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<blockquote data-quote="iownahemi" data-source="post: 1529744" data-attributes="member: 304901">Hi I'm new to Mac's and I just bought a used power mac g5 My question is the fans are running really loud and they don't power down at all, I have reset the pram etc...and have done everything to do that I could find to fix this issue but with no luck. I am really interested in getting into using a Mac, and I am slowly learning...but this fan sounds like I have a jet on my desk...lol....I am not a newby to computers just newby to the Mac, so any info you could give me wont be hard for me to understand. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I did try doing a search on this topic in the forums but I couldn't find anything, maybe I just wasn't typing the right search criteria so I am sorry if this has already been answered. Model Name:&nbsp; &nbsp; Power Mac G5&nbsp; Model Identifier:&nbsp; &nbsp; PowerMac7,2&nbsp; Processor Name:&nbsp; &nbsp; PowerPC 970&nbsp; (2.2)&nbsp; Processor Speed:&nbsp; &nbsp; 2 GHz&nbsp; Number Of CPUs:&nbsp; &nbsp; 2&nbsp; L2 Cache (per CPU):&nbsp; &nbsp; 512 KB&nbsp; Memory:&nbsp; &nbsp; 1 GB&nbsp; Bus Speed:&nbsp; &nbsp; 1 GHz&nbsp; Boot ROM Version:&nbsp; &nbsp; 5.1.4f0&nbsp; Serial Number (system):&nbsp; &nbsp; XB33929HNVB&nbsp; Hardware UUID:&nbsp; &nbsp; 00000000-0000-1000-8000-000A95C44E4AThank you</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iownahemi, post: 1529744, member: 304901"] Hi I'm new to Mac's and I just bought a used power mac g5 My question is the fans are running really loud and they don't power down at all, I have reset the pram etc...and have done everything to do that I could find to fix this issue but with no luck. I am really interested in getting into using a Mac, and I am slowly learning...but this fan sounds like I have a jet on my desk...lol....I am not a newby to computers just newby to the Mac, so any info you could give me wont be hard for me to understand. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I did try doing a search on this topic in the forums but I couldn't find anything, maybe I just wasn't typing the right search criteria so I am sorry if this has already been answered. Model Name: Power Mac G5 Model Identifier: PowerMac7,2 Processor Name: PowerPC 970 (2.2) Processor Speed: 2 GHz Number Of CPUs: 2 L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB Memory: 1 GB Bus Speed: 1 GHz Boot ROM Version: 5.1.4f0 Serial Number (system): XB33929HNVB Hardware UUID: 00000000-0000-1000-8000-000A95C44E4A Thank you [/QUOTE]

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