On Wednesday, Jul 23, 2003, at 23:55 America/New_York, John Wilson wrote:
, so the computer automatically runs the fans at high speed until the circuitry can ascertain that the temperature is safely low enough to reduce fan speed.
Very excellent point here. Thanks mucho for your input
From an engineering point of view your explanation is right on target and sounds logical to me. No doubt it was also Apple Engineering's rationale also.
But from a marketing ( customer) point of view its bad news. The user gets the feeling that something is going to "break". Total bootup time runs about 55 seconds, so its hard for me to believe that the MOBO components could be degraded due to severe heating over that relatively short period of time.
I believe that the real answer is money($) and profit margins. The extra 3 or 4 dollars in parts( recurring costs)required to "fix", multiplied by 100,000 units( a big guess here!) equates to big bucks.
From: George H-S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed Jul 23, 2003 23:24:12 America/New_York
"My computer performs like this also."
Thanks for this input George
It answers my basic question which was the point of my post.
That is, whether its a normal condition for this G4 DP model; and I guess it is "normal"
No point in my pursuing the matter any further.
Thanks mucho for the input
BTW 1.
Just for kicks, I am going to the local CompUSA store this afternoon. They have a running G4 1.25 DP demo on the bench. I will hit restart on that machine and see what happens.
Also, I intend call Apple Tech Support and read my e-mail to them and see what response I get
BTW 2 PANTHER is on its way Will make a nice Xmas present
Albert Power Mac G4 1.25 DP ( ( FW (800) ) JAG 10.2.6
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