i have an aluminum powerbook g4 DL-HR
1.67ghz cpu, 1.5gb of ram, 128mb video ram, 80gb hard drive, with the 15" high resolution screen.
paid $700 for it WITH shipping of of ebay and iv found a few things i dont like and i just wanted to know a few things about it.
i use this laptop as both a home computer and on the go so when im at home i have it mirrored on my 24" lcd, keyboard and mouse, speakers all that crap.
only problem is that i need to leave the screen open or it goes into standby mode, is there anyway at all i can make it so it stays on when i close the screen?
second thing i find wrong with it would be leaving it on over night it heats up so hot it burns my hand when i touch it in the morning so i need to turn it off until its cool enough to put on my lap.
3rd and final thing wrong with it is after its been on for too long and has gotten that hot when i do try to use it the internet(wifi) goes as slow or even slower the dial up and i have cable, also the keyboard light and sound stops working too.
once its cooled down tho it works perfect.
so to fix these problems i was brain storming and came up with few results that may work.
for the screen i was thinking of taking it apart and removing whatever switch it is that tells it to go into standby so then it always thinks the screen is open.
for the heat i could also put in new cpu paste because im sure its never been changed in the laptops life.
and again for the heat if its possible maybe buying some better faster fans.
i just want to know these things if they would help before i upgrade the ram and hard drive so i was thinking i could fix these problems im having with it while its open so i only need to take it apart once.
thanks to everyone that helps
-Ben
1.67ghz cpu, 1.5gb of ram, 128mb video ram, 80gb hard drive, with the 15" high resolution screen.
paid $700 for it WITH shipping of of ebay and iv found a few things i dont like and i just wanted to know a few things about it.
i use this laptop as both a home computer and on the go so when im at home i have it mirrored on my 24" lcd, keyboard and mouse, speakers all that crap.
only problem is that i need to leave the screen open or it goes into standby mode, is there anyway at all i can make it so it stays on when i close the screen?
second thing i find wrong with it would be leaving it on over night it heats up so hot it burns my hand when i touch it in the morning so i need to turn it off until its cool enough to put on my lap.
3rd and final thing wrong with it is after its been on for too long and has gotten that hot when i do try to use it the internet(wifi) goes as slow or even slower the dial up and i have cable, also the keyboard light and sound stops working too.
once its cooled down tho it works perfect.
so to fix these problems i was brain storming and came up with few results that may work.
for the screen i was thinking of taking it apart and removing whatever switch it is that tells it to go into standby so then it always thinks the screen is open.
for the heat i could also put in new cpu paste because im sure its never been changed in the laptops life.
and again for the heat if its possible maybe buying some better faster fans.
i just want to know these things if they would help before i upgrade the ram and hard drive so i was thinking i could fix these problems im having with it while its open so i only need to take it apart once.
thanks to everyone that helps
-Ben