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As a former Mac Genius, this is no surprise. I've seen Power Mac G4 towers so inundated with cigarette smoke that the cooling fans completely siezed and the pro
by texel 17y ago
As a former Mac Genius, this is no surprise. I've seen Power Mac G4 towers so inundated with cigarette smoke that the cooling fans completely siezed and the processor basically melted. The video card looked like a shrinky dink. Not to mention what the smoke does to the clear plastic on some eMacs and iMacs. There's actually an iMac shell at the training facility in Cupertino with a sign that says something along the lines of "Don't smoke- if not for yourself, do it for your iMac"
- nearestneighbor 17y agoShouldn't CPUs shut themselves down when overheated?
- texel 17y agoYes, I suppose they should... this one didn't though. The thermostat must have malfunctioned too.
- pmjordan 17y agoThat's a relatively recent feature. I think as recently as some Pentium 4s, as well as all the pre-K8 AMD CPUs don't have overheating protection. I can't say for PowerPC CPUs.