[G5] Drive Fan Blasting All The Time

Bruce Maclean macleanstudio at mac.com
Thu Dec 30 18:29:05 PST 2004


I had that problem

It was bad RAM
On Dec 23, 2004, at 2:34 AM, Thubten Kunga wrote:

> Hi all. New to this list. Old to the other lists.
>
> Have Dual 2 GHz G5 refurb original model. 3 GB RAM, 250 GB HD, 8x 
> DVD-RW
>
> Both 1394-400 ports blew out and had to have the motherboard replaced 
> last Friday.
>
> Now I have that fan behind the optical Superdrive blowing up a storm 
> and it won't quit.
>
> Ran the diagnostic hardware DVD and it came up Drive Fan ERROR Twice.
>
> Had temporary fix last Friday with reseting MoBo button and Open 
> Framework resetting.
>
> But woke up to full blast this morning. Have to wait til next week for 
> another motherboard and/or cable and/or fan to get it fixed.
>
> Anyone else have this problem and know a fix?
>
> k
>
> _______________________________________________
> G5 mailing list
> G5 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g5
>
macleanstudio.com



More information about the G5 mailing list