[iBook] iBook runs VERY hot

[Jean-Paul Thuot]

Thanks!  Yeah, I don't think I'd like to have the kind of heat that
this thing was generating on my lap!  Unfortunately (fortunately?) it
also has developed a yellow line down the middle of the display, so
I'm going to take it in for that, too.  Could they be related?  Heat
damaging the display?

Thanks again,

Jean-Paul


On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 01:51:22 -0500, Samantha Cornell
<samantha at netresults.biz> wrote:
> We recently converted my step-mother to Macs, and she has a G4 1Ghz 12"
> iBook as well.  It does get "pleasantly warm", but certainly not
> smoking hot.  You could use it quite comfortably on your lap for
> expended periods of time.
> 
> In fact, I am sure that if it ever had gotten abnormally warm, she
> would have called immediately...she does for everything else:)
> 
> I'd take it to an Apple Store, or an Apple repair shop to have them
> evaluate the heat level.  It may be wise to bring it in while it is
> hot...so they don't boot it, feel it 5 minutes later, and declare it
> acceptable.
> 
> Good luck, and keep us posted!
> 
> Sam
> 
> 
> On Feb 16, 2005, at 5:43 PM, Angus Wallace wrote:
> 
> > 'Smoking hot' - I'd be *very* surprised if it ran so hot that you
> > couldn't touch the outside of the case. What's the air temperature? (I
> > have run my G4 800 comfortably when the air temperature is
> > >30dec/celsius)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > -Angus
> >
> > On 17/02/2005, at 1:07 AM, Brian Pearce wrote:
> >
> >>> I recently bought my wife a G4 1Ghz 12" iBook.  Today she brought it
> >>> to me with a couple of questions regarding unrelated matters.  As I
> >>> held it in my hand I noticed that it was SMOKING hot underneath.
> >>
> >> Was she using it on a soft surface that might have blocked the vents
> >> and impeded the air flow?
> >>
> >> The G4 processor runs hotter than the G3 -- I don't have a G4 iBook,
> >> but this doesn't sound normal to me. I'd have it checked to make sure
> >> the fan is operating properly, and the vents aren't blocked.
> >>
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