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John Brandon Techn

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 11:40 pm
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My iBook is getting way too hot. It is common for a laptop to get hot, but
not this hot -- what are my support options? It is basically unusable --
also, if there is a fan, it's never coming on.

- JB

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Donald Hall

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 7:02 am
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"John Brandon, Technology Writer" <jmbrandon DeleteThis @charter.net> wrote:

 > My iBook is getting way too hot. It is common for a laptop to get hot, but
 > not this hot -- what are my support options? It is basically unusable --
 > also, if there is a fan, it's never coming on.
 >
 > - JB
 >

The iBook does have a fan, and it is fairly loud. The fan on my iBook
has not come on since upgrading to 10.2.2 and the machine is never
noticeably hot, so I would guess something is amiss.

Have you tried resetting the PMU (Power Management Unit)?

Don

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 11:32 am
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Donald Hall wrote in message ...

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 > Have you tried resetting the PMU (Power Management Unit)?
 >
How do you do that?

Yeah, I have not heard the fan in at least two months.

What support optiosn are there? I look at apple.com and all I see is a
phone number for 49 cents per minute and lots of Applecare e-commerce.

- JB
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 6:27 am
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 >
  > >
  > > Have you tried resetting the PMU (Power Management Unit)?
  > >
 > How do you do that?
 >
 > Yeah, I have not heard the fan in at least two months.
 >
 > What support optiosn are there? I look at apple.com and all I see is a
 > phone number for 49 cents per minute and lots of Applecare e-commerce.
 >
 > - JB

Here is a reference from the Apple Knowledge Base:

<a rel="nofollow" style='text-decoration: none;' href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449" target="_blank">http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449</a>

I haven't tried it; I have not needed to.

If you click on the Support Tab at apple.com, you get to
<a rel="nofollow" style='text-decoration: none;' href="http://docs.info.apple.com" target="_blank">http://docs.info.apple.com</a> where this is a way to search the knowledge
base.

HTH,

Don

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 12:55 am
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Donald Hall



 >


  >>
   >>>
   >>> Have you tried resetting the PMU (Power Management Unit)?
   >>>
  >> How do you do that?
  >>
  >> Yeah, I have not heard the fan in at least two months.
  >>
  >> What support optiosn are there? I look at apple.com and all I see is a
  >> phone number for 49 cents per minute and lots of Applecare e-commerce.
  >>
  >> - JB
 >
 > Here is a reference from the Apple Knowledge Base:
 >
<font color=purple> > <a rel="nofollow" style='text-decoration: none;' href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449</font" target="_blank">http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449</font</a>>
 >
Seems like this is a last resort, right?

This thing is less than one year old, can I take it somewhere?

- JB
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 12:55 am
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JB <jmbrandon DeleteThis @charter.net> wrote:



  > >


   > >>
   > >>> Have you tried resetting the PMU (Power Management Unit)?
   > >>>
   > >> How do you do that?
   > >>
   > >> Yeah, I have not heard the fan in at least two months.
   > >>
   > >> What support optiosn are there? I look at apple.com and all I see is a
   > >> phone number for 49 cents per minute and lots of Applecare e-commerce.

  > > Here is a reference from the Apple Knowledge Base:
  > >
<font color=green>  > > <a rel="nofollow" style='text-decoration: none;' href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449</font" target="_blank">http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449</font</a>>
  > >
 > Seems like this is a last resort, right?

Not at all. It won't hurt a thing.

 > This thing is less than one year old, can I take it somewhere?

Sure. Take it to any Apple retail store and talk to the Mac Genius in
residence.

-Eric

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