G5 Loud Fan
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- hUtChhOuSe
Last night the fans got so loud that I had to pull the plug for fear of it exploding.
When I say loud, I mean really loud. And it kept getting louder...
Am I just paranoid?
I'd just done the latest OS update too. Anyone else experience this?
- JamesEngage0
I LOVE MY G5!!!!
- Blofeldt0
how loud was it? I think i missed the extent of the loudness. I mean was it Loud Loud, or LOUD LOUD, come on be more specific.
If you think it was getting louder to annoy you, you are paranoid.
Or you've got a really mean G5
- ********0
One o' ours started deein' that... hud tae send it back... sounded like it needed a fucken anchor, ken?
- hUtChhOuSe0
The fans kicked in, as they do, but they got faster, and louder. The noise is just them spinning, nothing broken.
But it span faster, and faster, and faster.... louder and louder. So I panicked. Pulled the plug for fear of the fans breaking!
I know these things get hot but jeeeeeez!
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G5 Dual 2Gb
1.5Gb Ram.
- stewart0
and it wasn't your neighbour starting is Volkswagen Jetta Diesel
- JamesEngage0
no one got my joke!
- ********0
Ach at the end o' the day it's jist a fan, eh?
*did ye see whit ah did?
- stewart0
we got it james
- gruntt0
i had that problem but only at start up and it seemed to be associated with the "black screen" problem (not sure if you're having that problem). Apple sent a replacement graphics card and I have not had the racing fan since.
- josimarX0
don't panic... I had that problem when i first got my g5 at work and someone fixed it. unfortunately I can't remember what they did but it was a piece of piss.
They aren't here today so I can't ask them.
I'm sure it was because I just put in some new memory? Have you done this recently?
- ********0
dinnae listen tae josimar, the LAST thing ye want tae dee is tae piss oan it... sum cun tried that here, illuminated the night sky o' Embra fer aboot 45 seconds it wuz bright as a summers day, ken?
Also burnt his boaby pretty bad like.
- hUtChhOuSe0
JosimarX, yes, I clipped in 2 Ram strips a few weeks ago...
- jpea0
people have been having the same problem when they update to 10.3.8. knowing apple, a fix will be out in a couple days or so probably through update.
- auricom0
it's because of the update. mine did it as well, i took my OS back down to 10.3.7.
- PyroVesten0
No time to read replies but this issue is very common when a USB device is plugged in and the G5 goes to sleep... google will find some people with similar problems (I had them myself too). I just turned off deep sleep mode (hard drives turning off when not needed). Fixed the problem.
- ctrlRmB0
My fans have been screaming since updating to 10.3.8... love the machine though...
JH
- smellvetica0
did you, take the plastic strips off the inner door, hutch?
http://docs.info.apple.com/artic…
http://www.apple.com/support/pow…also the update shoudl have sorted the fan problem: http://docs.info.apple.com/artic…
"Resolves an issue on certain Power Mac G5 computers where a fan cycles erratically at unexpected times, such as when Seti@home software is running."
- hUtChhOuSe0
I have the seti.
D'oh, I should take it off...
Also got 5 USB devices coming out of a hub. Gonna strole thru these issues raised and see what happens.
Also having issues with it not waking from sleep properly.
- SteveJobs0
there are a lot of loud G5 fans on newstoday...
har har
- smellvetica0
sounds like yer not waking from sleep proper either laddooo!