Re:What? Mine is NOT quiet as a mouse
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Quieting Your G5?
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I purchased a dual 2 GHz G5 back in October. In October it was very quiet, however after three months of hardware problems and five weeks at the Apple repair center it sadly is not very quiet. I would say when idle it as about half as loud as the dual G4 that it replaced. Whenever it is not idle, and by no means at full load, it is more than twice as loud as the old G4. I have been informed by Apple that this change in fan control is due to poorly calibrated temperature sensors. It has been back to the shop for recalibration which improved it marginally. I have been also told by Apple that they will make no further effort to improve the noise level of my machine.
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I purchased a dual 2 GHz G5 back in October. In October it was very quiet, however after three months of hardware problems and five weeks at the Apple repair center it sadly is not very quiet. I would say when idle it as about half as loud as the dual G4 that it replaced. Whenever it is not idle, and by no means at full load, it is more than twice as loud as the old G4. I have been informed by Apple that this change in fan control is due to poorly calibrated temperature sensors. It has been back to the shop for recalibration which improved it marginally. I have been also told by Apple that they will make no further effort to improve the noise level of my machine.