I still don't get it Dan, You write that your sister has it on for 5.5-6 hours at a time, but you still insist that she turns it off when she goes to bed, as if the extra hours will hurt it. I am sure you miss a point or something, and I don't think telling your sister stupid things will help. I totally agree with Chas on this one.
My niece has an iMac just like it, although with 384 MB and a new Seagate Barracuda 40 GB drive, and she doesn't turn it off anymore, as it is extremely silent anyway. Just because it reaches a relatively high temperature after a few hours doesn't mean that the temperature will increase on and on and overheat. Don't worry about that. As long as there is space for airflow around the iMac, it won't hurt it. On the other hand, why don't you just upgrade to 10.3.4 - over the airport, btw, I have no idea why you don't want to use it now you have it ? - I do all my upgrades on both my Powerbook and my iBook over Airport from my iMac. But before the upgrade, why don't you run a "Repair Permissions" using Disk Utility. Won't do any harm, and perhaps even fix the shutdown problems. (I don't remember when I shut down one of my Macs the last time, btw. They are always on and only restarted when updates force them to.) Cheers, Kim On 09/06/04 22:41, "Daniel Kendell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My sister has an iMac DV 400Mhz. She has had intermittent shutdown > problems, as in not shutting down and just spinning pizza-ing her. > > It has 256Mb Ram, running 10.3.3 (I will burn 10.3.4 update and install > it later, she has internet over Airport then through my iMac and I > don't want...well...meh!) > > Anyways, She doesn't use it heavily, tends to turn it on about > 4:00/4:30 ish and leave it on till about 10:00 when she goes to bed. I > told her never to leave it running when not using it, it will overheat > so she puts it to sleep when not in use. I have come in now and then > just to check its not overheating or anything and I can't feel any > heat. > > Unfortunately I can't downgrade it to an earlier version of OS X > because I only have 10.3 on CD, I have 10.2.3 but its a Restore DVD for > my iMac 1Ghz (17") and won't work in the iMac DV, the only lower disc > that will is OS 9 and I'm not going to do that. > > It is important that this gets solved. I only just got her to have the > iMac rather than the PC, then I get from her, "You go on and on about > how windows is s**te and the mac is no better!" I then shouted loudly > that no computer is perfect, its just that macs are better...her PC > couldn't stop shutting down! > > Thanks muchly, > Dan -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
