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10.4: Eliminate excess fan noise under 10.4.3 on G5s
Authored by: G5Dude on Nov 07, '05 12:30:36PM

I also ran into this problem on my 1st Gen Dual 2.0GHz. I don't know about any of you with AppleCare, but I was told over and over again by AppleCare reps that "Apple is aware of the problem and working on a fix." I went through 2 power supply replacements, CPU replacements, graphics card replacement, and had all the fans replaced. No luck.

Then a month ago they changed their stance to "this is normal behavior for this model." Obviously, this was unacceptable. I asked to speak with someone from Apple Corporate Executive Relations, and after a bit of back-and-forth they agreed it was not proper treatment. They decided to replace my 1st gen dual 2.0GHZ with a dual 2.3GHz equal to my original purchase value (RAM, video card, etc).

The new machine still has a bit of the chirping, but not nearly as badly and most importantly the sounds do not appear to leak into the analog audio-in and audio-out. I can't guarantee this will work for everyone (or anyone really, maybe they were in a nice mood when I called), but it's worth a shot!



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