on 4/8/03 3:25 PM, Philip Stortz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > well, a wild guess would be that it's the sound chip, but i could be wrong. > the best thing to do would be to find it on the logic board and try to look up > the part number. you can contact me off list for help identifying it. beyond > that, slap a "reasonable" heat sink on it and see how hot it gets, if it's too > hot to touch it's too hot, if it isn't you're fine (actually most chips are > rated for "too hot to touch", but it's usually not a good idea if you want > them to last or tolerate any other random abuse, i.e. in the case of a sound > chip a shorted output etc.). it could be something other than sound, but > that's my guess. it's position, i.e. what ports etc. it's close to would also > be a clue. > > Dan Pennington wrote: > --------- >> http://www.macopz.com/buildamac/ >> which details how to do all this buying and connecting of spare >> parts, says that there is a heat sink built onto the case behind the >> logic board that makes contact with the Philips chip on the back side >> of the board. Obviously, this Philips chip does some mysterious hot >> things and needs to be cooled down. (Me, too, occasionally.) I've >> never seen the inside of a bare G4 case and the guy at CompUSA won't >> let me rip the logic board out of any of the G4's they have there. >> Can anyone help with some info on this heat sink? Measurements? >> Photos? Some other site that talks about it? > ------------
Unfortunately I happen to have a dead mobo so the thing is out of the case... the part you are looking for is a simple alum. block ( best I can tell) 1x1x.25 the part# on the block is... FoxConn 805-2268-A hope this helps =) Ralph -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
