Telamon wrote:
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Burr wrote:


Brenda Ann wrote:

"Burr" wrote in message
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I'm back, my laptop went down and it's hardware so it may have to wait
until I come home next year,

I' running on my old "Big Mac". It's doing fine so I'll keep on keeping
on.

I'll have to learn the key board again and most everything about Mac's
again.



What sort of hardware problem, Burr? Anything I might be able to help with?



It won't run, when I do get it going it cuts off in a minute. I
reinstalled XP Pro and it is still the same.

I'll look around next week, maybe a dealer around. Hyper Data 2005


This is a stretch but if you would take a look at the mother board and
see if the electrolytics look normal or not. Some manufactures used the
wrong type with ESR's that are to high and the "cans" expand looking
puffy from the extra generated heat. If they look like that you need to
replace the mother board.

The dead battery could be causing a problem. Replace it with a good one.

Check that all fans are all running and the vents are clean.

Good luck.


Thank You Telamon,
Yes, it runs hot over here, I try to keep the AC going most of the
time but it has got hot lots of times. Yes, the two fans are running and
I keep it on a flat hard surface. I'll pull the battery and see if it
helps later.

Thanks very much for every ones help and I'm sure glad my wife's
computer is OK plus this great old Mac running Sys9 it is getting the
job done, I just have to learn Mac's again.

Got to go eat lunch, later.

Burr