Hmmm... Just thought of something: how about using a miniITX board inside an iMac G4 for a realMac Hackintosh? Is the G4 screen standard VGA?
Russell Courtenay Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 6, 2017, at 8:54 PM, Jim Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > > All iMac G4s have only one fan, which starts running as soon as the computer > is turned on and continues running at the same speed until the unit is turned > off. As iMac G4 cooling air enters from the bottom of the case and exits at > the base of the chrome stalk, it acts as a vacuum cleaner. If you take it > apart and get rid of all the dust bunnies and crud buildup on the fan blades > and in the entrance and exit ports for air, you'll get a quieter iMac. On the > other hand, perhaps the fan bearing, which is probably getting close to 15 > years old, is wearing out and adding to the noise. If you do take the case > apart, be sure to remove the old thermal pad material and replace it with > thermal paste so that heat generated by the cpu and gpu can be piped up to > the fan properly. Good luck! > Jim Scott > >> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 5:58 PM, Joshua Kelly <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> Hi, >> I've been having a very strange issue with my original 700MHz iMac G4 flat >> panel recently in which the fans decide to start spinning at low speed the >> moment I provide power to the system - even before pressing the power button. >> >> I've reset PRAM, NVRAM, and even the PMU to no avail. >> >> I'd really appreciate any help or ideas related to this. While the fans are >> remarkably quiet, it does get a little annoying after a while, haha. >> >> Joshua Kelly >> @thejsa_ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a >> group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. >> The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "iMac Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group > for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
