Hi John, Yeah, you nearly got it right … just left out the important bit … shut down the computer first ;-) I didn’t think it would have been me who suggested to you to “switch off at the power point” without first shutting down the computer.
That is a "no no" thing with me, the only time I would ever suggest pulling the plug on a computer is if there was absolutely no other way to shut the computer down. Cheers, Ronni On 31/03/2011, at 12:29 PM, John Daniels wrote: > > Hi Ronni > That sounds more like it, I nearly got it right. > Cheers > John > On 31/03/2011, at 8:33 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> >> Hi Jon & John, >> >> First to John, I can’t remember someone saying to “switch the power off >> after pressing the startup button”? >> >> Are you sure or did it mention: >> 1. Shut down >> 2. Remove the power cord from the back of the iMac, wait 15 seconds and plug >> it back in. >> 3. Startup the iMac >> >> Another fix for the loud fan noise, is to reset the SMC >> >> Reset SMC (System Power Controller): >> >> 1. Shut down the computer. >> 2. Unplug the computer's power cord. >> 3. Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds. >> 4. Release the power button. >> 5. Attach the computers power cable. >> 6. Press the power button to turn on the computer. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 >> 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm >> >> OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard >> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) >> >> >> >> On 30/03/2011, at 7:32 PM, John Daniels wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Jon >>> Someone in WAMUG gave me the answer to the loud fan problem a while ago and >>> it works. As soon as you press the start button, if the fan is loud switch >>> off at the power point and then start again. I don't know why it works. Try >>> it. >>> Cheers >>> John >>> On 30/03/2011, at 11:56 AM, Jon Davison wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi there. Our office has a new 27" iMac. All fine except a fairly loud fan >>>> that comes on pretty much at any time. The fan stays on but does not >>>> increase in volume. Nor does it heat up or freeze. >>>> Any idea what this may be? is there a reset for this? >>>> >>>> 2.66GHz / 4Gb RAM / OSX 10.6.7 / 1Tb >>>> >>>> Kind regards >>>> Jon >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Eye in the Sky Productions >>>> Image makers to the Aviation Industry >>>> Unit 5 / 78 Marine Tce, Fremantle >>>> Western Australia 6160 >>>> • Air-to-air photography >>>> • Print & web design/production >>>> • VR panoramas >>>> • Book production >>>> • Copywriting >>>> • Corporate ID >>>> T: 08 94335541 >>>> M: 0403 235938 >>>> E: j...@eyeinthesky.com.au >>>> W: <http://www.eyeinthesky.com.au> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
