I'm stuck on this question. I bought a iMac G5 probably about a month ago for $66 off eBay in working condition. I would like to use it more, but the sound of the fan at the bottom that blows air up into the G5 heatsink is unreal. It's all quiet up until I open a program, ex. Spotify. I know the Performance/Power Saver option in System Preferences, even on Power Saver the fans ramp up.
So I've stripped the iMac down, cleaned out everything (and also got a cool picture of the back, that'll be below), and it was still bad. I ordered some thermal paste and re-applied it to everything, and while that reduced it, it still bad. I ran the Support Diagnostics and there was nothing wrong with the sensors or fans themselves.
So is it time for a new CPU blower or just accept that the G5 iMacs have more trouble than Windows 8?
Oh, the cool picture!
So I've stripped the iMac down, cleaned out everything (and also got a cool picture of the back, that'll be below), and it was still bad. I ordered some thermal paste and re-applied it to everything, and while that reduced it, it still bad. I ran the Support Diagnostics and there was nothing wrong with the sensors or fans themselves.
So is it time for a new CPU blower or just accept that the G5 iMacs have more trouble than Windows 8?
Oh, the cool picture!
