On 25/09/2013 13:54, "spilrules" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Recently I noticed the fan running at full speed for quite some time on my G4
> powerbook 12" 1.33 mhz which I thought was unusual as it did not seem to run
> very long in the past. I checked the activity monitor under utilities and
> discovered that the CPU was running at 100% all the time and the activity
> monitor shows up all green in color. The computer works fine in all ways
> except that the fan is running most of the time now to apparently cool the
> processor....? I have checked it many times and even when the computer is
> first turned on the activity monitor still shows the processor at 100% and
> soon the fan will kick in. I ran the Apple hardware test on it and everything
> passed. Is this a sign of impending doom? Should I stop using it or reduce
> the amount of time it is running? Any advice is greatly appreciated!
> Thanks in advance for all who respond!
> Tom
I suppose the crucial info is the cpu temp - on my dual 1.25 MD the fan
kicks into overdrive around 57 degrees - the istat widget will provide you
with an alternative set of stats including temp and cpu usage - as I write
this it is showing the cpu as 93% idle at 55 degrees. There are other
temp/usage guages out there.......
Pete
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