[Gllug] Ubuntu 10.10 PPC on PowerMac G5 hardware issues?

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Fri Dec 3 02:59:15 UTC 2010


On 03/12/2010 02:55, general_email at technicalbloke.com wrote:
>
> As I mentioned in another post a few minutes ago you might have a
> stuck/seized fan which can sometimes be coaxed back to life with a 60
> second blast from a hairdryer! I know it sounds silly but I had a
> machine in yesterday with that exact problem and that got it going
> again, maybe it's the cold weather! :)
>
> Roger

Nah, I've removed and messed with the 2 huge fans inside this G5. The thing died back in February. It had been in daily use for over 6 years then I left it idle for about a month after I built a hackintosh. Repalced the PRAM battery and it died.

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