[Hidden-tech] G5 issues

Reelife Productions-Tom Adams adams001 at comcast.net
Fri Jul 8 14:17:56 EDT 2005


I've been working with a Dual Processor G5 for about a year and a half now...no problems whatsoever.  fantastic machine.  it's the porsche of all computers. 


Regards,

Tom Adams

Director/Owner
Reelife Documentary Productions
"cool digital audio/video stuff...not boring or dumb"
413.575.9707
info at reelifeproductions.com, 
www.reelifeproductions.com
Williamsburg, MA, USA
United States of America


(I'm currently out of the Reelife Office...emailing
remotely)


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> I have a 2.5Ghz dual G5 tower which has not had any problems with
> overheating nor have I heard of any overheating problems. There have been
> some problems with fans sometimes operating overly loudly, but this seems to
> have been fixed since about 10.3.6 or 10.3.7.
> 
> There have also been some problem with the earliest 17" G5 iMacs resulting
> in a higher than normal failure rate, at least in part due to some bad
> capacitors. This seems to have been fixed in the most recent versions as
> well.
> 
> The Macintouch.com website recently did a reader survey of failure rates on
> all G5 models with interesting results. Most were about industry standard
> except for the original 17" G5 iMac. Unfortunately the survey results seem
> to be missing from the Macintouch site.
> 
> Will
> 
> Will Loving, President
> Dedication Technologies, Inc.
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> on 7/8/05 10:44 AM, kreekle at kreekle.com at kreekle at kreekle.com wrote:
> 
> > I was wondering if anyone has had problems with G5s. I've heard that the fans
> > are inadequate and there are problems with overheating.
> > This may have only been a problem when they first came out.
> > 
> > Also, other people have said this but I thought I'd mention that Quark 5 is
> > really buggy. I'd go to 6.5 or stay with 4.1.
> 
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