[G4] Noisy G4 DP

[Johns Maillist]

On Nov 16, 2005, at 6:00 PM, Daniel Brieck Jr. wrote:

> John,
>
> Yeah those are notoriously noisy  systems... Apple even offered  
> some kind of exchange kit at some point for the power supply fans  
> noise..
>
> There is also a firmware issue like you mentioned here is a link to  
> it...
>
> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42948
>
>
> There are still other problems even after the firmware fixes  
> apparently ...
>
> http://www.g4noise.com/tutorial.php?ID=54&p=0
>
>   Check google for many pages on the topic...
>
>
> Also as something worth noting is that any g4 can get really noisy  
> if a fan starts going bad, my Quicksilver g4's  CPU fan was going  
> bad and it was making a harmonic vibration sound in a bad way. The  
> fan was running, but after trying to turn it there were some major  
> problems with its rotation.  These fans can go at any time., so  
> check and make sure they are spinning freely before doing other  
> major things.. I paid only $5 to get a new CPU fan. So it was a  
> quick fix for a quieter system... But none of the G4's are really  
> whisper quite...
>
>
>
Thanks, for all the answers.
I did the upgrade, seems a bit better., but much louder than my 1.25.
Oh well, it was a good deal.