Be interested to hear if anyone else has had this problem. I have a white 700Mhz iBook which I bought January 2003. By February it had gone back to Apple to have a new logic board put in, and it worked OK for about six months. It's been back again this year (Feb/March time) for a second logic board. The area to the left of the trackpad gets really hot after about an hour's use, and to keep it to a manageable temperature, I bought one of those gizmos with a fan in it that plugs into the USB slot. Without the fan, it gets ridiculous. I mentioned this to AppleCare both times when it died on me and I had to get it trolleyed back for the logic board to be sorted, but obviously nothing's been done.
Is this a common fault, or am I just unlucky?
Thing is, I can't use this as my main Mac with any confidence - this morning it decided to dump me out of Safari midway through a download, quit out of all the other open applications and go back to the blue start-up screen. It did this twice, and just as I was getting ready to boot up my back-up iMac, it settled down.
The other thing that happens(ed - I haven't risked it since the last logic board replacement) is that if you actually try and use it as a laptop (ie work on your lap rather than on a desk) and move it slightly it's likely to go to black without any warning.
Style-wise, speed-wise, everything else wise, this is a great piece of kit, but I'd like to know if anyone else has had the overheating thing happen to them. Appreciate any input...
Is this a common fault, or am I just unlucky?
Thing is, I can't use this as my main Mac with any confidence - this morning it decided to dump me out of Safari midway through a download, quit out of all the other open applications and go back to the blue start-up screen. It did this twice, and just as I was getting ready to boot up my back-up iMac, it settled down.
The other thing that happens(ed - I haven't risked it since the last logic board replacement) is that if you actually try and use it as a laptop (ie work on your lap rather than on a desk) and move it slightly it's likely to go to black without any warning.
Style-wise, speed-wise, everything else wise, this is a great piece of kit, but I'd like to know if anyone else has had the overheating thing happen to them. Appreciate any input...
