iMac G5 fans revving up running Classic in 10.4.6

[riciad]

Has anyone else experienced this problem?

My Rev. A iMac G5 has always been very quiet, but since I updated to 10.4.6 the noise from the fans is horrendous when running Classic. I just noticed this tonight as I only have one OS9 app and I very seldom use it but sometimes there is no alternative.

It's not a heat issue as iStat nano shows 127F for CPU and 125F for hard drive and it definitely didn't do it before the upgrade.

I suppose there's no fix for this and I'll just have to grin and bear it for another 6 hours or so til I'm finished this job?

 

[celavato]

I have the same problem on a PowerBook G4/1.67.

 

[mad jew]

In Activity Monitor, is there a process that's hanging or using up a lot of CPU/RAM resources? It might just be a problem inherent in Classic and 10.4.6, or maybe it might be a conflict with another app. It's worth a look. 🙂

 

[riciad]

Nope, tried it with no other apps running and only the usual processes showed up in Activity Monitor. I'm not too bothered about as it there's just the one app I use in Classic and thankfully don't need it too often.

Checked the temps and they're not going up at all when it's happening.


Definitely didn't occur before 10.4.6.

 

[iYooper]

Same problem!

Downloaded and installed OS X 10.4.6 on my iMac G5 (s/n W8451) and the fans are a lot noisier. I've tried some of the solutions made on MacRumors (can't remember which ones--setting pram, etc.). That did no good. Sure is frustrating, ain't it? BTW, CPU temp 69 C, HD 51 C running Safari, Entourage, Word and Pages.