Loud fan on Powermac G5

[Ryan Spaulding]

It might be a hardware issue. We had 3 loud G5's come in and 2 were
fixed with an update. The last one needed a new motherboard.

On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 18:32:39 -0600, Francis X. Maier <franx@qwest.net> wrote:
> Why more likely?  Actually, I spoke directly with Mac tech on this.
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> Fran
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> On Sep 15, 2004, at 4:12 PM, Stefan Bruda wrote:
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> > 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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