Hello,
I just purchased (what i think is very first generation of Mac Pro) which is 1,1 from a friend, he claims that computer gets overheated really easy but as a work around he used some 3rd party utility to increase RPMs and that help in order to keep it running.
I just opened it (it was very dusty inside), I tried to clean it as much as I could, but I think back fan is about to die, when I turn computer on it usually won't even spin up unless I help it by manually spin it a little bit and then it's starts spinning no problem. I obviously don't want to worry about that so I'm looking to get another fan to replace this one.
however this isn't the only problem with the computer...
the other issue with it is that computer has ATI 3870 and it was also very dirty around fan area and I've tried to clean it as much as I could as well, but even after all that when I turn computer on, that fan on video card makes awfully a lot of noise and I either need to replace fan or card itself.
can you suggest what I should do? maybe its an old card and I should just forget about it and get myself something nicer/faster ? or this is "ok" and i should just somehow magically fix that fan (which I'm not so sure how to do it yet)
I just purchased (what i think is very first generation of Mac Pro) which is 1,1 from a friend, he claims that computer gets overheated really easy but as a work around he used some 3rd party utility to increase RPMs and that help in order to keep it running.
I just opened it (it was very dusty inside), I tried to clean it as much as I could, but I think back fan is about to die, when I turn computer on it usually won't even spin up unless I help it by manually spin it a little bit and then it's starts spinning no problem. I obviously don't want to worry about that so I'm looking to get another fan to replace this one.
however this isn't the only problem with the computer...
the other issue with it is that computer has ATI 3870 and it was also very dirty around fan area and I've tried to clean it as much as I could as well, but even after all that when I turn computer on, that fan on video card makes awfully a lot of noise and I either need to replace fan or card itself.
can you suggest what I should do? maybe its an old card and I should just forget about it and get myself something nicer/faster ? or this is "ok" and i should just somehow magically fix that fan (which I'm not so sure how to do it yet)