On Nov 2, 2009, at 9:23 PM, Stewie de Young wrote:
> That's true Jeff and I have dismantled a few over the years also but
> I just thought I would mention it in case he wakes up on the other
> side of the room a bit dazed and smoldering .
>
> Stewie
I couldn't agree more:-) Jeff
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That's true Jeff and I have dismantled a few over the years also but I just
thought I would mention it in case he wakes up on the other side of the room a
bit dazed and smoldering .
Stewie
From: macgu...@gmail.com
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Mirror Door G4's overhe
On Nov 2, 2009, at 5:09 PM, Stewie de Young wrote:
> Just be careful when you take it apart though.
> There are enough 's in there to give you a nasty jolt should you
> touch the wrong part !
>
> Stewie
If your careful, you don't need to touch anything inside... I've
cleaned several of t
Just be careful when you take it apart though.
There are enough 's in there to give you a nasty jolt should you touch the
wrong part !
Stewie
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> To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Mirror Door G4's overheating
> Date: Mon, 2 N
On Nov 2, 2009, at 4:18 PM, James Morgan wrote:
> The only thing I didn't tear down was the
> power supply, which has a fan (or maybe two?).
Clean the power supply... it comes out fairly easy and with a small
philips screwdriver comes apart easy. You'd be surprised how much dirt
is in ther
I should have been more thorough in my first post. When the G4's
began to quit the first thing I did was disassemble them so I could
clean everything, including the fan blades. (It is especially
important on the mirror door G4 to take out the little side fan that
blows air to the o
On Nov 2, 2009, at 2:01 PM, dorayme wrote:
> Though, come to
> think of it, I could adapt my present one I guess, take out the dust
> and bag so the air is clean at the other end... mmm ...
That's why my old $20-at-a-yard-sale 1950's (?) canister vacuum
cleaner is such a prized treasure. I ga
> Date: Sun, Nov 1 2009 10:10 pm
> From: Jonas Ulrich
>
> Yes definitely clean it use an air compressor, or a can of
> compressed air. A
> toothbrush can work well to clean the slots. Make sure you take out
> all the
> ram, and basically anything that is plugged in especially the
> processor
On Nov 1, 2009, at 11:08 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote:
>
> Or, my advise would be to to clean it? Honestly, In about an hour or
> less, and some simple tools you'll have that G4 working like a new
> one. :-) Jeff (also if you need a "take apart" guide, let me know)
>
My advice would be to clean fan
And just one more link for good measure.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1731179&tstart=0
Wish I could edit posts.;-(
Stewie
From: macsh...@mac.com
Subject: Mirror Door G4's overheating
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 22:06:24 -0500
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
I
gt;with a couple of caveats. See this article here...
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/feedback/MDD_CHUD_feedback.html
When I replace my MDDs CPUs ( after overheating here in a blisteringly hot
Australian summer no less ), this will be the first thing I try.
Stewie
From: macsh...@mac.com
Subject: Mirror
Yes definitely clean it use an air compressor, or a can of compressed air. A
toothbrush can work well to clean the slots. Make sure you take out all the
ram, and basically anything that is plugged in especially the processor to
clean.
-Jonas
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Richard Smallwood wrote
On 01 Nov 2009, at 10:08 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote:
> Or, my advise would be to to clean it? Honestly, In about an hour or
> less, and some simple tools you'll have that G4 working like a new
> one. :-) Jeff (also if you need a "take apart" guide, let me know)
This would be very helpful.
Richard
On Nov 1, 2009, at 7:57 PM, Dan wrote:
>
> At 10:06 PM -0500 11/1/2009, James Morgan wrote:
>> I bought my pair of mirror door G4's new and the fans were noisy.
>> People complained about the noise. Apple came out with a firmware
>> update that quieted (Slowed) the fans. Recently my G4's have be
At 10:06 PM -0500 11/1/2009, James Morgan wrote:
>I bought my pair of mirror door G4's new and the fans were noisy.
>People complained about the noise. Apple came out with a firmware
>update that quieted (Slowed) the fans. Recently my G4's have begun
>to simply quit. I suspected overheating
an
I bought my pair of mirror door G4's new and the fans were noisy.
People complained about the noise. Apple came out with a firmware
update that quieted (Slowed) the fans. Recently my G4's have begun to
simply quit. I suspected overheating so I installed Antec Super
blowers in the up
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