On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 04:27:17PM -0700, Gordon Paynter wrote: > This thread (running powerbook with the lid down) brings up something > I've been worrying about a little lately: is there a real risk of > overheating a(n | T)iBook? > > I have a 600Mhz iBook, and frequently leave it running for hours at a > time with load average >= 1. The area to the left of the trackpad, > and the left side of the bottom of the case can get pretty warm--I'd > almost say hot--after a while, especially if you're not using an > absolutely flat, hard surface (e.g. watching DVDs in bed). > > Lately I've been thinking about putting blocks under the corners to > raise the machine (say) 1cm from the table to give it better > ventilation, but I really don't know how seriously I should be taking > the whole issue. > > Has anyone ever heard of one of these things overheating?
I think you're right to be concerned. I was involved, back in my hardware engineering days, in an electronic components age-life study. The biggest enemy of electronics is heat; the way they simulate years of use in the lab, in compressed time, is to raise the temperature and run the boxes. It's a cumulative effect; so it's not so much a matter of blowing the radiator as it is of wearing out the plumbing; and the cooler it's kept the better off it is. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
