On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 06:46:06PM +0200 or thereabouts, Mikael Bystr?m wrote: > Talk to the developer. I have on going relationships with many. It can be > very rewarding.
Great suggestion. I'll be inquiring. > Anyway, Temp readings in the WS are also dependent on the CPU daughter > card. So if the CPU supports internal temp reading, then it will be > accessible for many apps like TM. For example the BlueChip CPU cards from > Powerlogix give believable readings. So what ever the sensors in the > original CPU cards of the WS's are, those are different somehow from > other cards. maybe someone else can tell what the differences are? Great points. Hopefully someone can provide useful information regarding this. I've yet to move forward to get a faster cpu for the WS. Now that the laptop has lots of ram, replacing the 6.4GB with a 40GB drive is the next upgrade. > Regarding the heat problems, I'm surprised no-one mentioned cooling > paste. When I had heat problems with a BlueChip G3 card in the WS II, > applying the correct amount of cooling paste and adding a custom made > *copper* plate on top of the CPU (I measured the exact thickness) and > under the heatsink, decreased the temperature from excessive temps around > 90?C to only 59?C. At 93?C somewhere, the machine froze, so it made all > the difference. I had read on some obscure site about a fellow who made a custom aluminum heatsink for his WS. I thought about doing this in mine. That was right when I got the machine and had read about it making lots of heat. But after using it for a while, I found it to be quite acceptable. Before I go that route, I want to know exactly whats up with the fan not coming on. Once I've that figured out, then adding additional cooling can be investigated. > I'm sure you can do something also in your situation for improving heat > dissipation. Please note that my fan did run and it didn't help half as > good for dissipation than a copper plate and cooling paste. What OS were you running when the fan was coming on? Thank you for your helpful comments and suggestions. -nils -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
