Apple G5 Quad - thermal mgmt issues?

Al Zick al at familysafeinternet.com
Wed Feb 7 22:10:44 UTC 2018


Hi,

I know the G5 could be problematic when it comes to heat. I have  
heard that you could fix the problem by replacing the cpus with ones  
that are IBM branded and they would run cooler. I have not tried  
this, so I can't say from personal experience that it works.

Kind Regards,
Al



On Feb 7, 2018, at 12:14 PM, Rob Ballantyne wrote:

> Hi All,
>
>   I had a quick search of the bugs.freebsd.org database and  
> couldn't find
> anything but I wasn't sure I was searching properly.
>
>   I'm having my G5 Quad shutdown while trying to compile packages  
> after a
> fresh 11.1 install.  I've had thermal mgmt issues in the past but  
> not for
> a long time.
>
>   Are there any known issues currently? Or, should I suspect my  
> machine's
> hardware is failing?
>
> Thanks!
> Rob
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