On Feb 18, 2010, at 9:23 PM, Jason Brown wrote: > On 2/18/2010 9:56 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: >> On Feb 18, 2010, at 7:30 PM, McGrude wrote: >> >> When my G5 was repaired by Apple they forgot to do the thermal calibration, >> and I had to take it back. It cost me another week without it. Needless to >> say, I decided this was something that I didn't want to happen again, so I >> searched out ASD discs. I can't say I ever really necessarily found the >> correct version of ASD for my Early 2005 G5 because I wasn't ever certain >> which version was correct? I did boot at least one or two ASD versions, but >> I never saw any "thermal calibration" software? Also I was somewhat confused >> about these discs, I think they were dual boot discs, and you needed to hold >> some key(s) to get it to boot one way or the other? I can't remember if the >> Option key boot gave you all the choices, but I remember being somewhat >> unhappy that I couldn't locate said thermal calibration software. If anyone >> has experience doing a thermal calibration on a G5 could you enlighten us >> please? >> > On the ASD disc that I have there is an os9 style boot of sorts and an osx > style boot of sorts. the x style boot is just for testing certain aspects of > the hardware. The more conventional boot has all of the diagnostic utilities > and under one of the menus up top, it has an option called thermal > calibration. Run it and it will go through cycles for each processor and > calibrate the fans.
How can I get one of these disks? I have a PM G5 Dual 2.7 and a PM G4 MDD Dual 1.25. Are they machine specific? John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
