[G5] iMac G5 or eMac G4 - buying advice

[Zane H. Healy]

At 7:42 AM -0400 6/9/05, T.L. Miller wrote:
>Here's what the 4/11 (n/c) invoice  said:
>"Removed 2 of the fans and cleaned buildup from housings. Reinstalled
>fans and ran 48 hrs. Highest fan speed observed was 4400 rpm. Removed
>midplane and blew out 'pocket lint' blocking airflow in heatsink grid of
>CP. Reassembled and ran for 3 hrs without fan running above 1800 rpm."
>
>Before this service I was seeing the HD fan speeds hit 6k rpm -- even
>higher sometimes. Right now  the HD fan speed is 2806 rpm with a SMART
>temperature of 145.4°.

OK, that's a bit more than simply blowing out the 
lint.  It still sounds like something you could 
do *once* it's out of warranty.  I wouldn't 
recommend it before that, at least not if you can 
afford the downtime to have it in the shop.

My question is, is that the HD or CPU temp?  And 
what was the temp initially?  That seems more 
than a little high.

One bit of advice, not to be alarmist, but make 
sure you have backups of your data.  If that temp 
is a problem you might need them, even if it 
isn't you might need them.

		Zane


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