Tim, I'm quite a bit late in replying, but you were fortunate. I lost my Ti when a small amount of water spilled on mine. If you would like a spare battery, let me know. I had tol buy a new G4 PowerBook and have no use for the battery and hate to just throw it away. On Oct 27, 2005, at 12:54 PM, T Molnar wrote: > Thanks for the input. > > Thermal protection device...ah as I suspected. > Can't say it didn't give me a fright (and so near to Halloween at > that). > > Would a cooling pad improve performance somewhat or just ensure the > machine didn't close down?? > > regards, > tim > On Oct 26, 2005, at 4:09 PM, John McGibney wrote: > >> Yes there is some sort of thermal protection that shuts the >> computer down if it gets too hot inside. It happened once to me. >> And the water probably insulated the bottom causing the overheat. >> I bought a cooling pad that I use when running processor/video >> intensive apps. >> >> John >> >> On Oct 26, 2005, at 3:52 PM, T Molnar wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> ... >>> >>> can any one throw some light (not water please) on this? >>> >>> Did the water film prevent proper cooling? Is there some type of >>> "trip" mechanism that shuts down an overheated processor? >>> There a rectangular insert in bottom....did water perhaps get up >>> there and disrupt some electronics that needed to be dried out to >>> work? >>> >>> Having avoided "disaster" I am interested to know what might have >>> been going on. >>> >>> thanks >>> tim >>> >>> >>> tim.molnar >>> http://www.digitaltao.ca >>> tam at em.ca >>> tmolnar at uvic >>> phone: 250.472.5289 >>> >> >> -- >> The man who gives in when he is wrong.......is wise. >> >> The man who gives in when he is right.......is married! >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Titanium mailing list >> Titanium at listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/titanium >> >> Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random >> stuff: >> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 >> >> > tim.molnar > http://www.digitaltao.ca > tam at em.ca > tmolnar at uvic > phone: 250.472.5289 > > _______________________________________________ > Titanium mailing list > Titanium at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/titanium > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984