On Mar 14, 2005, at 2:29 PM, James S Jones wrote: Apple carefully designs their cases for optimal airflow and cooling. Leaving a hole in the front could very well change the ventilation path enough that the processor, memory, and GPU run hotter. On a Mac, if you can plug a hole, you should.
On Mar 14, 2005, at 1:51 PM, Larry le Mac wrote: I have a QS which I use as a server (3 internal harddisks). It did used to have a ZIP drive and therefore a plate with the ZIP slot in it. I have located several people willing to swap my plate & drive for a blank plate, but then I thought maybe it would be better cooling with the ZIP slotted plate instead... ---- Yes don’t defeat the designs of the creator of the greatest toy in the world. One Apple executive said computing on a Mac should be better than sex (it was the French guy). If you want to test the cooling, try freeware called Temperature Monitor - 2.5 (<http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19994>). I have this on my Mac G3 and usually the temperature is 98.6 ºF (you can set it to show the temperature in degrees centigrade or Kelvin). We are in San Mateo, CA and the room temperature is now 77ºF. When I have my whole iPhoto library open, and other programs open the temperature rises to 102.2ºF. When put to sleep, the Mac temperature falls to 80ºF. Anybody try this freeware Temperature Monitor - 2.5? Eric B&W G3 rev.1 with G4 1 GHz Sonnet Encore/ZIF 1 GB RAM OS 10.3.8/9.2.2 Sonnet ATA 133 PCI Radeon 7000 Adaptec FireWire PCI OEM 9 GB HD 2 -120 GB WD HD -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
