From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Fri Jun 12 1998 - 00:58:40 EDT
agree with the rest..
sounds electronic rather than mechanical.. note that these HDD caddies have a
lifetime of about 300 insertions, so if you have swapped drives many times the
caddy might be bad..
B.R. Woodward wrote:
> Dear TP group,
>
> Thanks for all the helpful cleaning suggestions for my TP LCD. I tried
> something from the office called Staticide wipes and they seemed to work--
> I think. Now however, I have another worry that makes me curious about
> others' experiences with the TP.
>
> The user's manual says that I shouldn't use the thing at temperatures above
> 94 degrees. That doesn't really seem very hot to me and I can envision
> ambient temps in that range on many days here in So Cal. I wonder about
> two things: What happens if I use the LP at 94 degrees and what happens if
> it's just sitting around at 94 degrees. Actually, three things: the third
> being, what are the actual physical things that happen to the laptop if it
> gets too hot? Chip melt maybe?
>
> Try not to think of this as frivolous. No computer people I know have any
> idea and it's too daunting and time consuming to ask Big Blue.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Byerly Woodward
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