Il giorno 06/05/14 20.27, "Jim Scott" ha scritto: > be quite leery of > any 24" Intel iMac (BGA failures of video chips on daughterboards).
Jim, are you talking about ANY 24" Intel Macs, or just the earlier versions? Because I own an Early 2009 24" Intel Mac, 2.93 GHz with an ATI Radeon 4850 graphic card, and - knocking on wood! - it runs beautifully. I bought it used a year ago, and when I was looking for one, I noticed that older (Early 2008) 24" Intel Macs with higher-end video card (the GeForce 8800), were highly prone to failure (due to overheating of the graphic card, mostly). Since I do gaming, I didn't want to give up the powerful video card, so I went to the subsequent Early 2009, that didn't report above average rates of failures (AFAIK), even with the higher-end video card. Do you know something about Early 2009 24" iMac that I should know? :-) I noticed that the Northbridge chip goes very hot (up to 75° C) but, using smcFanControl and tweaking the fans speed, I manage to keep it under 70° C. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml 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/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
