On Dec 26, 2012, at 1:03 PM, Bill Connelly wrote:
A friend has offered to sell me his Quad Core G5 which he says is in
Mint condition.
One problem he noticed was that in Sleep Mode, it would occasionally
turn on all its fans ... which he says was fixed when he runs a
program named "SOX". More of a software issue than hardware.
I am concerned about the LCS ... except that it is a Late 2005 model.
He says he has cleaned the inside, making it free of dust ... and
noticed no fluids of any kind. Then, I asked him about the LCS, and he
didn't know it had one ... so I assume he has not looked at the cpu
area.
It's already packed for shipping ... so opening it back up was not an
option ... he says it is running just fine.
What would you do?
Hi Bill,
If it was me I'd get it. Any computer could fail at any time for
a myriad of reasons, especially ones this old. I believe all the
Quad Cores had the Panasonic LCS which ended up being much better
than the original model. The covers around the CPUs are not easily
removed and are there to help with the cooling air flow. As for
"sleep" mode, you can always go into System Settings and turn it off
entirely for the monitor and the computer. Best of luck!
All the best,
Hal
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