Hot Powerbook

my previous iBook ad a tendancy to warmness, but the PB gets *fecking* hot.
Sir Chewbury Gubbins wrote on :

Well, first week in with my new shiny powerbook. Getting a little worried though - my previous iBook ad a tendancy to warmness, but the PB gets fecking hot.

Is that normal? It's a 12" jobby.

Choobs

Ian McCall replied on :

"Sir Chewbury Gubbins" chewbury.gubbins@redacted.invalid wrote in message news:1ggx3yv.1n1nq8l1ikqi5eN%chewbury.gubbins@redacted.invalid

Well, first week in with my new shiny powerbook. Getting a little worried though - my previous iBook ad a tendancy to warmness, but the PB gets fecking hot.

Is that normal? It's a 12" jobby.

I have a previous generation 12" Powerbook (the 867Mhz version) and yes, that too gets into 'fry-an-egg' territory on a fairly frequent basis.

Cheers, Ian

Elliott Roper replied on :

In article 1ggx3yv.1n1nq8l1ikqi5eN%chewbury.gubbins@redacted.invalid, Sir Chewbury Gubbins chewbury.gubbins@redacted.invalid wrote:

Well, first week in with my new shiny powerbook. Getting a little worried though - my previous iBook ad a tendancy to warmness, but the PB gets fecking hot.

Is that normal? It's a 12" jobby.

For small values of fecking.

Try a little shareware called ThermographX. You can compare yours with other users' graphs.

Also, you might like to google the usual Mac news sites. Older OS Xs let it run hotter. Now the fan kicks in at a lower temperature. (about 47C on mine as reported by ThermographX)

I hate to listen to the fan, so I use a few tricks to keep it cool. Prop up the back edge for more air when on a desk. Cool it by propping it up with bruise bags from the fridge. I currently don't bother with the fridge much, I just have one bruise bag cooling on the window sill and the other under the PBook. Change 'em when the fan starts.

Best trick of all was a plastic bag of snow. Only works few a few days in winter and when the central heating is on max. Room temp makes a big difference to how soon the fan kicks in. As does how hard you cane the machine. A movie render or massive iTunes recode will shoot the temp sky high in minutes.

Peter Ceresole replied on :

Sir Chewbury Gubbins chewbury.gubbins@redacted.invalid wrote:

Well, first week in with my new shiny powerbook. Getting a little worried though - my previous iBook ad a tendancy to warmness, but the PB gets fecking hot.

Is that normal? It's a 12" jobby.

Oh yes. If you can touch it easily, it's hardly got into its stride.

I reckon the surface temp of my 15" 667 TiBook, near the right hand rear of the keyboard, reaches into the 60C range- just bearable to touch but not to balance on a bare knee. I imagine the 12" models with faster CPUs and graphic chips will be at least as bad.

It's like Ford Prefect said in HHGTTG- it's a cool Frood who knows where his towel is. He was abviously talking about PB owners.

Sir Chewbury Gubbins replied on :

Peter Ceresole peter@redacted.invalid wrote:

Sir Chewbury Gubbins chewbury.gubbins@redacted.invalid wrote:

Well, first week in with my new shiny powerbook. Getting a little worried though - my previous iBook ad a tendancy to warmness, but the PB gets fecking hot.

Is that normal? It's a 12" jobby.

Oh yes. If you can touch it easily, it's hardly got into its stride.

I reckon the surface temp of my 15" 667 TiBook, near the right hand rear of the keyboard, reaches into the 60C range- just bearable to touch but not to balance on a bare knee. I imagine the 12" models with faster CPUs and graphic chips will be at least as bad.

It's like Ford Prefect said in HHGTTG- it's a cool Frood who knows where his towel is. He was abviously talking about PB owners.

Ah well, that's all right then :) It'll be nice and comfy in winter when traditionally, my extremities threaten to drop off in this office.

Choobs

Chris Ridd replied on :

On 14/7/04 2:49 pm, in article 2lkrviFe79t6U1@redacted.invalid, "Ian McCall" ian@redacted.invalid wrote:

"Sir Chewbury Gubbins" chewbury.gubbins@redacted.invalid wrote in message news:1ggx3yv.1n1nq8l1ikqi5eN%chewbury.gubbins@redacted.invalid

Well, first week in with my new shiny powerbook. Getting a little worried though - my previous iBook ad a tendancy to warmness, but the PB gets fecking hot.

Is that normal? It's a 12" jobby.

I have a previous generation 12" Powerbook (the 867Mhz version) and yes, that too gets into 'fry-an-egg' territory on a fairly frequent basis.

Are Martin's web pages still up?

Cheers,

Chris

Martin replied on :

In article BD1B00A7.2D6B6%chrisridd@redacted.invalid, Chris Ridd chrisridd@redacted.invalid wrote:

On 14/7/04 2:49 pm, in article 2lkrviFe79t6U1@redacted.invalid, "Ian McCall" ian@redacted.invalid wrote:

"Sir Chewbury Gubbins" chewbury.gubbins@redacted.invalid wrote in message news:1ggx3yv.1n1nq8l1ikqi5eN%chewbury.gubbins@redacted.invalid

Well, first week in with my new shiny powerbook. Getting a little worried though - my previous iBook ad a tendancy to warmness, but the PB gets fecking hot.

Is that normal? It's a 12" jobby.

I have a previous generation 12" Powerbook (the 867Mhz version) and yes, that too gets into 'fry-an-egg' territory on a fairly frequent basis.

Are Martin's web pages still up?

Yeah, what the hell is going on here?

A thread about Boko temperatures and no mention of the hottest page on my site:

http://prometheus.idea-digital.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=214

Or the original egg story:

http://prometheus.idea-digital.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=213

Or the boko temperature monitoring AppleScript:

http://prometheus.idea-digital.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=252

(The published script will only work with 15" Bokos with processors faster than 1GHz, but you should be able to adapt it for other models that include hardware temperature sensors).

Regards