On Dec 29, 2009, at 5:32 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: > 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 >
> I hope this isn't an insult but the machine has to be closed up to > cool properly. Just checking, John wtmm -- 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
