Any way to Reduce overheating?

[killswitch1698]

Im going to Install RAM sometime this week and im concerned that my mac will be too hot if i put more in, and my mac is already too hot as it is.
i know if that i get RAM that runs at a lower voltage it will reduce heat produced, but is there any way i can mod my mac so it will be alot cooler? i thought of just taking the back off of my mac for good, but my friend said it wasnt the best idea. any ideas?

 

[840quadra]

What Mac do you have? It is going to be hard to give advice without knowing that.

Regardless, I have never heard of overheating issues related to RAM installs, more due to processor, or rotating media cooling.

 

[killswitch1698]

What Mac do you have? It is going to be hard to give advice without knowing that.

Regardless, I have never heard of overheating issues related to RAM installs, more due to processor, or rotating media cooling.

oh sorry about that...i have a iMac G5 PPC 17" 1.9Ghz 2 512mb of RAM

 

[surflordca]

oh sorry about that...i have a iMac G5 PPC 17" 1.9Ghz 2 512mb of RAM

I don't know anything about the G5 but I do know that you need more RAM

 

[portent]

If you're low on memory (and with 512 MB, you are definitely low on memory) then adding more will reduce page faults, which will greatly increase the efficiency of yours system and make things run cooler than they do now.

And frankly, things get hot when they work; that's normal. It's not "overheating" unless it crashes, or catches fire.

 

[Consultant]

Im going to Install RAM sometime this week and im concerned that my mac will be too hot if i put more in, and my mac is already too hot as it is.
i know if that i get RAM that runs at a lower voltage it will reduce heat produced, but is there any way i can mod my mac so it will be alot cooler? i thought of just taking the back off of my mac for good, but my friend said it wasnt the best idea. any ideas?

Your friend FAILED.

Computers are designed to handle additional RAM up to capacity.

 

[slpdLoad]

Additional RAM will be fine.

Best thing you can do is make sure there is plenty of airflow around the case, and lower the ambient temperature in the room if that's possible.

 

[killswitch1698]

Thanks for the reply guys; your advice helped alot ^_^