[Ti] Target Mode

[David DelMonte]

Chris, it looks like the display is not lit. Also, the computer is cool 
to the touch! I appreciate your concerns though and will monitor this 
setup. I'll turn everything off tonight and see what happens tomorrow.. 
ie - is this a fluke..

David

On Feb 7, 2005, at 10:03 PM, Chris Olson wrote:

> On Feb 7, 2005, at 6:56 PM, David DelMonte wrote:
>
>> Answer. No. it works as if the PB lid is open. This is amazing to me. 
>> The PB doesn't sleep. It's drives are still available to me on my 
>> desktop machine.
>
> Yes, but I believe the display is still lit, right?  I think if you 
> read the older manuals it recommends to not run the computer with the 
> display shut in FireWire Target Disk mode, as it may overheat.  
> They've left this tidbit out of the newer manuals.  For whatever 
> reason, the cpu runs at 100% load in FireWire Target Disk Mode, and 
> the computer will get extremely hot after extended use as a Target 
> machine.  I believe, without checking, that they recommend having the 
> power brick plugged in in FireWire Target Disk Mode because of the 
> elevated power requirements.  Keep that in mind when using this 
> feature.
>
> I don't think I'd recommend running the machine with the display shut 
> if you're using it as a Target host.
> --
> Chris
>
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