Ohh it might be nice to have the original one alright...
Is it worth the £8.95?
No (in my opinion).
Ohh it might be nice to have the original one alright...
Is it worth the £8.95?
I would say yes, cooling is not something that you would want to skimp on for these computers.Ohh it might be nice to have the original one alright...
Is it worth the £8.95?
I would say yes, cooling is not something that you would want to skimp on for these computers.
You could see what kind of temperatures you are running at, but I don't know what the correct temperature for a quicksilver is.
I would say yes, cooling is not something that you would want to skimp on for these computers.
You could see what kind of temperatures you are running at, but I don't know what the correct temperature for a quicksilver is.
But you could get a better fan or just as good fan for less. Here you pay a premium just because it is the original for the Powermac.
Actually, looking on ebay, other 85cfm fans seem to be more expensive (and there aren't many, or I'm not searching right) so that fan may actually be a good price.
But for a few bucks more you can get a higher cfm Delta fan.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...1.m570.l1313&_nkw=120mm+high+cfm+fan&_sacat=0
Replace the fans!It sounds absolutely deafeningly loud!
Replace the fans!
I have replaced the PSU fan, the case fan and the smaller intake fan. Additionally, I have added another 120mm fan to the bottom (as indicated above, cutting a hole in the bottom of the case), my hard drives have drive coolers attached (two fans each) and added one additional 80mm fan temporarily.
My Quicksilver does not sound loud. It may (I don't know, my wife hasn't said anything about it) sound louder than people are accustomed to, but to me it generally sounds like an air conditioner fan on low. I never really notice it, but then I am accustomed to hearing fans since I work and live with computers.
No idea. I did not and do not now really pay any attention to that. My assumption was that the stock fans were designed for a conservative load out on the Mac circa 2001 and that any higher quality fans purchased in 2013-2014 were highly likely to be better performing and higher in CFM. For the various sizes I needed I purchased the highest CFM I could find that was on the store shelves at the time I was buying.So your new fans were much quieter than the stock fans? What were the stock fans? Were they ball bearing?
I'm pretty sure that the blower pointed out the ZIP slot on my Quicksilver is still the most obnoxious I've run across, although it moved a LOT of air out of the case-enough that the case bottom was essentially at ambient and the hard drives stayed around 75ºF.
I need to tinker with the voltages on it to find one where it still moves a decent amount of air but is not obnoxious. Since this is a centrifugal fan, it needs to spin at certain speed to actually move any appreciable amount of air. At 7V, it turns slowly enough that it might as well not be running.
Hearing how some of you guys have reservations as to the CFM of the cheap fan I ordered, I thought I would give repairing the original fan a go. I used some powerful plastic glue that has fixed fiddly bits of my iMac G3 and PowerBook 140 very well. Namely, the little clips that keep the access bay doors closed on both machines. Now they are better than ever.
So last night I sealed the gaps between the fan blade with this glue and let it set. Today I assembled it back into the Quicksilver and, so far, everything seems to be perfect. I will see how long this lasts. But if I can get through a day without any robot audio erotica blasting out of the case, then I'll be confident enough about leaving it be.
The other fan I ordered I'll keep as a general backup, for any of my systems.
I'd still replace it with the new fan, or at least try it out. Put it in, check the temperatures, and if it runs to hot, put the old one back in.
How do you check the temps on a QS if the only sensor is on the HDD?
I'd still replace it with the new fan, or at least try it out. Put it in, check the temperatures, and if it runs to hot, put the old one back in.
Sounds about right. Typically my highest point is 108º with my main hard drive. Right now it's 111º but I've been pushing the Mac a little bit at the moment.Ran the systems for nearly 5 hours today. I ran geekbench stress tests and some high quality video to heat the system up as much as I could.
SMART sensor reported a peak of around 43*C. While I have nothing to compare that to, that sounds quite acceptable, especially considering this it's a volcano-based-processor/PowerPC.
Ran the systems for nearly 5 hours today. I ran geekbench stress tests and some high quality video to heat the system up as much as I could.
SMART sensor reported a peak of around 43*C. While I have nothing to compare that to, that sounds quite acceptable, especially considering this it's a volcano-based-processor/PowerPC.
Sounds about right. Typically my highest point is 108º with my main hard drive. Right now it's 111º but I've been pushing the Mac a little bit at the moment.
Yes, I meant Fahrenheit. Tevion lives in Ireland so I expected Celsius from him because he understands it.Celsius? I think you mean Fahrenheit, as 111 degrees Celsius is really hot!
Right guys, the new fan arrived today and I just finished fitting it into the system, leaving the glued up original on the shelf for now. I'll run some stress tests and heat the system up for a few hours and report back with temperature to compare it to the old fan. It does run a little quiter now. However, I think the design of the case itself resonates sound very well, and as a musician I suspect that it is indeed the case that is a major contributer to the famous noisiness of some G4's.
My gaming PC for example has more fans, mostly dirt cheap ones. Yet it makes much less noise in operations. Those low frequency sounds resonate well over distance.