[G4] G4 Xserve newbie!

[Harry Freeman]

This WEB Page may or may not be of help, however I though that I'd send  
it along.
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/G4ZONE/G4_fan_noise.html

Also if your 1GHz Single G4 basic machine is based on either the MDD or  
Quicksilver platform, they are famous for noise fans.
If I'm correct Apple even offered an up-grade that replaced the noise  
fan with one that is quite.
I doubt that the up-grade is still available, however you should be  
able to obtain the parts that were part of the up-grade package.

Best regards,
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On Dec 27, 2007, at 8:28 AM, John Niven wrote:

> Well I don't know if I'm lucky or stupid.
>
> A while ago I won a copy of Panther Xserver s/w from
> eBay for a bargain price. I was going to put it on one
> of my G4 dual 450MHz GigaE machines but someone local
> was selling a Xserve rack, which I got for $200. I
> thought that was fair as it was advertized as a 1GHz
> Single G4 basic machine. It turns out it has an extra
> 512 memory stick (on top of the standard 256), and an
> extra 120Gb second disk drive. That alone is worth
> $150 on eBay! The standard 60Gb drive is there also.
>
> Fired it up yesterday, and here's the downside: it's
> incredibly noisy :-( but it works perfectly :-).
>
> So is this normal? Anybody have experience of these
> things? Should I look at new fans? The system monitor
> shows the cpu is keeping really cool (~28C). Can the
> fans be slowed? Will I have to dedicate a whole room
> in my house to it alone :-)?
>
> Since I have two drive modules, how big a hard drives
> can I put in them? Is there a 128Gb limit? Some
> documention I found at apple suggested that if I had
> Tiger I could go to 240Gb otherwise its 180Gb max. Is
> this correct (I don't think I can afford Tiger server
> just yet)?
>
> Would two 180Gb drives, mirrored, be the best option
> for a family file server?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> John (with ear-plugs)
>
>
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