Oil is a very good insulator .It is used by the circuit breakers in power substations to interrupt the thousands of amps that could be originated by a power failure in a transmissi…

I really want a waterproof ibook...so heres a few more ideas Wacky wax! Remove the screen and fill it with the kind of wax they use at wacky wax(wax that doesn't have to be warm t…

Melted rubber :-D

Am i missing something here? Why do we need a waterproof iBook? And for those of you who are going to mess up their iBooks by trying this stuff...y not just give it to me instead …

Am i missing something here? Why do we need a waterproof iBook? And for those of you who are going to mess up their iBooks by trying this stuff...y not just give it to me instead …

Quote: Originally posted by The Godfather: <STRONG>SHRINKWRAP IT!*</STRONG> ...then you realise you left your favourite CD in the car... Hm. Who …

Quote: Originally posted by Cosmo: <STRONG>Am i missing something here? Why do we need a waterproof iBook? And for those of you who are going to mess up their iBo…

A Toyota Sentra huh?

I know this has been touched on before, but the info out there is conflicting, so I wanted to start a new topic to address it directly: I have an iMac DV (grape), and I want to re…

The new slot-loading iMacs actually run cooler than the previous models with fans. I know someone with a DV SE and it runs around 90-100 degrees F, which is very cool. I have a r…

Thanks for the response, Timmy. I checked out xlr8yourmac, but most of their stuff seems to be on the tower Power Macs rather than iMacs. And I saw this in Misha's how-to guide on …

OK, I went to the iMac forum archive and found a bunch of posts I somehow hadn't seen before. Despite the warnings about the increased heat, those who have put a 7200 in seem to ha…

Hi CaseCom- I hope this note finds you. I'm trying to help a friend w/ a iMac DV (G3) 500MHz who would like to upgrade his harddrive to one the new 7200 units that you can get fo…

I put a 120 Gig Western Digital in a iMac DV SE and had no trouble at all. Noticeably zippier and when I moved to a desktop, I moved the drive with me. I'm pretty sure 120 is the …

Quote: Originally Posted by Spidey Hi CaseCom- I hope this note finds you. I'm trying to help a friend w/ a iMac DV (G3) 500MHz who would like to upgrade his harddrive to one …

Hi Amacapart- Thanks for the advise. I'll go ahead and drop the new drive into my friend's DV. I really appreciate the help. And yes this string was a little old, but as evide…

I just bought a 7200 rpm 160G Maxtor drive for my wife's iMac DV 400. I did this before reading that it may have a 128G ceiling. What happens if i put this drive in? will it not…

Quote: Originally Posted by skier What happens if i put this drive in? will it not work or only be seen as a 128G drive? I believe it's the 2nd part you mentioned.

Quote: Originally Posted by Kenneth I believe it's the 2nd part you mentioned. Yes, that's it ! It will show as 128 GB. -t

Quote: Originally Posted by turtle777 Yes, that's it ! It will show as 128 GB. -t I thought it was a 137GB ceiling. Can the drive be partitioned? On one partition have 12…

Nope. Its 128GB. Next ceiling above that is something ludicrous like several exabytes or something. Can't be arsed to look it up or work it out.

Thanks to everyone for the responses..

Quote: Originally Posted by discotronic I thought it was a 137GB ceiling. Can the drive be partitioned? On one partition have 128GB or 137GB (however that goes) and the other w…

There is a software fix now I think about it. Its called Speedtools. Wasn't cheap last time I looked though......

I've replaced the drives on three slot-loading iMacs recently with 7200rpm models, all to great effect. Temperature isn't an issue (modern 7200rpm drives run way cooler than the ol…