Re: [ydl-gen] Noisy fan on Power G5 and YDL 6.2

Hal Martin <[email protected]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:46:32 -0500
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He mentioned that it's a "Power G5 1.8GHz" which would be a G5 desktop, not
a PowerBook.

I don't recall if fan speed control was ever fully functional on the G5
tower. IIRC only Apple portables had power management facilities in the
kernel.

-Hal
Am 13.11.2012 14:42 schrieb "Robert T. Drury" <[email protected]>:

> **
> I gained control of the fan but there was nothing really I could do with
> that except smooth out the fan start/stop, which really wasn't enough.  You
> need the fan to run as set at the factory to control the temperature, so if
> the fan is too loud, look for replacement fans that are quieter.  I'm very
> puzzled as to why Apple chose to put noisy fans in the powerbooks.
>
>
> Dimitar Georgievski wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>  I just installed YDL on my Power G5 1.8 GHz and the fan is out of
> control. It produces so much noise that after couple of minutes I have to
> shut down the computer.
>
>  Is there any fix for this issue? I noticed on older posts in the forums
> users have experienced similar issues in the past. From their replies it
> doesn't look like there is an official fix for this issue yet.
>
>  Here is the info about my Mac
>
>  $ cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor : 0
> cpu : PPC970FX, altivec supported
> clock : 1800.000000MHz
> revision : 3.0 (pvr 003c 0300)
>
>  timebase : 33333333
> platform : PowerMac
> model : PowerMac9,1
> machine : PowerMac9,1
> motherboard : PowerMac9,1 MacRISC4 Power Macintosh
> detected as : 337 (PowerMac G5)
> pmac flags : 00000000
> L2 cache : 512K unified
> pmac-generation : NewWorld
>
>  $ uname -a
> Linux myhost 2.6.29-3.ydl61.4 #1 SMP Mon Sep 7 14:50:27 PDT 2009 ppc64
> ppc64 ppc64 GNU/Linux
>
>  thanks,
>
>  Dimitar
>
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<p>He mentioned that it&#39;s a &quot;Power G5 1.8GHz&quot; which would be =
a G5 desktop, not a PowerBook.</p>
<p>I don&#39;t recall if fan speed control was ever fully functional on the=
 G5 tower. IIRC only Apple portables had power management facilities in the=
 kernel.</p>
<p>-Hal</p>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">Am 13.11.2012 14:42 schrieb &quot;Robert T. Drur=
y&quot; &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]<=
/a>&gt;:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D=
"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" text=3D"#333333">
I gained control of the fan but there was nothing really I could do
with that except smooth out the fan start/stop, which really wasn&#39;t
enough.=A0 You need the fan to run as set at the factory to control the
temperature, so if the fan is too loud, look for replacement fans that
are quieter.=A0 I&#39;m very puzzled as to why Apple chose to put noisy fan=
s
in the powerbooks.<br>
<br>
<br>
Dimitar Georgievski wrote:
<blockquote type=3D"cite">Hi,
  <div><br>
  </div>
  <div>I just installed YDL on my Power G5 1.8 GHz and the fan is out
of control. It produces so much noise that after couple of minutes I
have to shut down the computer.</div>
  <div><br>
  </div>
  <div>Is there any fix for this issue? I noticed on older posts in the
forums users have experienced similar issues in the past. From their
replies it doesn&#39;t look like there is an official fix for this issue
yet.</div>
  <div><br>
  </div>
  <div>Here is the info about my Mac</div>
  <div><br>
  </div>
  <div>
  <div>$ cat /proc/cpuinfo=A0</div>
  <div>processor<span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap">
  </span>: 0</div>
  <div>cpu<span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>:
PPC970FX, altivec supported</div>
  <div>clock<span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>:
1800.000000MHz</div>
  <div>revision<span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>:
3.0 (pvr 003c 0300)</div>
  <div><br>
  </div>
  <div>timebase<span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>:
33333333</div>
  <div>platform<span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>:
PowerMac</div>
  <div>model<span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>:
PowerMac9,1</div>
  <div>machine<span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>:
PowerMac9,1</div>
  <div>motherboard<span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap">
  </span>: PowerMac9,1 MacRISC4 Power Macintosh=A0</div>
  <div>detected as<span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap">
  </span>: 337 (PowerMac G5)</div>
  <div>pmac flags<span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap">
  </span>: 00000000</div>
  <div>L2 cache<span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>:
512K unified</div>
  <div>pmac-generation<span style=3D"white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>: NewWor=
ld</div>
  </div>
  <div><br>
  </div>
  <div>$ uname -a</div>
  <div>Linux myhost 2.6.29-3.ydl61.4 #1 SMP Mon Sep 7 14:50:27 PDT 2009
ppc64 ppc64 ppc64 GNU/Linux</div>
  <div><br>
  </div>
  <div>thanks,</div>
  <div><br>
  </div>
  <div>Dimitar</div>
  <pre>
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