[X4U] Noisy iMac fan

[T.L. Miller]

On 11/27/07, at 3:36 PM, Mark Des Cotes lists at marksmandesign.ca said:

>An elderly woman I help out from time to time just asked me where she  
>could send her G5 iMac for repair. When I asked what the problem was  
>she told me the fan on her iMac would rev up so fast that she thought  
>the computer would take off. After a minute or so the computer would  
>freeze and and she'd be forced to restart it. I told her to hold off  
>sending it anywhere until after I checked with this list. Correct me  
>if I'm wrong, but I seem to remember discussions regarding noisy fans  
>and the fact that the problem was software, and not hardware related.  
>Am I correct in my recollection? Was there ever a solution  
>discovered? I can't remember if she's running Panther or Tiger. I'm  
>going there on Thursday and would like to see if I can fix the  
>problem for her.

My old iMac G5 ran much more quietly after all the lint was cleaned out
that it had sucked in. Is hers in a dusty room?




Tom Miller
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