RichC | February 27, 2021
This past week was a semi-rushed haul out week for Encore in Florida. I headed south for 3 days of work on the “running hot” Volvo diesel auxiliary, as my assumption was that the heat exchanger was plugged up/calcified and needed to be taken off and cleaned (something I’ve never done). I met a friend […]
Category: Sailing |
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Tags: brenda, diesel, encore, florida, haul out, Health, leak, maintenance, medical, overheating, repairs, sailboat, stuffing box, volvo
RichC | January 8, 2019
No matter who you talk to, running the processor at water’s boiling point is too hot and not healthy for a computer chips. After replacing my iMac’s power supply board … and hard drive … I thought my problems were over, but probably not. It looks like I’m going to have to clean the old […]
Category: Apple, Computer, Technology |
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Tags: apple, Computer, harddrive, imac, overheating, paste, power, problems, repair, supply, thermal
RichC | December 23, 2018
After my recent issues with my overheating iMac, I’ve become a lot more fastidious about what software I keep running and tax the quad core 3.4 GHz i7 chip. Frankly I still don’t think the relatively light computing demands asked of this aging Mac are all that much, but Apple has sardined in a lot […]
Category: Advice, Apple, Computer, Productivity, Software, Technology |
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Tags: app, apple, cpu, java, mojave, overheating, parallels, recommended, Software, time machine, timemachineeditor