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From: Mark on 6 May 2008 15:09
Last 4 or 5 sleeps on my iG5/1.6 have resulted in it powering up the fans
like a bloody jet engine before it finally sleeps. Last time this happened (2
years ago) it was the dreaded exploding capacitors (got the
midplane/motherboard replaced). Before I power this down for a look-see, is
there anything else that might be causing this?

Cheers ... Mark

From: Steve Hodgson on 6 May 2008 15:28
On 2008-05-06 20:09:52 +0100, Mark <captain.black(a)gmail.com> said:

> Last 4 or 5 sleeps on my iG5/1.6 have resulted in it powering up the fans
> like a bloody jet engine before it finally sleeps. Last time this happened (2
> years ago) it was the dreaded exploding capacitors (got the
> midplane/motherboard replaced). Before I power this down for a look-see, is
> there anything else that might be causing this?

Anything in Activity Monitor?

For me it is usually Canon print drivers trying to reach a device that
is no longer available.
--
Cheers,

Steve

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Email steve 'at' shodgson 'dot' org 'dot' uk

From: Mark on 6 May 2008 15:34
On Tue, 6 May 2008 20:28:33 +0100, Steve Hodgson wrote
(in article <68bpr1F2sb18cU1(a)mid.individual.net>):

> On 2008-05-06 20:09:52 +0100, Mark <captain.black(a)gmail.com> said:
>
>> Last 4 or 5 sleeps on my iG5/1.6 have resulted in it powering up the fans
>> like a bloody jet engine before it finally sleeps. Last time this happened
>> (2
>> years ago) it was the dreaded exploding capacitors (got the
>> midplane/motherboard replaced). Before I power this down for a look-see, is
>> there anything else that might be causing this?
>
> Anything in Activity Monitor?
>
> For me it is usually Canon print drivers trying to reach a device that
> is no longer available.
>

Ooh - interesting! I pulled the printer USB cable out a couple of days ago to
use it on the iBook...will investigate..

Cheers ... Mark

From: adm on 7 May 2008 06:57
On 2008-05-06 20:09:52 +0100, Mark <captain.black(a)gmail.com> said:

> Last 4 or 5 sleeps on my iG5/1.6 have resulted in it powering up the fans
> like a bloody jet engine before it finally sleeps. Last time this happened (2
> years ago) it was the dreaded exploding capacitors (got the
> midplane/motherboard replaced). Before I power this down for a look-see, is
> there anything else that might be causing this?
>
> Cheers ... Mark

Mine makes the jet engine noise when it gets dusty inside - it seems to
be reminding me that it's time to open it up and have a good session
with a hoover and an air line.


From: eastender on 7 May 2008 11:27
adm wrote:

> Mine makes the jet engine noise when it gets dusty inside - it seems to
> be reminding me that it's time to open it up and have a good session
> with a hoover and an air line.

I went out and came back yesterday to find one of my Macs - an early G5 1.6 - with
its fans full on and crashed. Scared the hell out of me but it rebooted OK. It's
never done this before - I'll take your advice about a clean.

E.


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