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well i have been running around to all theese eletronic stored pulling my hair out because i can find fans for it and i figure it is a older machiene and ill just let it live its life the way apple made it i do work for a computer store that has like every kind of mac possible and ill just buy...
THIS MDD IS SQUEAKY CLEAN TRUST ME I HAVE SOME KIND OF OCD ABOUT THAT ALL MY COMPUTERS ARE SUPER CLEAN INSIDE I CLEANED THE FAN FOR THE GRAPHICS CARD THE BEST I COULD HOWEVER THERE IS SOME DUST BEHIND THE FAN I CANT GET TO AND I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE BREAKING THE FAN AND HEAT SINK WHEN TAKING IT OFF...
WELL ALL I KNOW IS THAT IS A KICK ASS CARD! IT IS NOT A VODDOO JUST BECAUSE ITS NOT A PC ! AND FOR YOU INFO IT IS NOT A DINKY HEAT SINK IT HAS A FAN ON IT AND THE CARD DOES STAY PRETTY COOL
its because they knew people were gona be opening theese machines a lot so even if they would have cut it off right at the end of the board it would be unstable (LOOK AT PICTURE 3) it fits into a groove in the left to support the card.
thats actually the fastest NVIDIA graphics ADC graphics card i paid a lot for it im scared to touch it lol!
all im worried about is the power supply heating up on the (400wat AC Bel) power supply fans in it i took out and cleaned the power supply so it is squeaky clean. i guess they just run...
ok i did what you said about adding h fans behind the processor just finished hahahah took a long time and now the mdd's door doesnt shut right! i have to kinda slam it to get it shut and then when i pull the release lever it makes a snapping noise like there is something in the way or the door...
mine has been running for about 8 hours and it is at 125F according to istats menu is that a ok temp? and i do not use a adc monitor i use a 22 inch dvi display by acer
I recently bought a powermac G4 mdd and i am trying to make it run cooler the specs are
10.5.8 leopard
dual 1GHZ
1.75GB ram
Dual Super drives
HDS
250gb
120gb
10gb
NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600
PCI CARDS
belkin usb 2.0 card
firewire 800 pci card
cooler pci card
i am worried the power...
SUCCESS !!!!! I REPLACED THE MOTHER BOARD AND IT ACTUALLY WAS NOT THAT BAD I JUST HAD TO MOVE THE HEAT SINK OVER A LITTLE AND I WENT TO HOME DEPOT AND GOT SOME SHEET METAL CUT IT UP INTO LITTLE PIECES AND EXTENDED THE HEAT SINK SCIENCE MOTOROLA PROCESSOR WAS A LITTLE TALLER THAT IBMS PROCESSOR...
Replace the drive #1 Maxtor is not the best drive out there. #2 its probally a 40 or a 60 you would probally be better off with a new 120 or something like that
i have owned macs for a long time now i actually work for a company fixing them and my rule is if it does pass S.M.A.R.T in any way...
well i only paid 30 bucks for that mobo do you think its worth doing???? the imac g3 dv graphite that i have is is excellent condition i bought it from the original owner with was a older lady that never used it so i dont really wanna get it all scratched up.
i actually work on macs but not...
sorry hahah when you say mod the heat sink ........ what would happen if i just used the heat sink from my 400 and used it on the 600? is that possible? or is it in a different location .......and when you say mod does that mean cutting away plastic on the imac?
HI I HAVE A IMAC G3 DV AND THE 400 MHZ PROCESSOR JUST ISNT DOING IT FOR ME SO STUPID ME I WENT ON EBAY WITHOUT ANY RESEARCH AND BOUGHT A 600 MHZ IMAC G3 MOTHERBOARD AND I AM HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THEY ARE COMPATIBLE SOME PEOPLE SAY ITS A BREEZE SOME PEOPLE SAYS ITS A...
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