[X4U] G5 Fan Run Amok

Spoolman Nancy nanc at spoolman.com
Fri Oct 21 16:23:57 PDT 2005


This is interesting. I have a 2 GHz G5, which I ordered the day it  
was announced, June 24, 2003. But my System Profiler reads 5.1.4f0  
and I did do a firmware update long ago. I remember it popping up on  
the screen under Software Update when I redid the new drive I bought  
for it.

Nanc

On Oct 21, 2005, at 3:45 PM, Linda wrote:

> On 10/21/05 4:24 PM, Simon Forster wrote:
>
>> Not going to argue - just letting Linda know what firmware I've got
>> on my machine as a datum point. AFAICR, I've not done a firmware
>> update so must have come with the system.
>
> Likewise, my System Profiler reads 5.1.5f0, despite the fact that  
> that Tech
> Doc says I should have a uniprocessor... I don't! It's a dual 2GHz  
> G5. I've
> never updated the firmware, this is what Apple gave me. That Tech  
> Doc might
> be a little outdated.
>
> I merely added my info since I'd posted in response to the original  
> poster,
> not having had the "jet plane" syndrome here. Well, I confess I did  
> for a
> day or two this summer, when it got to more than 90° in my office,  
> but I
> went to System Preferences > Energy Saver and reduced my processor
> performance to Automatic and it calmed down...
>
> -Linda
>
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