On Jan 3, 2012, at 12:58 PM, gira93 wrote:
Are powermac g4 still useful?
I use a PowerMac G4 MDD 1.42Hhz every day and it does everything I
want and relatively fast, almost as fast as my wife's Intel iMac.
I use PhotoShop, Filemaker Pro, iWork, iMovie HD and Peak LE to name a
few
On Dec 10, 2011, at 1:19 PM, g3-5-list@googlegroups.com wrote:
HD drives; could it be the HDs are creating more heat, hence the
fans spin
up?
Just one more thing.
What is strange is that the temperature rises and the fans speed up,
but after a restart the problem goes away for a week or
On Dec 8, 2011, at 1:32 PM, g3-5-list@googlegroups.com wrote:
I have an occasional problem similar to those mentioned above. My
G52 2.3
GHz Dual Processor (early 2003 if I remember correctly) fan speeds
sometimes make no sense at all.
I have the same problem with my G4 MDD:
OS 10.58
1.42
Hi again,
I blew out the inside of the G4, it wasn't that dusty as I usually
keep up with with that task.
The fans are all working, and there is no spike in the CPU usage when
the event happens.
I reset the NVRAM and rebuilt the PRAM.
When I first installed the Sonnet card and drives I also
Greetings,
Normally my Mac temperature is around 137ºF and if it is a real hot
day, it may rise to 139º F. The fans usually stay at a constant rate.
A few days ago, a few minutes after booting my computer in the
morning, the temperature started rising above it's normal range and
rose to
