HT201624: Vintage and obsolete products
Learn about Vintage and obsolete products
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Dec 13, 2012 9:44 PM in response to Joe-G417by BDAqua,THe fans taking off happens for safety when the OS looses control or crashes.
Have you blown the dust out lately?
Get Temperature Monitor to see if it's heat related...
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/12381/temperature-monitor
iStat Menus...
http://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/
And/or iStat Pro...
http://www.islayer.com/apps/istatpro/
If you have any temps in the 70°C/160°F range, that's likely it.
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Dec 13, 2012 10:04 PM in response to BDAquaby Joe-G417,Thanks, just that know after taking it to a service tech that apple store suggested and paying 150 dollars so they could tell me that they did not have a clue on what was wrong with it. Know it does not even turn my monitor on. guess I will have to take it to some other tech.
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Dec 14, 2012 10:44 AM in response to Joe-G417by BDAqua,OK, good luck, see if you can find an AASP in your area, though Apple doesn't even have parts for G5s anymore...