Thermal Pads – Ant Food?
Every computer that houses a processor, will have some form of thermal compound to wick heat away from the processor’s core to a heatsink or heat pipesthat conduct the heat generated by the processor’s core out of the unit….
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Firmware Restoration For Intel Macs
Lately, there have been a slew of firmware updates coming down Apple’s automated Software Update network. As a result, inexperienced users may wreck their Macs completely when the firmware update installation instructions are not adhered to. Potential firmware updaters must…
Time To Change Hard Drives For PowerBook G4 And iMac G5 Owners
If you currently own a working PowerBook G4 or an iMac G5, a brief check on your purchase receipt should reveal that your Mac is most likely more than 2 years old. The fact that…
IEEE 802.11n Cards In New Intel Core 2 Duo Macs
Apple has always been on the frontier of consumer electronics. Being one of the first to introduce IEEE 802.11g WiFi protocol in their consumer electronics line. Or popularly known as the Airport Extreme form factor, which represented…
Issue Plagued MacBook Appreciates Pre-Used 12″ PowerBook G4 Demand
At time of writing, our sources have reported that the MacBook have yet to plato in its development. The defect rate for MacBooks still ranks in the higher percentile range. With that in mind,…
Apple iBook And PowerBook G4 Battery Recall
iBook and PowerBook G4 owners/users are strongly advised to check your batteries against the list of affected batteries. Apple has determined that certain lithium-ion batteries containing cells manufactured by Sony Corporation of Japan pose a…
Battery Care And Keeping Charge Cycles Low
There are a plethora of myths about batteries. Lithium-ion or Nickel-based batteries, they all share one thing in common – charge cycles. Apple’s definition of ‘charge cycles’ can be found at Apple’s Lithium-ion Battery care page and it…
Sound Echo/Loop Issues Plague Last PowerBook G4 Series
Thanks to an unnamed source, we have been alerted that there are further unpublished issues that affect the latest PowerBook G4 series. “The problem occurs on the high-resolution models, 15 and 17 inches (update: also…
PowerBook G4 (15-inch 1.67/1.5GHz) Memory Slot Repair Extension Program
Right after a battery firmware update and recall, Apple has recently launched their latest remedial effort for the last of their PowerPC G4 brood. This time, it concerns your 15″ PowerBook’s memory slot bay/s. “The PowerBook G4 (15-inch…
Aluminium PowerBook (15-inch) Battery Update 1.0
10 January 2006, Apple issued the Aluminum PowerBook (15-inch) Battery Update 1.0, applicable to PowerBook G4 (15-inch Double-Layer SD) computers. This update is issued to address the reported battery failures in this particular model of PowerBook…