Re: [ydl-gen] Noisy fan on Power G5 and YDL 6.2
Chris Urban <[email protected]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:03:59 -0500
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--===============0500240766== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-24E9D783-5DC1-421B-A299-A1DAA3225028 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --Apple-Mail-24E9D783-5DC1-421B-A299-A1DAA3225028 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii What you're describing is the fan running at full speed - which you can Replicate by booting the Mac into the command line and running fsck.=20 There's likely a software patch that addresses this directly.=20 Chris On Nov 13, 2012, at 2:46 PM, Hal Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > He mentioned that it's a "Power G5 1.8GHz" which would be a G5 desktop, no= t a PowerBook. >=20 > I don't recall if fan speed control was ever fully functional on the G5 to= wer. IIRC only Apple portables had power management facilities in the kernel= . >=20 > -Hal >=20 > 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 t= hat except smooth out the fan start/stop, which really wasn't enough. You n= eed the fan to run as set at the factory to control the temperature, so if t= he fan is too loud, look for replacement fans that are quieter. I'm very pu= zzled as to why Apple chose to put noisy fans in the powerbooks. >=20 >=20 > Dimitar Georgievski wrote: >>=20 >> Hi, >>=20 >> 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. >>=20 >> Is there any fix for this issue? I noticed on older posts in the forums u= sers have experienced similar issues in the past. =46rom their replies it do= esn't look like there is an official fix for this issue yet. >>=20 >> Here is the info about my Mac >>=20 >> $ cat /proc/cpuinfo=20 >> processor >> : 0 >> cpu : PPC970FX, altivec supported >> clock : 1800.000000MHz >> revision : 3.0 (pvr 003c 0300) >>=20 >> timebase : 33333333 >> platform : PowerMac >> model : PowerMac9,1 >> machine : PowerMac9,1 >> motherboard >> : PowerMac9,1 MacRISC4 Power Macintosh=20 >> detected as >> : 337 (PowerMac G5) >> pmac flags >> : 00000000 >> L2 cache : 512K unified >> pmac-generation : NewWorld >>=20 >> $ uname -a >> Linux myhost 2.6.29-3.ydl61.4 #1 SMP Mon Sep 7 14:50:27 PDT 2009 ppc64 pp= c64 ppc64 GNU/Linux >>=20 >> thanks, >>=20 >> Dimitar >>=20 >> _______________________________________________ >> yellowdog-general mailing list - [email protected] >> Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-gen= eral >> HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com' >=20 > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list - [email protected] > Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-gene= ral > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com' > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list - [email protected] > Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-gene= ral > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com' --Apple-Mail-24E9D783-5DC1-421B-A299-A1DAA3225028 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>What you're describing is the fan running at full speed - which you can</div><div>Replicate by booting the Mac into the command line and running fsck. </div><div>There's likely a software patch that addresses this directly. </div><div><br></div><div>Chris<br><br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.226562); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.226562);"><br></span></div></div><div><br>On Nov 13, 2012, at 2:46 PM, Hal Martin <<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><p>He mentioned that it's a "Power G5 1.8GHz" whi ch would be a G5 desktop, not a PowerBook.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>-Hal</p> <div class="gmail_quote">Am 13.11.2012 14:42 schrieb "Robert T. Drury" <<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>>:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <u></u> <div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#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'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.<br> <br> <br> Dimitar Georgievski wrote: <blockquote type="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'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 </div> <div>processor<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>: 0</div> <div>cpu<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>: PPC970FX, altivec supported</div> <div>clock<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>: 1800.000000MHz</div> <div>revision<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>: 3.0 (pvr 003c 0300)</div> <div><br> </div> <div>timebase<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>: 33333333</div> <div>platform<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>: PowerMac</div> <div>model<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>: PowerMac9,1</div> <div>machine<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>: PowerMac9,1</div> <div>motherboard<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>: PowerMac9,1 MacRISC4 Power Macintosh </div> <div>detected as<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>: 337 (PowerMac G5)</div> <div>pmac flags<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>: 00000000</div> <div>L2 cache<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>: 512K unified</div> <div>pmac-generation<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>: NewWorld</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><hr size="4" width="90%"> _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list - <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a> Unsuscribe info: <a href="http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general" target="_blank">http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general</a> HINT: to Google archives, try '&lt;keywords> site:<a href="http://us.fixstars.com" target="_blank">us.fixstars.com</a>'</pre> </blockquote> </div> <br>_______________________________________________<br> yellowdog-general mailing list - <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br> Unsuscribe info: <a href="http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general" target="_blank">http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general</a><br> HINT: to Google archives, try '&lt;keywords> site:<a href="http://us.fixstars.com" target="_blank">us.fixstars.com</a>'<br></blockquote></div> </div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>yellowdog-general mailing list - <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></span><br><span>Unsuscribe info: <a href="http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general">http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general</a></span><br><span>HINT: to Google archives, try '&lt;keywords> site:us.fixstars.com'</span></div></blockquote></body></html> --Apple-Mail-24E9D783-5DC1-421B-A299-A1DAA3225028-- --===============0500240766== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list - [email protected] Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com' --===============0500240766==--