[X4U] Noisy iMac fan

[Jeff Carruthers]

On Nov 27, 2007, at 3:36 PM, Mark Des Cotes wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> 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.
>
> Mark Des Cotes

Mark: I had the same problem with our G5 iMac.

I checked around and the way I resolved it was to pull the plug on  
the iMac and leave it unplugged for 10 or 15 minutes. This seems to  
have reset something and everything was fine.

Worth a try.

Jeff
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