Hot Powerbook G4 and adapter

[Cynthia]

I came home today to find that my PB was extremely hot (according to Temperature Monitor, the processor/bottomside was 138F). The power adapter was also quite hot. I had left the PB plugged into the charger on sleep, but found that it had shutdown.

I am not sure if it is related, but I've noticed that the last couple of weeks my PB has been running slower. Sometimes I get the spinning "beachball" while waiting for a program to complete an operation or for safari to open a webpage where before there was no problem.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Cynthia

 

[deadpixels]

you can run some maintenance apps like onyx or applejack
you can also when you're machine is slow, start Activity Monitor (found in applications/ utilities) and see what is using your processor cycles.
you can also check if you have a lot of startup items, they can slow a machine quite a bit if they're many.

last, if nothing help, your best bet is to backup and re-install, nothing beats a clean installation