View Full Version : Powerbook G4 and high Room temp?  Mar 18,
2006, 04:45 AM Hi all,  Recently, my father's Powerbook G4
667Mhz (the old bugger), has been acting unstable. He is in
Africa at the moment and we were wondering if it has anything to
do with the fact that the room temperature where the PB is
located is around 45+ degrees Celsius... that's 113+ Fahrenheit
for you yanks!  Any ideas what the max operating temperature for
these machines are?   Mar 18, 2006, 05:22 AM according to the
manual that came with my powerbook (rev. d) the operating
temperature specified by apple is 50 degrees to 95 degrees F
(10-35 degrees C). so i wouldn't be surprised if the heat was
affecting the machine. what do you mean when you say 'unstable'?
is the machine getting kernel panics, randomly sleeping/shutting
down, etc.? you may be able to remedy the situation by making
sure you're running the machine on a well-ventilated surface.
Mar 18, 2006, 05:36 AM Yep, the laptop was doing all sorts of
crap.  Mostly things like; ran