[Ti] Heat up ...shut down-need information

[John McGibney]

It keeps my machine 10-15 deg. cooler under  normal conditions. I  
only use mine when I'm doing processor intensive apps, then its about  
20 deg. cooler. During the summer months I keep it under my machine  
without the fans running just to keep it a little cooler.

John

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
>

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