Il giorno 25/09/13 14.54, "spilrules" ha scritto: > Recently I noticed the fan running at full speed for quite some time on my > G4 powerbook 12" 1.33 mhz which I thought was unusual as it did not seem to > run very long in the past. I checked the activity monitor under utilities > and discovered that the CPU was running at 100% all the time The most likely culprit is one (or some) active process(es), that you're not aware of, that are CPU-heavy and using all the CPU power.
In Activity Monitor, click on the "% CPU" header, and check the topmost processes (the ones using more CPU %): then report them here, so we can understand what's going on. > I have checked it many times and even when the > computer is first turned on the activity monitor still shows the processor > at 100% and soon the fan will kick in. Usually, after boot there shouldn't be anything using more than 1-2% CPU. (the computer is - should be - idle, actually) > I ran the Apple hardware test on it and everything passed. I don't think it's an hardware issue. The CPU do not keep busy himself, just for the sake of it. ;-) -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.