Loud fan on Powermac G5

[Francis X. Maier]

Why more likely?  Actually, I spoke directly with Mac tech on this.

Fran


On Sep 15, 2004, at 4:12 PM, Stefan Bruda wrote:

> At 10:47 -0700 on 2004-9-15 Arrigo Benedetti wrote:
>>
>> I've had the same problem on and off in OSX.3.5.  It's a machine
>> design issue, not YDL.  Have the Mac tech guys check it out.
>
> This is *so* unlikely.  It is by far more lilely to be a matter of
> kernel configuration.  So check first that you have CONFIG_THERM_PM72
> (Device Drivers -> Macintosh device drivers -> Support for thermal
> management on PowerMac G5) set in your kernel (if it is not, then set
> it, recompile your kernel, and see whether the problem disappears).  I
> have heard reports that some kernels will not control the fans even
> with CONFIG_THERM_PM72 set, but I am not sure which versions (it
> worked for every kernel I worked with, but then I started directly
> with a 64-bit kernel on my G5).  Also see
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=214051
>
> Stefan
>
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