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Luke-the-magic-man
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themarques
Joined: Jan 26, 2003
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From: London, Tokyo,
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On 2007-07-13 00:46:39, Luke-the-magic-man wrote:
have you opened it up before?
the thermal greese thing turned out to be bogus, most people when they dismantled discovered that they acidently removed a sensor wire... meaning the sensor never knew it was running hot there fore the fans never went
if your mbp is under warrenty id send it to apple if I were you....
if not id run a hardware test and see if any faults are found
sometimes the most unlikly application can cause the graphix card or hard disc to run meaning the MBP uses the fans to keep it all cooler. Even some internet pages you may open in safari can cause this I have found.
My mbp is running at about 50 degrees and im not running much but I am in a warmer climate and I have the 2.33ghz model
Interesting I am going to try and run a hardware test later, I currently use SMCFAN CONTROL to cool it down but really not making a difference, I see that it drops by about 5 degrees sometimes but from 80 to 75 is still damn hot. Its been idle and its currently running at 61.
Though the thermal greece thing has sometimes proved bogus it has also proved true...sadly my warrently just ran out and I didnt get apple care..and really cant do without my mac its my life source at the moment.
That reminds me I best be backing up tonight...justtt incase.....
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amnesia
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I have the faster model too. 60 is average and fans go off all the time.
Apple says it's normal, which is sad because it's too damn hot.
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themarques
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60 on idle is crazy man, I am certain its got hotter in the last couple of months...
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fatreg
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ahhh...
M4V files..
how the flock do I convert them to a format I can use outside of itunes??
also... how do I ermm remove the protection on stuff i download from itunes?? 
*is being a lil devilish tonight*
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fatreg
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http://www.lacie.com/uk/products/product.htm?pid=10767
am looking at getting that..
small question..
why does it have 2 fw400 ports??
am I being dim here?
EDIT: also.. said hdd will be on 24/7 along with my mac...
it'll constantly in use too... reading and writing.. is that going to be an issue? or will it cope with being on 24/7 or do I need to get a hdd with a fan like the western digital my book ones?
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fatreg
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you might be better off making a new thread wifey..
I'm sure some people would be interested!
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haynesycop
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Thanks all done!
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Jools
Joined: May 21, 2003
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@fatreg
I've got one of those drives and mine is on 24/7 and used for all my media (iTunes, movies etc.) - never had a problem.
It has 2 Firewire ports so that you can daisy-chain another firewire device off the back of it, so it doesn't actually use up any FW ports.
As well as that drive, I've also got a bus-powered LaCie PocketDrive which I just plug straight in the back of the other LaCie drive. No additional power required.
I think you can daisy-chain up to 255 Firewire devices off one-port.
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fatreg
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daisy chain?
so..
I plug the HDD into my mac and then plug my iPod into the other port on the HDD??
if so that is brill!
Looks like I'll be ordering one one of them then!
looks the biz too!
cheers Jools!
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Jools
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Yes, exactly. Any firewire device can be plugged straight in the back into the spare firewire port. iPod should be no different.
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fatreg
Joined: Jul 26, 2003
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ahhh excellent..
i like that..
why isn't USB that clever!?
ahh well..
jsut need to find the cheapest place to get one of them then..
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Dale_jeffs
Joined: Nov 23, 2005
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From: Northamptonshire
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ok. i wouldn't change my imac for the world love it no complaints atal. but the bloody mouses!!!
i've had my mac since about april and i've gone through 2 mouses. 1'st was a wired 1 that came with it. it stopped scrolling down.
then i brought a wireless 1 from luke (not his fault and not complaining to him) and now this 1 wont scroll up!  anyone else have this ?
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fatreg
Joined: Jul 26, 2003
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I've been through 6 mighty mice..
I've given up using them
gone back to my trusty microsoft mouse that scrolls up and down as it has done for the last 4 years!!
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Posted: 2007-07-13 00:59
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