I had planned on using my old dual G5 as a file server (yes, using Leopard), with occasional use as web browser plus multimedia box. It serves all three purposes admirably, but the problem is that it generates way too much heat. In the winter, this wasn't too much of a problem, but now that it's summer here in Alabama, it gets my computer room way too hot, even running at idle. Is there a way to reduce heat production on this thing, perhaps by throttling the CPUs? I seem to recall a utility that would let you shut down individual CPUs on a multiple CPU machine, but I can't recall the name of the utility. Machine specs below...
Eric Powermac G5 (1.8GHz x 2) 2GB DDR RAM 500GB SATA Seagate 7200 RPM drive 80GB SATA Drive NVidia GeForce 5200 FX 64MB RAM Video Card Echo Indigo IO Audio Card SIIG PCI-PCMCIA Bridge Card Buffalo 802.11g Wireless Card (recognized as Airport) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
