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  • MorphOS Developer
    jacadcaps
    Posts: 3108 from 2003/3/5
    From: Canada
    Quote:

    igracki wrote:
    hi,

    how can I disable that the powerbook shuts down, when the lid is closed?
    Now I have to have the lid a little bit open to prevent a shutdown after some minutes, would be nice if I could close it completly!



    Nothing to disable. It if shuts down, it means it overheats. Keeping the lid closed seriously impairs the cooling so if your fans aren't in a good shape or the thermal grease under the cpu/mb/gfx is rusty, such things are bound to happen. MorphOS, sadly, produces more heat than OS X running on the same machine.
  • »04.10.14 - 19:41
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  • Order of the Butterfly
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    igracki
    Posts: 416 from 2003/2/24
    From: Berlin
    Ok, thanks, I'll have an eye on the temperature tomorrow.
  • »04.10.14 - 21:35
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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
    Paladin of the Pegasos
    Yasu
    Posts: 1724 from 2012/3/22
    From: Stockholm, Sweden
    Quote:

    MorphOS, sadly, produces more heat than OS X running on the same machine.


    How come?
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  • »04.10.14 - 22:21
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    diezi7
    Posts: 167 from 2005/7/26
    From: Madrid
    Quote:

    Yasu wrote:
    Quote:

    MorphOS, sadly, produces more heat than OS X running on the same machine.


    How come?


    The same I ask myself !!!
    PowerMac G4 MDD 1,25 dual (Registered)
    Pegasos II G4 (not working)
    Powerbook G4 1.0 15"
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  • »04.10.14 - 22:27
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  • Yokemate of Keyboards
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    Andreas_Wolf
    Posts: 12150 from 2003/5/22
    From: Germany
    >> MorphOS, sadly, produces more heat than OS X running on the same machine.

    > How come?

    This may be (one of) the reason(s):

    https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=9013&forum=11&start=2
    https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=9288&forum=11&start=4
  • »04.10.14 - 23:02
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  • MorphOS Developer
    jacadcaps
    Posts: 3108 from 2003/3/5
    From: Canada
    Quote:

    Yasu wrote:
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    MorphOS, sadly, produces more heat than OS X running on the same machine.


    How come?


    Because the Radeon chipset always runs in full speed.
  • »05.10.14 - 06:46
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  • Acolyte of the Butterfly
    Acolyte of the Butterfly
    Jeckel
    Posts: 133 from 2007/3/11
    In noticed that when the lid is closed and my PowerBook is on battery, it will shut down after a few minutes.
    When it is plugged on the power supply it won't.

    Could it produced more heat because of the battery usage?
  • »05.10.14 - 09:35
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    Kronos
    Posts: 2323 from 2003/2/24
    A (dis)charging battery will produce additional heat, so yeah that makes sense.
  • »05.10.14 - 10:34
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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
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    Yasu
    Posts: 1724 from 2012/3/22
    From: Stockholm, Sweden
    Quote:

    jacadcaps wrote:

    Because the Radeon chipset always runs in full speed.


    And I guess it doesn't in MacOS. Is this something MorphOS can fix?
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  • »05.10.14 - 16:45
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  • MorphOS Developer
    jacadcaps
    Posts: 3108 from 2003/3/5
    From: Canada
    Quote:

    Yasu wrote:
    And I guess it doesn't in MacOS. Is this something MorphOS can fix?


    As soon as our resident shaman figures out how ;)

    Still, this is not really a problem if your PowerBook's cooling is functioning OK.
  • »05.10.14 - 19:03
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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
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    Yasu
    Posts: 1724 from 2012/3/22
    From: Stockholm, Sweden
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    jacadcaps wrote:
    As soon as our resident shaman figures out how ;)

    Still, this is not really a problem if your PowerBook's cooling is functioning OK.


    Good to know :-)

    [ Edited by Yasu 05.10.2014 - 19:26 ]
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  • »05.10.14 - 20:26
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