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Old 22-03-2007, 04:43 PM
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heya,

i accidentally posted this in the wrong thread just before. SORRY

my mate just upgraded his ram in his power mac G5 and now the fans are really loud but everything is working fine.
he went from 2x128mb to 2x1gb

any help is appreciated

cheers Bertofski
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Old 22-03-2007, 05:00 PM
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When I bought my G5 the fans went at one speed - full bore.
The workaround for me was to disassemble the G5 and pull out the little watch battery inside for about 5 minutes or so.
It reset itself and has operated totally normally for the last 20months or so.
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Old 22-03-2007, 06:03 PM
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Um, reset the PMU.

Unplug from mains for about 5 mins.

Re-insert power.

Hey presto should reset the PMU. Don't remove the clock battery, this is easier.
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Old 22-03-2007, 06:06 PM
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Um, reset the PMU.

Unplug from mains for about 5 mins.
I wished that had have worked for me Thorevenge but it was only the battery manoeuvre that did it! I tried with the main power supply a couple of times but eventually had to open it up.
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Old 22-03-2007, 06:40 PM
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Bugger. Worked for me
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Old 22-03-2007, 10:58 PM
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awesome thanks guys just unplugged from power and hey presto, all sweet,

cheers again

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