Hi Ronni That sounds more like it, I nearly got it right. Cheers John On 31/03/2011, at 8:33 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> > Hi Jon & John, > > First to John, I can’t remember someone saying to “switch the power off after > pressing the startup button”? > > Are you sure or did it mention: > 1. Shut down > 2. Remove the power cord from the back of the iMac, wait 15 seconds and plug > it back in. > 3. Startup the iMac > > Another fix for the loud fan noise, is to reset the SMC > > Reset SMC (System Power Controller): > > 1. Shut down the computer. > 2. Unplug the computer's power cord. > 3. Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds. > 4. Release the power button. > 5. Attach the computers power cable. > 6. Press the power button to turn on the computer. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 > 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm > > OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > On 30/03/2011, at 7:32 PM, John Daniels wrote: > >> >> Hi Jon >> Someone in WAMUG gave me the answer to the loud fan problem a while ago and >> it works. As soon as you press the start button, if the fan is loud switch >> off at the power point and then start again. I don't know why it works. Try >> it. >> Cheers >> John >> On 30/03/2011, at 11:56 AM, Jon Davison wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi there. Our office has a new 27" iMac. All fine except a fairly loud fan >>> that comes on pretty much at any time. The fan stays on but does not >>> increase in volume. Nor does it heat up or freeze. >>> Any idea what this may be? is there a reset for this? >>> >>> 2.66GHz / 4Gb RAM / OSX 10.6.7 / 1Tb >>> >>> Kind regards >>> Jon >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Eye in the Sky Productions >>> Image makers to the Aviation Industry >>> Unit 5 / 78 Marine Tce, Fremantle >>> Western Australia 6160 >>> • Air-to-air photography >>> • Print & web design/production >>> • VR panoramas >>> • Book production >>> • Copywriting >>> • Corporate ID >>> T: 08 94335541 >>> M: 0403 235938 >>> E: [email protected] >>> W: <http://www.eyeinthesky.com.au> > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
