that's a serious hardware flaw, and frankly one they should have checked for. apple should fix it free, and should upgrade the power manager so it's not a time bomb. with that kind of a bug i wouldn't even trust it under x. if apple won't fix it, i'd wire the fans right to the power supply itself, as they should be anyway. someone got too clever for there own good at apple and then skimped on testing, not an unusual problem but one apple should both fix and apologize for. not that apple should fire the engineer involved and kill his family, design flaws happen, but they should be fixed, particularly on a high end item. it's particularly disturbing that os 9 can confuse things in such a way that it explodes under os x, that suggest there may be some value in pram etc. that can easily be corrupted to a dangerous effect, that's just poor, having to reset things because it won't come on at all or fix the clock etc. is one thing, failure of life support systems is another! i'd watch that machine very closely all the time, once bitten twice shy.
Aaron Willems wrote: > > I'll give you a reason not boot into OS 9 on a new Dual G4 Tower. I > just bought a new Dual 867Mhz G4 Tower. I created a small partition for > OS 9 to run in classic. I decided for whatever reason to see what would > happen if I actually booted into OS 9. The fans came on full blast. > When I booted back into OS X the fan blowing stopped. I read on a forum > board that a Guy called Apple to complain. > > Turns out the New G4 Towers have a special Power Management which only > works in OS X. If you run the new Towers in OS 9 with the fans blowing > like that, you can do a lot of damage that I'm willing to bet, Apple > won't cover under warranty. Makes sense since there was no OS 9 CD in > the Box. ------------- -- "Promise me, promise me this day, promise me now..." he asked. "Even as they strike you down, you will remember: humanity is not our enemy. The only thing worthy of you is compassion...Hatred will never let you face the beast in human beings. One day, when you face the beast alone, with your courage intact, your eyes kind...out of your smile will bloom a flower. and...on the long, rough road, the sun and the moon will continue to shine." Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
