Re: is thermal calibration necessary?

2010-02-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 19, 2010, at 7:08 PM, ah...clem wrote: i might add here that i know that the fans on full speed won't bother me because i'm totally deaf, having lost my hearing to a chinese-made concussion grenade during my tour in afghanistan. at which point, some of you would (or should) feel

Re: is thermal calibration necessary?

2010-02-20 Thread iJohn
Since so many seem to have missed it and just to set the record straight, the OP apparently was just joking about the hearing loss. Note that the second paragraph of that post starts with ... well, that's not the case, but since so many 'contributors' to this thread seem more interested in

Re: is thermal calibration necessary?

2010-02-20 Thread ah...clem
On Feb 20, 10:51 am, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: Why should we feel foolish? because everyone except john musbach assumed i was an idiot who needed to be told how annoying the fans are. everyone else could have just given me enough credit to simply believe me when i

Re: is thermal calibration necessary?

2010-02-20 Thread Jason Brown
On 2/20/2010 1:57 PM, ah...clem wrote: On Feb 20, 10:51 am, Bruce Johnsonjohn...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: Why should we feel foolish? because everyone except john musbach assumed i was an idiot who needed to be told how annoying the fans are. everyone else could have just given me

Re: is thermal calibration necessary?

2010-02-19 Thread John Carmonne
On Feb 18, 2010, at 9:23 PM, Jason Brown wrote: On 2/18/2010 9:56 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Feb 18, 2010, at 7:30 PM, McGrude wrote: When my G5 was repaired by Apple they forgot to do the thermal calibration, and I had to take it back. It cost me another week without it. Needless to

Re: is thermal calibration necessary?

2010-02-19 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 19, 2010, at 5:11 AM, John Carmonne wrote: How can I get one of these disks? ASD is short for Apple Service Diagnostic. They're only for Apple Service technicians, but some are leaked onto P2P sites. I have a PM G5 Dual 2.7 and a PM G4 MDD Dual 1.25. Are they machine specific?

Re: is thermal calibration necessary?

2010-02-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 18, 2010, at 8:01 PM, McGrude wrote: On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Nestamicky nestami...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/18/10 7:13 PM, Jason Brown wrote: I lost a cat once to a G5 running full tilt. Sucked it right through the holes in the case. Heck of a mess to clean up... : You're

Re: is thermal calibration necessary?

2010-02-19 Thread ah...clem
thanks to everyone who replied, but especially to john musbach, who is the only person so far to actually answer my question. since i said that it boots just fine after the mobo transplant, obviously i've had the computer running with the fans on full. i might add here that i know that the fans

Re: is thermal calibration necessary?

2010-02-19 Thread Ricardo Sevilla
Thank you. On Feb 19, 2010, at 6:08 PM, ah...clem wrote: thanks to everyone who replied, but especially to john musbach, who is the only person so far to actually answer my question. since i said that it boots just fine after the mobo transplant, obviously i've had the computer running with

Re: is thermal calibration necessary?

2010-02-19 Thread chefsaid
@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 9:10 PM Subject: Re: is thermal calibration necessary? Thank you. On Feb 19, 2010, at 6:08 PM, ah...clem wrote: thanks to everyone who replied, but especially to john musbach, who is the only person so far to actually answer my question. since i said

is thermal calibration necessary?

2010-02-18 Thread ah...clem
hope youn's all will forgive my stoopid question. ok, so i put the replacement mobo in a G5 DP, and it works fine. so next i'm supposed to run the thermal calibration on the ASD disc, right? otherwise what? the fans will run at top speed all the time? and that's bad because? if it's just a

Re: is thermal calibration necessary?

2010-02-18 Thread McGrude
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:27 PM, ah...clem boneheads...@gmail.com wrote: hope youn's all will forgive my stoopid question.  ok, so i put the replacement mobo in a G5 DP, and it works fine.  so next i'm supposed to run the thermal calibration on the ASD disc, right?  otherwise what?  the fans

Re: is thermal calibration necessary?

