[Ti] Using a Ti PB w/external monitor

[Ken Johnson]

Thanks.  I do have / use Temp Monitor Lite - shows the drive at 30 -  
35C, but I'd like to try the hack - do you know where it is?

Ken

On Apr 7, 2007, at 11:03 AM, Scott Strehlow wrote:

> By default, they all sleep when you close the lid.  There is a hack  
> that I saw a while back that overrides this behaviour.  My  
> understanding is that Apple intended the lid to be open for head  
> dissipation while it is in use.  I have trouble with mine (500MHz  
> G4 1GB) overheating even when it is open.  If you have auxiliary  
> cooling like one of those lap-desks with the fans, that might be  
> enough.  Do you have a temperature monitor program?  Mine doesn't  
> make the temp sensors available but I could at least monitor the  
> SMART status of the drive.  Its temp probe gave me a rough idea of  
> the internal temp.  I use http://www.bresink.com/osx/ 
> TemperatureMonitor.html
>
> Perhaps a better solution would be to set your external monitor up  
> just above, or next to, the display on the TiBook while open, then  
> use both monitors at once.
>
> On Apr 7, 2007, at 7:38 AM, Ken Johnson wrote:
>
>> I have purchased a Bookendz dock for my 1GHz Titanium G4.  Now,  
>> when I'm at home, I want to be able to use it as a desktop -  
>> external keyboard, mouse, monitor, etc. with the lid closed.  I'll  
>> connect the external monitor via DVI.  My question is - will it  
>> operate that way, if so, will the built-in monitor be "off"?
>>
>> Thanks - Ken
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