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From: D.M. Procida on 2 Jul 2010 10:10 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-07-02, D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > > You can also use a fan control program to run the fans at full blast to > > blow out some dust. Putting it into FireWire target disk mode might also > > achieve this. > > Using compressed air cans can sometimes not be a good idea - if you get them > too close to the motherboard you can supercool bits of it briefly, of so > I've heard. If you tilt the can, you'll sometimes get a freezing liquid from it, but not generally. Daniele
From: Chris Ridd on 2 Jul 2010 10:12 On 2010-07-02 14:56:38 +0100, Peter Badrick said: >>> >>> >> >> Are you trying to trick him into searching under "carpet burn" in order >> to find out more? >> >> ;-) > > Seeing as my iMac is a sealed unit, I can't see how any of my carpet > activities could get in there ;-) There should be fans around the GPU. If you can get inside the machine it might be worth cleaning the dust out of the fans. -- Chris
From: Jim on 2 Jul 2010 10:15 On 2010-07-02, D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >> On 2010-07-02, D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> > wrote: > >> > You can also use a fan control program to run the fans at full blast to >> > blow out some dust. Putting it into FireWire target disk mode might also >> > achieve this. >> >> Using compressed air cans can sometimes not be a good idea - if you get them >> too close to the motherboard you can supercool bits of it briefly, of so >> I've heard. > > If you tilt the can, you'll sometimes get a freezing liquid from it, but > not generally. Yes, but the air itself is quite cold as well. Probably best not to do it when the machine is on. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." Terry Pratchett
From: Woody on 2 Jul 2010 10:14 On 02/07/2010 15:12, Jim wrote: > On 2010-07-02, D.M. Procida<real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: >> <Peter> wrote: >> >>> OK, my entire screen just did a "white out" and the whole machine died. >>> Hopefully I can get iStatPro installed this time to check temps. >>> >>> Hope its not on its way out as I can't afford another Mac and would >>> hate to have to go back to Windoze >> >> It's quite possible that it's dusty inside and over-heating. >> >> I'd open it up and blow some compressed air into it from a can. I >> haven't taken apart that model so I don't know how easy that is. Still, >> you can blow air into the vents without dismantling it. >> >> You can also use a fan control program to run the fans at full blast to >> blow out some dust. Putting it into FireWire target disk mode might also >> achieve this. > > Using compressed air cans can sometimes not be a good idea - if you get them > too close to the motherboard you can supercool bits of it briefly, of so > I've heard. Its much easier with freezer spray, which incidentally is good for problem solving on circuit boards anyway. -- Woody
From: D.M. Procida on 2 Jul 2010 10:21
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-07-02, D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> > wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >> On 2010-07-02, D.M. > Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> > wrote: > > > >> > You can also use a fan control program to run the fans at full blast > >> > to blow out some dust. Putting it into FireWire target disk mode > >> > might also achieve this. > >> > >> Using compressed air cans can sometimes not be a good idea - if you get > >> them too close to the motherboard you can supercool bits of it briefly, > >> of so I've heard. > > > > If you tilt the can, you'll sometimes get a freezing liquid from it, but > > not generally. > > Yes, but the air itself is quite cold as well. Probably best not to do it > when the machine is on. Indeed not. But generally, the air is not so cold that you can't spray it onto your skin. Your newsreader should wrap lines a bit more conservatively I think. I keep having to rewrap stuff you've quoted. Daniele |