2010-02-18 Thread Jason Brown
On 2/18/2010 7:30 PM, McGrude wrote: On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:27 PM, ah...clemboneheads...@gmail.com wrote: Have you heard the G5 DP fans run at full speed? I swear it's moved across the desk several inches when that happens. I think you will care about the noise. I lost a cat

Re: is thermal calibration necessary?

2010-02-18 Thread DAN A CURRIE
Jason Brown wrote: On 2/18/2010 7:30 PM, McGrude wrote: On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:27 PM, ah...clemboneheads...@gmail.com wrote: Have you heard the G5 DP fans run at full speed? I swear it's moved across the desk several inches when that happens. I think you will care about the noise.

Re: is thermal calibration necessary?

2010-02-18 Thread Nestamicky
On 2/18/10 7:13 PM, Jason Brown wrote: I lost a cat once to a G5 running full tilt. Sucked it right through the holes in the case. Heck of a mess to clean up... : You're kidding..right? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5

Re: is thermal calibration necessary?

2010-02-18 Thread McGrude
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Nestamicky nestami...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/18/10 7:13 PM, Jason Brown wrote: I lost a cat once to a G5 running full tilt. Sucked it right through the holes in the case. Heck of a mess to clean up... : You're kidding..right? Have you heard a G5 DP at full

Re: is thermal calibration necessary?

2010-02-18 Thread Nestamicky
On 2/18/10 8:01 PM, McGrude wrote: Have you heard a G5 DP at full tilt? I'm half ready to believe his tall tale. The only Apple system that I've used that was worse was a G5 XServe. No, I have not. But I'm inclined now to find one and see/hear for myself. -- You received this message because

Re: is thermal calibration necessary?

2010-02-18 Thread John Niven
I think you mean the original G4 1GHz Xserve. They are just constantly loud. The latter 1.33GHz G4 are MUCH better. The G5 is only loud at start-up. --- On Thu, 2/18/10, McGrude mcgr...@gmail.com wrote: The only Apple system that I've used that was worse was a G5 XServe. -- You received

Re: is thermal calibration necessary?

2010-02-18 Thread McGrude
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:07 PM, John Niven sense...@yahoo.com wrote: I think you mean the original G4 1GHz Xserve. No it's a G5. Sounds like a gas turbine for about 10 to 20 seconds at boot. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4,

Re: is thermal calibration necessary?

2010-02-18 Thread DAN A CURRIE
John Niven wrote: I think you mean the original G4 1GHz Xserve. They are just constantly loud. The latter 1.33GHz G4 are MUCH better. The G5 is only loud at start-up. NOT MINE! G5 2.5 Dualie ... the UP railroad had a gas turbine locomotive they called Big Blow! I think I bought it by

Re: is thermal calibration necessary?

2010-02-18 Thread John Musbach
On 2/18/10, ah...clem boneheads...@gmail.com wrote: hope youn's all will forgive my stoopid question. ok, so i put the replacement mobo in a G5 DP, and it works fine. so next i'm supposed to run the thermal calibration on the ASD disc, right? otherwise what? the fans will run at top speed

Re: is thermal calibration necessary?

2010-02-18 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 18, 2010, at 7:30 PM, McGrude wrote: Have you heard the G5 DP fans run at full speed? I swear it's moved across the desk several inches when that happens. I think you will care about the noise. I totally agree, the G5 fans are jet engines. I hit Shutdown and then grab it and hold

Re: is thermal calibration necessary?

2010-02-18 Thread Jason Brown
On 2/18/2010 8:57 PM, Nestamicky wrote: On 2/18/10 7:13 PM, Jason Brown wrote: I lost a cat once to a G5 running full tilt. Sucked it right through the holes in the case. Heck of a mess to clean up... : You're kidding..right? Of course :P -- You received this message because you are a

Re: is thermal calibration necessary?

2010-02-18 Thread Jason Brown
On 2/18/2010 9:56 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Feb 18, 2010, at 7:30 PM, McGrude wrote: When my G5 was repaired by Apple they forgot to do the thermal calibration, and I had to take it back. It cost me another week without it. Needless to say, I decided this was something that I didn't want to