Re: Fans

2012-03-28 Thread Bill Parker
Timely advice from Macs4U. Never place a Macbook on a flat insulating surface! Second. Turn it off at night. Bill On 28/03/2012, at 12:52 PM, Bill Parker wrote: The new name? The Menopausal MacBook. I'm off to Macs4U immediately. Bill On 28/03/2012, at 12:42 PM, Michael Hawkins

Re: Fans

2012-03-28 Thread James / Hans Kunz
i'm using an old amplifier heat sink to keep the macbook pro cool, the heat sink is slightly larger than the mac, i did that cooling allready with the powerbook g4 James SAD Technic U3 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA Australia +618 9370 5307 mob 0414 421132 (international +614 14421132)

Re: Fans

2012-03-27 Thread Michael Hawkins
Once upon a time, in the G3 PowerBook epoch, Apple laptops seemed indestructible and lasted for ever and a day. My G3 did me very well indeed from April 2000 until late 2009. Sadly, I've started to suspect that the modern MacBook Pro didn't inherit the longevity gene. The motherboard 17

Re: Fans

2012-03-27 Thread Bill Parker
The new name? The Menopausal MacBook. I'm off to Macs4U immediately. Bill On 28/03/2012, at 12:42 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote: Once upon a time, in the G3 PowerBook epoch, Apple laptops seemed indestructible and lasted for ever and a day. My G3 did me very well indeed from April 2000

Re: Fans running continuously.

2012-01-22 Thread Tony Francis
Hi Everyone. I have just purchased a new iMac, 27. Late yesterday afternoon I started the Computer and the Fans started as well, they are extremely noisy. This morning when I started the Computer It basically just sat there with the wall of death going but nothing happened, just a white Apple

Re: Fans running continuously.

2012-01-22 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Tony, If you press the iMac power button while you are inserting the power cord, the iMac will enter a mode in which the fans (blowers) run at full speed. In order to correct the issue, reset the SMC and then start the computer by pressing the power button after the power cord has been