Hi fellow wamuggers
I have a couple of concerns with my new computer. I am hoping that
someone might be able to offer some advice or suggestions. I have
undertaken a quick check of the archives on the heating issue, but
couldn't find a match.
I connected and set up my new mac yesterday, for the first time. Most
of the day was taken up downloading software updates. The computer
was on for 1/2 of the day, and till late at night. It was not in a
hot location, however, it seemed that the back of the computer
specifically, the top left side was running red hot.
I googled possible reasons, but couldn't really find out how hot it
should run. I found information about a small free application called
CoreDuo Temp. I downloaded it, and it told me that the temperature of
the machine was running between 45 and 50 degrees Celsius. Perhaps
it's just me, but that seems to be very hot. Does anyone know if this
is normal?
Today although the room is quite cool, I have a fan directed at the
computer, however, it is still reading as 45-48 degrees Celsius.
The second issue relates to the Intel memory card. I bought a game
some time ago which was rated as Universal Binary (The Sims Life
Stories). As I was unable to play it on my old eMac, I was waiting
until I got the new computer. A check of the Aspyr Game Agent
yesterday told me that I couldn't play it because an Intel Memory
card could not be located.
If this is a Universal Binary Game, shouldn't it still run on the
Mac's operating system (using Mac memory)? Or do Universal Binary
games require memory from both platforms to run? I'm sooooo .....
confused!
As a novice who uses the computer predominantly for word processing,
internet and games, these issues are unfamiliar to me, and any
assistance that members could offer would be greatly appreciated.
The Specs of the machine are:
Processor: 2.8 GHz Intel Core Duo (24")
Memory: 4GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2 x 2GB)
Mac OS X: Tiger Version 10.4.11
(Although Leopard was shipped with the computer, I'm reluctant
to load it up yet till more of
the bugs are ironed out)
Hard Drive: 1TB.
TIA
Rosie
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