Ok, before I begin, here's the specs. Dual 1.25 MDD 2gb ram, 200gb, leopard 10.5.8
Last night I pulled the power supply and cleaned it like I've done a couple times before and reinstalled it. Only this time, the main fan, which I figured I'd clean too while I was at it, accidentally got put in backwards (yes, I did that..) well, obviously it didn't take but about 4 minutes to overheat and smell like burnt plastic and shut down (sleep mode).. then I forced a shut down and opened the machine to find the fan in wrong. Well, here's where it gets interesting... I flipped the fan around, and powered it up, starts off fine, normal fan noise (rpm) then as I watch, istat is telling me a slow increase... it's climbing, climbing... past 150f... fan kicks up another notch .. 160f sounds like the fan is full throttle at this point... this is with very little or no load on the CPU (itunes, mail) then I power down, and figured I'd put a fresh application of thermal grease on the processors..... still the same problem/result? how do I get this back down to 130f-140f where it was? what possible damage could I have done to this poor MDD? your turn... thanks in advance. Jeff -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
