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Fans rev up w/ DVD even without Safe boot
Authored by: Norm Nager on Mar 10, '06 01:11:48PM

On a Dual G5 2.0 running OS 10.4.5, I had 2 experiences in which the fans revved up with the common factor of my having left a DVD in drive.

The first time, I had put the G5 to sleep and left the room, only to hear the jet takeoff noise a couple rooms away an hour or so later when it woke. I came in and did the SMU procedure. The DVD-in-drive as possible causal factor never occurred to me.

The second time it happened, I did a re-start while a DVD was in the drive. Zoommmmmmm! After running the SMU procedure, I checked out what I could with several hardware and system diagnostics tools. When the diagnostics could find no problem, I had a vague notion that MAYBE the DVD in the drive could have been implicated. Or maybe the DVD-in-drive was a coincidental, non-causal factor. I have been in the habit since then of removing a DVD before sleeping or re-starting the G5 and have not experienced a reoccurrence.

Thanks to your sharing of your experience and your hint, Rob, I'm now convinced that removing media from the optical drive is not such a bad idea!

Respectfully, Norm



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