I should mention another difference between the Gig-E and the Sawtooth: The color of the power button LED. The Gig-E's was white. The Sawtooth's is yellow. In daylight it is clearly yellow. In poor light or darkness it appears more green (because of the blue around it). I wonder a) if this Sawtooth's power button LED was replaced at some point with a part different from stock, maybe even something from a non-Apple computer, b) if incorrect voltage would alter the LED pulsation rate and if that would point to a PSU/wiring problem that also caused the case fan to "complain" (low but constant "just not right" noise) and could even be related to it (a wiring mixup during some past repair?), c) whether the LED its;ef is just faulty somehow, and c) if I might also complain that I don't like this "green" light. White is the proper color of computer Sleep breathing, at least for the Gig-E and its brothers.
I also wonder why Apple would not enable some control of the power button LED's behavior through the GUI, at least to enable or disable this pulsation during Sleep (some people can't stand it). It's not like it's a dangerous thing to allow the user to easily control (imagine an "Overclock CPU" pane in System Preferences). I ran across an article stating that Apple had patented their particular "Sleep breathing." Could that have anything to do with them (seemingly) keeping it entirely out of the user's hands? Maybe the only thing to do is replace the existing LED with a proven white, slow-breathing one from a Gig-E. Not today. Probably easier to just buy a whole Gig-E. Sean -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
