Hi Everyone
I am new to mac. Just got my hands on a pb g3 lombard and it keeps sutting down do to over heating. I know the fan is not kicking on and I also know the fan works by testing it. So I made it so the fan is always on and I did it very simply. I used a usb plug from an old mouse or extention or a old printer cable just something that plugs into a usb port. I cut it to get at the wires. I removed the modem card and ran the wire through the conection where you would normaly plug the phone line in and then spliced the wire to the fan. You have to cut and splice wire but it was not working with the board anyhow so no lose. now the fan is always on when in use and has helped I can now use it for about an hour before it shuts down.
It still Locks and overheat do to very low airflow and I am looking at trying a larger fan. I was also thinking I may have to replace the heatseak paste it may be old and need replacing. Has anyone done that and had any good resaults?
I am new to mac. Just got my hands on a pb g3 lombard and it keeps sutting down do to over heating. I know the fan is not kicking on and I also know the fan works by testing it. So I made it so the fan is always on and I did it very simply. I used a usb plug from an old mouse or extention or a old printer cable just something that plugs into a usb port. I cut it to get at the wires. I removed the modem card and ran the wire through the conection where you would normaly plug the phone line in and then spliced the wire to the fan. You have to cut and splice wire but it was not working with the board anyhow so no lose. now the fan is always on when in use and has helped I can now use it for about an hour before it shuts down.
It still Locks and overheat do to very low airflow and I am looking at trying a larger fan. I was also thinking I may have to replace the heatseak paste it may be old and need replacing. Has anyone done that and had any good resaults?