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iBook HDD failing?
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That's a little difficult to tell. There appears to be no sensors on the CPUs so I can't tell either with iStat menus or Temperature Monitor. The only temps I'm getting are from the hard drives, so I have to guess.
The main HD runs around 115°. The second drive runs about 111°, the 200GB drive about 111° and the two 160s run around 109°.
The main HD runs around 115°. The second drive runs about 111°, the 200GB drive about 111° and the two 160s run around 109°.
Not too bad. That is where my G5 hovers for the hard drives. Too bad Apple didn't care about computerizing the HDD fan controllers in the G3 and G4 eras.
Well, it kind of concerned me for a while. The temps on the two SATA drives are within about 3-4º C of the max temps suggested for Western Digital hard drives at any given time. However, what got me to stop worrying was the fact that the drive in my iMac G5 operates at around 120-130ºF. In comparison, this isn't so hot!
Still wonder though, just how hot the CPUs actually are.
Laser thermometer would be a good way to check. How loud is that machine when under load?
Allright!!!! Thanks to Altemose I now have 802.11N on my iBook!
Are there any suggestions for apps/settings/accessories that people in here think are must haves for the iBook?
The RAM is maxed out at 1.25GB, the HDD size is good for me at 120GB (since I won't be making this my main machine and therefore will not need crazy amounts of storage.
Basicaly I guess I would like suggestions for non resource-intensive applications, even some fun modding apps (I have CandyBar on it but probably won't use it that much unless I find an absolutely awesome icon set). I will be traveling soon and I guess it's a good way to test this machine with the loading and playing of movies/tv shows, taking notes, surfing the net once I get to my hotel room...etc, etc.
Are there any suggestions for apps/settings/accessories that people in here think are must haves for the iBook?
The RAM is maxed out at 1.25GB, the HDD size is good for me at 120GB (since I won't be making this my main machine and therefore will not need crazy amounts of storage.
Basicaly I guess I would like suggestions for non resource-intensive applications, even some fun modding apps (I have CandyBar on it but probably won't use it that much unless I find an absolutely awesome icon set). I will be traveling soon and I guess it's a good way to test this machine with the loading and playing of movies/tv shows, taking notes, surfing the net once I get to my hotel room...etc, etc.
Well, it's louder than modern PCs I guess, but it's not super loud to me and my wife is not complaining about it. It's kind of like sitting next to a hotel air conditioner that's on.
Lingon
Do Something When
Location X
Jet Lag
Combined, you get location awareness and the ability to have something happen based on location. DSW gives you the added benefit that when an app is opened or closed you can activate something else.
When I was using my laptops Location X would switch my location depending on where I was and activate certain things based on that. I could always count on my laptop opening up to the Starbucks login page whenever I was at Starbucks instead of having to manually load the page. That's because Location X would trigger the loading of that page for me via Applescript.
Jet Lag would automatically change my clock based on time zone. Jet Lag uses Skyhook and the replacement for it is expensive and Intel only. The dev has done a good job of wiping out most traces of the Jet Lag pref pane from the internet.
Lingon lets you set cron jobs to activate when and where you want. For instance, if my WiFi network ever changed it would cause a change in preferences. Lingon would see that and would run an Applescript.
Just a bit of stuff to mess with since you said you were traveling.
Lingon
Do Something When
Location X
Jet Lag
Combined, you get location awareness and the ability to have something happen based on location. DSW gives you the added benefit that when an app is opened or closed you can activate something else.
When I was using my laptops Location X would switch my location depending on where I was and activate certain things based on that. I could always count on my laptop opening up to the Starbucks login page whenever I was at Starbucks instead of having to manually load the page. That's because Location X would trigger the loading of that page for me via Applescript.
Jet Lag would automatically change my clock based on time zone. Jet Lag uses Skyhook and the replacement for it is expensive and Intel only. The dev has done a good job of wiping out most traces of the Jet Lag pref pane from the internet.
Lingon lets you set cron jobs to activate when and where you want. For instance, if my WiFi network ever changed it would cause a change in preferences. Lingon would see that and would run an Applescript.
Just a bit of stuff to mess with since you said you were traveling.
Thanks, man!!! Location X seems to out of development though.
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Yeah, going to have to look through my downloads for that. I hate when a dev stops working on something that they seem to make it all disappear!
Unfortunately I only have it installed on one Mac and that's the one that needs a new logicboard!
Between you and Altemose, I'm going to have this iBook rocked out! Thanks a ton!