reduce the ram, or switch back to the 233mhz chip? >Finally, is there anyway to test the fan short of pulling it out? (a) the fan kicks on only when the processor temp gets too high (b) if the fan fails to kick on, and the temp is way out of spec, the machine will simply shut off spontaneously to prevent long-term damage. the heat sink being too hot to touch is not surprising - it's a heat sink, that's what it's there for. RAM is one of the hottest items in a computer, and when you max RAM as you have done, the heat's going to go up. to give you a parallel, i have a PowerBook G4 867. When i have only 256MB RAM in it, the fan only kicks on a couple of times a day, and only runs for a few minutes when it does. When I upped to 1GB RAM, my fan comes on once every couple of hours, and probably stays on for 20 minutes. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
