Re: shutting down PB and heat

[Andrew Kershaw]

on 10/11/03 11:49 AM, w miller at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Maybe I'm too much of a worry wart, but my Lombard frequently seems so
 hot on the bottom that I think I must shut it down. I sometimes hear what
 sounds like a fan come on. When I have it on my desk, I raise the rear end
 with a little saucer. Am I being silly?
no
Well said... :-)

It can't _hurt_ to shut down your 'Book when it gets hot.  That noise 
you hear probably _is_ the fan.  It comes on only when the PowerBook 
heats up enough to trigger it.

I'd say the jury's out on the long-term impact of that much heat, but 
in the short term a little heat probably won't hurt your Lombard. 
After a while (several minutes to an hour, depending on conditions), 
the fan should cool down the innards enough to allow it to spin back 
down.

In the summers (New England, Arizona, and Colorado), my Wallstreet 
gets pretty darn hot (especially if a CD is in).  It gets so hot, in 
fact, that the fan runs constantly when I use it on my lap (and if 
I'm not careful, it'll leave sweat marks on my pants!).

But that's better than owning a Dell.  A while ago, a Dell owner 
apparently got blisters on his genitals because the laptop was too 
hot.  Heh...  The Register ran a story about that in November last 
year <http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/28245.html>.  Of 
course, it also makes a slight comment about Mac users and "objectum 
sexuality."  Hmm...

Peace,
Drew
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