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62+ degree ok for PB?

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kbonnel

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Hello All,

So I have been noticing some high temps on my PB15 1.25Ghz. I have only had it for a couple of days, so I don't know if these temps are normal. When playing around, such as playing a little itunes, going through some photos, and having a couple other programs running (word, safari, etc), I have temps around 59 - 64 degrees Celcius. Is this ok? What is everybody else getting temp wise? Is there a fan? Cause I have never heard it.

Oh yea, can a apple keyboard work with Windows? I love the bluetooth, and am thinking of getting a usb version (they are usb right?)

Kimo
 
kimo,
USB and Bluetooth are not the same. What I think you meant was that you wanted to get a bluetooth device (such as a mouse) with a bluetooth receiver that plugs into a USB port. If you have a powerbook with Bluetooth built in, you won't need this; if you are using a computer without BT built in, the USB dongles work pretty well.

Can you convert those temps to F? They do sound a little high. How do you measure the temp?
 
Actually, I use the bluetooth apple keyboard with my pb, and I love it. I was wondering if the apple wired keboard will work with my XP box (I don't like calling them PC's, as that really means personal computer 🙂 ). I was using a microsoft bluetooth with my PB, but didn't like the response time, so I went back to wired.

As for temp, 60C = 140F roughly. it is like 2.33 x C = F

Kimo
 
My iBook runs at that temperature sometimes doing the things you are describing. I posted a threat about this earlier and got replies about how it was normal and everything would be okay if the fan is turning on. My CPU gets over 70 degrees C sometimes while just after playing WarCraft III and that is the only time I hear the fan. I think the fan kicks in when it hits 70 degrees or 68 or something. Anyways, I think you aren't having any problems and things are looking like they should be. I don't know why they run so hot, apparently G3's run cooler. So it is normal to have a hot G4. I wish they wouldn't get so hot too.
 
I thought the C to F conversion was 1.8 * C + 32 = F?

Oops, the poster above beat me to it...

But I'll add this...

>Bob: A lot of people don't know how to do metric.
>
>Doug: Me, either, eh?
>
>Bob: OK, so here's an easy way. You double it and add thirty. So if on
>the radio it says"Okay, t'day it'll be cloudy and five degrees", you
>double it (5 and 5 is 10) and add thirty (and thirty is forty). It's the
>ol' 40 degrees.
>
>Doug: How many beers would that be if you had a six pack?
>
>Bob: Six and six is twelve and 30 is 42 beers. Forty-two metrics beers.
>
>Doug: Boy, count me in on metric.
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Boy, with how hot the case gets at 62C, I can't imagine what it would be like at 70+C 🙂

Sorry for the formula, just guessing 🙄

Kimo
 
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