Apple + HP Hardware Questions Here!

pkphilip

I am happy to announce that I am factory certified to service all Apple and HP computer systems locally.

Still, I am not tech support. I am just the technician to deal with all in/out of warranty service on behalf of the manufacturers. If you suspect you have hardware issues, please feel free to post here.

Toshiba will be coming soon....

Philip
Apple Certified Macintosh Technician (ACMT), HP Master Tech

pkphilip

I would be on the same side to get Kingston or Crucial or Corsair RAM rather than OCZ. OCZ may work on general laptops, but Mac is hard to say.

Running videos on Youtube should not generate enough CPU load to run the fan at full speed. In that case, I run Macbook Pro and Macbook Air on Youtube and they are fairly quiet.

PM me and you can bring in the notebook to my store, and I can request to have the fans and thermal paste replaced for you under warranty. Parts ordering will take about 4-5 business days tho, that means you will lose your laptop during that time.

Philip

keong

原帖由 pkphilip 於 2008-4-13 22:23 發表


Average Intel C2D Mac temp is about 61-70, the fan would starts to kick in when the temp over 65C. The fan speed is running at full, does it run over 5k RPM constantly? It should be running about 2k ...

it's normal if the fan is running at full speed while loading some heavy application like parallel. But what bothering me is that it easily gets hot and runs over 5K RPM  while I am watching videos like even on youtube. It would keep running at high speed until I stop watching. I don't expect that loading any video clips will bring so much heat to the macbook. So, I am just wondering if that's normal for macbook or any other laptops or it only happens on my macbook. And it works fine for other things , like even I opened 7-8 different applications I wouldn't notice any noise from the fan.

And you got me right, the only reason I want to upgrade to 4gb ram is parallel(and may be also the sale of the 2gb ram in NCIX). Even though I don't use it that much or that often, I just feel more convenient if I can run some window application on my mac sometimes.

pkphilip

原帖由 keong 於 2008-4-13 09:36 發表
Hi Philip,
My mac was about 65 -69 while I was watching any videos and the fan's rpm was bout 5xxx to 6xxx.
Is that normal?

I browsed thru some DIY videos online about upgrading rams on macbook and i ...

Average Intel C2D Mac temp is about 61-70, the fan would starts to kick in when the temp over 65C. The fan speed is running at full, does it run over 5k RPM constantly? It should be running about 2k when idling.

Mac is a really touchy machine in RAM. Since I use Kingston, Samsung, Hynix, Transcend on all the Macs, I never see or use OCZ before, I can't guarantee it will work. For Macbook, 2GB should be sufficient because 4GB makes no difference unless you are running BootCamp or Parallel.

Philip

keong

Hi Philip,
My mac was about 65 -69 while I was watching any videos and the fan's rpm was bout 5xxx to 6xxx.
Is that normal?

I browsed thru some DIY videos online about upgrading rams on macbook and it's much easier than I thought.
So, I am gonna DIY it
But just one more question,
Is OCZ value series any good to macbook? becaues ncix is having the 2gb ones on sale and I may wanna upgrade it to 4gb.
If I only install ONE 2GB ram now and will it be easy to find the same module again in the future so that I can upgrade it to 4GB?

Thanks~

pkphilip

原帖由 keong 於 2008-4-5 08:54 發表
Hi pkphilip
I have a macbook and the model is MB062LL/A.
I am just wondering how much does it cost to upgrade it from 1gb ram to 2 gb?

And is this macbook easy to get hot normally? because everytime  ...

You have the last gen C2D MB. To upgrade to 2GB, you can DIY. RAM is user replacible parts. Simply pick up 2 identical modules 1GB PC2-5300 or DDR2-667 SODIMM and insert them. For best compatibility with Apple, I highly recommend Kingston and Crucial brand memory. You should be able to get them from NCIX for less than $25 a piece. Unless you want to put $$ in my pocket, there is no reason you can't DIY.

About the heat issue, install this widget and check it for a few days and report back the temp of the CPU core:
http://www.bresink.de/osx/216202-3/download.html

Core 2 Duo Mac should not be running over 70C. If it is, I need to take it in and re-apply thermal paste or replace the HSF. If your fan is running constantly at fast rate, they will die prematuraly.

Philip

keong

Hi pkphilip
I have a macbook and the model is MB062LL/A.
I am just wondering how much does it cost to upgrade it from 1gb ram to 2 gb?

And is this macbook easy to get hot normally? because everytime I played any video(even though those online ones like youtube), it would get pretty hot and the fan would get so noisy

thanks

celeron_266

i wonder if this is a plausible method

use a thin metal stick (maybe one by straightening a paper clip)

apply super glue (i am not very sure if super glue is usable on metal though) at one end

insert to hole, touch the remained jack with the stick, hold until super glue bonds

pull slowly...and hopefully the bond is strong enough to pull the jack out

pkphilip

原帖由 moon 於 2008-3-29 12:59 發表
Can you help me?
How to get a broken headphone jack out of my macbook?
My coworker has broken it and left half of it inside my mb
I can listen to any music right now since it thinks i have a headphone ...

Just checked for you, a logic board replacement cost about $1000 (straight purchase) not including labour.... So... we can try to get it out, but no guarantee we can take it out.

Philip

celeron_266

hehe...DIY is the cheapest!