[DuoList] cooling mods?

[Randolph Gore]

On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 B G wrote:

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>Is it hot near the hard drive or the CPU?
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>On Feb 15, 2005, at 10:17 PM, Samual Acorn wrote:
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>> dunno if  i posted this here or not but has anyone ever done any duo > cooling mods? the 280c i have runs HOT.. (cant hardly hold it) > i got a suggestion on this board one time to remove the battery (since > mine is dead) and that did take care of the heat problem... but it > seems to have come back... with a vengance.
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Samual,

The 280 is usually a preHy cool running little Powerbook. Find where the heat is coming from: the area to tne right of tne trackpad (or trackball:-) is the harddrive.  

To really check things out you'll have to take things apart.  Just a little to the left of the center of the keyboard is the mighty 68LC40 processor.  Check that the processor is seated well against the heat sink--there should be some special grease on the sink.  The harddrive should have some copper colored heat shielding around it.  

good luck ,

Randy


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