[P1] It's the fan, again....

[Larry Kollar]

> I have a 600Mhz iBook, and it's never been as hot as it's been 
> recently.
>
> The case underneath became too hot to touch - I'm putting it down to 
> being in Iowa in June (visiting girlfriend) so it's in a warmer 
> environment and can't cool off as effectively, and the power flavour 
> here is different - 120 instead of 230v, so the adapter is drawing 
> more current (but I can't see it heating the iBook as a result of > this.

I don't think Iowa weather is going to cause that kind of problem -- 
I'm in Georgia, with a 900MHz iBook, and the only time the computer 
even gets warm is when I have the AC adapter plugged in (charging a 
battery tends to heat it up). I think Fran Dollinger might be right 
about the wall power -- it could be flaky. It's easy to check the 
voltage (Radio Shack has cheap voltmeters) and if it's too low or too 
high, I could see potential problems.

Anyway, I worked at home today, the iBook was going almost all day 
except for a break at lunch, and it never got as hot as the stinky 
400MHz Dell laptop (office machine) does. The adapter got warm, but not 
hot.

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