[MLUG] PowerBook HD died :(

[Brent Deterding <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I run my Powerbook 15" alum with the lid closed hooked up to an  
external monitor. Previously I had it flat on my desk. I believe this  
caused excessive heat, which cause the HDD (Seagate Momentus 5400rpm)  
to die recently. The laptop is just over a year old.

I replaced the HDD with a Seagate Momentus 7200rpm (wow it flies) and  
bought a Targus Coolpad to elevate the laptop. Lid still closed and  
I'm keeping an eye on the temperatures. They seem OK despite the fact  
that PowerBooks run hot.

Does anyone else have temps to compare against?
Battery 		91.4F/33.0C
PS Bot		125.6F/51.8C
Proc Bot		130.1F/54.5C
Proc/Cont Bot	136.4F/57.8C
Trackpad		106.7F/41.5C

Perhaps it wasn't heat and laptop HDD suck - but this Seagate has a 5  
yr. warranty and I've had excellent history with Seagate which makes  
me wonder. Interesting point - I made it a point that anything I  
could do with a Mac I could do with a PC and vice-versa. I store all  
my data on my central Linux server (save IMAP email). This meant that  
when the HDD died I didn't miss a beat - iTunes, printing, email,  
word/powerpoint docs, etc. - all worked and nothing slowed me down. I  
consider this to be pretty cool and the only real issue it raises is  
that I save docs in multiple formats (Pages and Word - which really  
is no big thing at all to me).

-- Brent

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