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#1 2005-02-01 12:34 pm
- tonyski
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G5 fan cycling with Boinc
My New Dual G5's fan cycled all the time while seti@home was running. I thought that I read somewhere that Boinc didn't cause it to do that. So, I shut down the old seti, installed Boinc and the fan still cycles (only when Boinc is running)...damned annoying! 10 seconds on 5 seconds off 5 on 5 off 10 on 5 off etc
So my question is, does this affect your G5 the same way?
I may just have to stop contributing untill this is solved.
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#2 2005-02-01 5:07 pm
- dv
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Re: G5 fan cycling with Boinc
Hi - there is, iirc, a firmware update that may alleviate that problem. You might also consider restricting SETI to either 1 of the two CPUs or to 50% CPU utilisation, since the fans are temperature controlled.
If you can move the computer to a colder room, that might help, too.
"Now commences the process of cutting off the head, which generally takes from an hour to an hour and a half by an expert workman with a sharp blade." -Reuben Delano, Wanderings and Adventures
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#3 2005-02-09 11:42 pm
- tonyski
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Re: G5 fan cycling with Boinc
The 10.3.8 update cured the problem! Both processors running seti >90% and dead quiet, Yeehaaa
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#4 2005-02-11 9:46 pm
- dv
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Re: G5 fan cycling with Boinc
"Now commences the process of cutting off the head, which generally takes from an hour to an hour and a half by an expert workman with a sharp blade." -Reuben Delano, Wanderings and Adventures
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