it's definitely the fan. Hard disks spin like mad all the time. (they spin down during sleep but are not even close to as loud as the 17" fan)

It could be the fan. I believe the fan is where you stated it is. How much RAM do you have?

So it's the fan that's so noisy..that makes more sense indeed. thx

Quote: Originally posted by loosmore2003: Hi trying to decide whether to get: 1. a 17"powerbook (with 1.33GHz, ATI Mobility RADEON 9600 - 64MB DDR etc) or 2. a 12" powe…

Its going to be a replacement for my desktop. Mostly doing photoshop and illustrator work. I've got a 867GHz quicksilver G4 at home which runs pretty well. How do you think the 12"…

I'd imagine it would be around the same speed as that machine.

|-------| That much slower.

Quote: Originally posted by loosmore2003: Its going to be a replacement for my desktop. Mostly doing photoshop and illustrator work. I've got a 867GHz quicksilver G4 at …

Might want to look here http://www.macgpspro.com/ Also search under MadeForMac for GPS. I haven't tried your setup but have researched what reciever would be best for me. Looki…

You might want to give the Mac Mapping and GPS group over at Yahoo Groups a try. They've been discussing Route 66 and various external GPS receivers lately. You can find them ove…

Guess I have everyone stumped.

According to Macfixit, there's no other way

I used to visit Macfixit until they went pay. Thats why I didn't check there. Do I need to have a membership to view issues still?

Quote: Originally posted by ecrelin: I am trying to find any information about the meaning of the stop symbol on startup when the machine refuses to boot. Is it a bad RA…

both are Lombards w/384 RAM. Once the Apple comes up on the screen it quickly displays a stop symbol and simply freezes. It will boot off the CD with the c key down and I did run D…

I'm currently trying to fix a friend's computer with the same problem. It is a dual G4/450 (with jaguar and classic partitions). I get the stop symbol both booting off the OS X p…

Quote: Originally posted by chrikenn: I just hooked up a Viewsonic VG150 15" LCD to my 12" rev.B Powerbook via the mini-DVI to VGA adapter. Things seem to be working OK…

You can change your mirror/spanning option in the Display system pref, but an easier way is to just hit F7, which should swap between the two modes. Also, I haven't tried it myself…

Sounds similar to what happened to my GF. I bought her an iPod for Christmas, and we used my Powerbook to set it up, and she put about 5 GB of music on it. She was so excited. N…

Quote: Originally posted by orsadude2: Hey all, I screwed up royally! I was minding my own business when a buddy calls to tell me he's purchased an "open box" 40G Ipod f…

Never mind, problem solved. I rebooted and it behaved. Should've done that first thing. J.

hi, i just got a 12 inch powerbook and absolutely love it to death. The battery lasts quite a while with the energy saver stuff turned on. I have contrast set to around 4 dots, s…

I am in my house surfing the net (wirelessly), chatting on iChat and with the screen on about half-brightness I am reporting a time of 3 hours 8 minutes with 92% battery remaining.

I began developing a bad battery about 5-6 months in to my ownership. As it wasn't a priority, I prolonged calling Apple about it...big mistake. According to multiple levels of te…

With 2-3 bars brightness (I work at night), AE on, 20ft away from Basestation and a brick wall in between. I get around 4:10 when just browsing, browsing and ICQ at the background…