[P1] new iBook problem...

[Fran Dollinger]

Ok, I've tried several times today to recreate the whirring sound but 
to no avail. So, I guess I'll try a few more times tomorrow and then 
call Apple Care and ask their learned opinion....I swear if they say to 
reinstall the software I'll just......AAARRGGHHH! No, really, it 
doesn't feel like it's running any warmer than usual. You guys have no 
idea how bad this is....I only switched about a year ago and finally 
spent the bucks to get something new instead of the oldies I had been 
playing with and now this! My husband is a PC user and keeps looking at 
this iBook and shaking his head! Mentioning the cost occasionally and 
swearing to never switch.....
Joe, I looked at the pictures on your site and saw the fan and I don't 
know if it's big enough to make the sound I was hearing...while it was 
whirring I put a CD in and it played, could barely hear it over the 
noise but that makes me think it had to be the HD...
Thanks for the ideas & suggestions!
Fran

On Saturday, May 3, 2003, at 07:23 PM, Joe Jones wrote:

> The iBook has a copper thermocouple that helps to shift the heat from 
> the cpu in the centre of the logic board to the heat sink and vent at 
> the rear just underneath the hinge. The little fan cools this heat 
> sink and vents the air out of the back. As far as I can tell, it's 
> almost always on, but very quiet.
>
> I often work this thing pretty hard and there is no difference in 
> sound when it's cold and when it is very warm to the touch on the 
> underside, and on the left wrist support where the HD lives.
>
> Joe
>
> On Sunday, May 4, 2003, at 01:22 Europe/London, Brian Pearce wrote:
>
>>> There's a thought! I hadn't gone down that road....how long would 
>>> you think the fan should run? More than 15 minutes?
>>
>> The PowerBoook models have fans, but I believe even the more recent 
>> iBooks are still cooled by convection. (This is one reason you can't 
>> operate an iBook while the lid is closed, for example, and another 
>> reason the iBooks still use the G3 processor, which runs cooler than 
>> the G4.) This is why the situation you describe, if it's attributable 
>> to heat building up inside, could be a bigger problem waiting to 
>> happpen.
>>
>> BRIAN/bpearce at cloud9.net
>>
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