Always wanted a Ti so bought this the other day off craigs Vanc.
Ad said Powerbook Ti 500,512 ram....payed $40...turned it on and it's a Ti 867 with max 1 gig ram.
Installed leopard on it,and she runs great except for fans...after about 5 min there always on...i have done pretty much everything i can think of...
-clean install of leopard
-resetting the PMU
-reset the P-RAM
-cleaned out all the vents,fans ect of dust
-tryed replacing AppleADM103x.kext with one from 10.2.8 (allows fans not to kick in at lower temp...148 Fahrenheit instead of 125 Fahrenheit)
non of this helped...fans still stay on,and pretty much full...the Ti is not all that hot underneath (i can't say for sure as these Ti don't include software temp sensors or would check with something like istat nano)
would taking out logic board and reinstalling thermal paste make fans run normal? (i can handle task,but would rather not have to take apart if it's not gonna help,maybe these old Ti 867s just run this way?)
edit: done see pics/story
Ad said Powerbook Ti 500,512 ram....payed $40...turned it on and it's a Ti 867 with max 1 gig ram.
Installed leopard on it,and she runs great except for fans...after about 5 min there always on...i have done pretty much everything i can think of...
-clean install of leopard
-resetting the PMU
-reset the P-RAM
-cleaned out all the vents,fans ect of dust
-tryed replacing AppleADM103x.kext with one from 10.2.8 (allows fans not to kick in at lower temp...148 Fahrenheit instead of 125 Fahrenheit)
non of this helped...fans still stay on,and pretty much full...the Ti is not all that hot underneath (i can't say for sure as these Ti don't include software temp sensors or would check with something like istat nano)
would taking out logic board and reinstalling thermal paste make fans run normal? (i can handle task,but would rather not have to take apart if it's not gonna help,maybe these old Ti 867s just run this way?)
edit: done see pics/story
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