Ben, I haven't tried this myself, but I do understand you'll hear all sorts of cracking and other noises that are apparently scary sounding. I'm wondering if it is dust or something else. What version of the OS is it running, how much ram, and where are you encountering the issues with overheating. I have a G4 Mini here and there are some tasks it tends to break a sweat over, but I only have the stock 512Mb ram in it because I've not gotten up the courage to rip it apart yet. I still have a G5 iMac sitting here that I'm trying to take apart, but I've only gotten the front cover off and can't figure out how to pull the screen in order to reach the DVD drive and other components. I've not found sufficient textual descriptions to get the job done and I don't of course want to break anything. :) On Nov 30, 2009, at 4:12 PM, ben mustill-rose wrote:
> Hey all. > > Guess who's just been given a mac mini, which quite honestly is the > best computer I've ever touched! However all is not well, this mini > seems to be getting a bit hot and bothered - ie: when doing anything > intense it will get hot then shutdown; I understand this is actually a > feature. > > I want to open the case to try and remove some of the dust that I'm > assuming is the cause of this problem, but I've never delved inside a > mini before so am a little bit warey about how to go about it. > The general concensus seems to be to use a putty knife or 2 or to cut > & strip an ethernet cable then loop the wires around the tabs in order > to release them. However, when I've found posts about how to do this, > they've been quite pictorial so they haven't been that helpfull. > I'd be interested in hearing if any totally blind person has ever > managed to open the g4 1.42 mac mini without scratching it, using > either of the above methods. I should be fine locating everything once > the case is open, its just the actual removal of the casing that is > worrying me a little. > > As always, any response what so ever would be great. > Thanks for reading, Ben. > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
