[pbook28]

I am currently running an ibook 700 with 256 mb RAM, and os X.2.6. I hadn't had too many problems, but it has recently been very hot. The fan has also started to run more often when I'm not doing anything other than running safari. Does anyone know how to cool it down? Thanks.

[Fast iBook]

Originally posted by pbook28:
I am currently running an ibook 700 with 256 mb RAM, and os X.2.6. I hadn't had too many problems, but it has recently been very hot. The fan has also started to run more often when I'm not doing anything other than running safari. Does anyone know how to cool it down? Thanks.

keep it off of any type of plus fabric or cussions onfurniture the heat will build up and cause the fan to turn on also try to have the air in your residence below 80°F otherwise even a littke heat will take a long time to disipate - Andy

[Daniel_R]

To get a better idea of what is actually happening when the machine gets hot, get a copy of this app: AquaMon

AquaMon will give you a handy overview of processor load, CPU temp and other useful stats.

If you see that you processor is maxing out at 100% (more than likely why things are getting hot), a process may have gone wild (this use to happen with classic for me - first thing I'd know my iBook would get warm,then sure enough classic would be going wild.

To see exactly which process is maxing out, you can use OS X's Activity Monitor (/Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor) which is really a GUI front end to the unix command, top. You can also directly stop the responsible process via Activity Monitor

*Caution* don't kill off the process "LoginWindow".

*Note* activity monitor, and Aquamon are mostly GUI front ends to Unix command line tools.

*Disclaimer* apologies if you already know about killing off unix processes.

[pbook28]

I downloaded aquamon, and it wouldn't let me install it. Will it only work with certain versions of os x? Also, my comp seems to get very hot when running warcraft or another graphical program. Is it hot because of the 16mb graphics card, and would this get better if i switched to a powerbook?

[stew]

If it's hot in Warcraft or other 3D games, that's normal, don't worry about that. And don't switch to a 12" PowerBook, that one will get even hotter.

[Daniel_R]

I know the version I have, I dont think you actually "install it". Open up the downloaded disk image, and copy Aquamon to your Applications folder (or elsewhere if you like).

Doesn Aquamon run on different versions of OS X?
I have Aquamon v1.4.4 running on:
* PowerMac 9600/300, OS X 10.1
* iBook 600, OS X 10.2.6

Without any problems (except for temp monitoring on the PM9600 - its not supported... but then again OS X isn't supposed to run on OldWorld machines).

Another temp app is ThermoInDock

Irrespective of getting a temp monitoring app going, the best way to see what is happing is process monitoring (as in my previous post about Activity Monitor)

Your likely to find that any machine will get warmer when you are using it for graphically intense applications - and I doubt that a PowerBook would be better in any way heat-wise.

Your 16MB video chipset - most video chips will get hot, and the ones with more ram will often be warmer as they are normally hooked up to a faster GPU. Consider heat a by-product of computation

Cheers.

[edit: typo]

[imactheknife]

Hi, I have a ibook 14.1 800 MHz...the second app thermoindock shows my cpu at -1 C!! and this thing has been running for an hour...as well as it has been in the 30 degree celcius (86F) the last week...don't think that app is right! the other one doesn't show the temp at all...

[pbook28]

Thanks for the replies. It's good to know that my ibook should be hot when using things like warcraft. I'm not gonna switch to a powerbook, at least not soon. And, if they're even hotter, then it would be harder to use them on my lap at school. Again, thanks for the info.

[Hi I'm Ben]

crap i was hoping to pick up a stolen iBook

[Daniel_R]

> thermoindock shows my cpu at -1 C!!

When ThermoInDock does that, it means that the variant of the processor you are using is not supported

AquaMon on the other hand, when it encounters a processor it is incompatible with it just says "not supported" in the line next to to "CPU TEMP:".

While both the 600 and 700 MHz iBooks have G3's, they are two different models of G3 - from memory without looking anything up - the 600 has the PPC750 CXE (G3) Sidewinder processor, while the 700+ machines have the PPC750 FX (G3) processor. I could be wrong on those exact details - they're mainly there for illustrative value.

[iamnid]

Originally posted by Daniel_R:
> AquaMon on the other hand, when it encounters a processor it is incompatible with it just says "not supported" in the line next to to "CPU TEMP:"

On the contrary... aquamon doesn't show anything for CPU TEMP on my girlfriend's 700mhz ibook... I've tried checking and unchecking this statistic in preferences but it never shows up among the statistics listed for this machine.

I have yet to try aquamon on my 900mhz ibook.