Giving up on the G5

neye: Having posted previously regarding fan noise and spontaneous shutdown w/ fans going full blast I've decided to give up on it. Tired of messing with it. It's been to two auth. repair centers and the problem can't be found much less fixed. From what I've read here this appears to be a common problem with G 5's. Had I known they are normally noisy I never would have bought it. I live in a rural area so could not check one out personnally. I bought online from the Apple store. Thanks for all the input. I have better things to do with my time besides fretting over this now useless 'rotten' Apple. I'm getting a Mini.

I find that odd. My Quad has been whisper quiet and has never had an issue with the fans. What exactly have you done to try and resolve this, besides taking it to Apple? Did you do anything like a clean instal of the OS? The GSODS and Fan Ramp up are indicative of a kernal panic. If Apple says the hardware is good, then it is likely the software.

baggss: That's because your quad has a water cooling system.

Carmender:

Bad luck with the G5, but at least you should still be able to sell it on ebay for a tidy amount...

The mini is an extremely quiet machine though!

i am sorry to hear that you are going to have to give up on it. have you sent it to, or brought it to, apple for them to fix? are you going to return it to them? or sell it?

\arent all g5's watercooled? i believe(or have thought) my dual 2.7 was watercooled.


all g5's are 'loud' per say, but not too much louder than most other computers. mine certainly does not keep me up at night or anything....although it does heat my room pretty well
-chris

Your Dual 2.7 is Watercooled but not the older lesser G5's. I think the Dual 2.5 was Water cooled also.

I have never heard a G5 that was working right that was loud at all. My PC's are loud and much louder no matter what than any G5 Tower that I have messed with. If you really stress the machine, sure the fans will kick up a bit, but not as loud as a High Performance PC. That is my experience anyway.

I know you probably tried this but............
Try opening the Energy Saver System Preferences panel, and click the Options tab. Click the Processor Performance pop-up menu, and set it to either Highest or Lowest -- anything other than Automatic.

Abandoned G5

Aptmunich said:

baggss: That's because your quad has a water cooling system.

Carmender:

Bad luck with the G5, but at least you should still be able to sell it on ebay for a tidy amount...

The mini is an extremely quiet machine though!

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Not interested in dealing with E-Bay. Don't want some buyer screaming at me when the Mac becomes 'Christine' if you read Stephen King novels. It's the orig. model w/ Power PC chip, 1.5 (?) and I added Ram to 512 from Apple. I really have not decided what to do with it. It was way more 'puter than I need when it worked. Thanks for the good comment about Minis being quiet. That's what I've longed for. I guess it's either the thrift store or try to sell it.