Re: Rebuilding Power Macintosh 9600

In article <vjgg2q$383on$1@dont-email.me>, super70s
<super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

On 2024-12-07 04:28:42 +0000, scole said:
 

I replaced all the fans in this G4 MDD and, as it only has SSDs in
it, the thing is almost totally silent, it's definitely a good upgrade to
make!

 
I've bought a total of four MDDs in the past, all used, two of which
are still in use. Two of them had very quiet fans (despite the
derogatory "Wind Tunnel" nick) and two others had fans that ran louder.
Now I have one quiet one which I use most of the time, and the other
one is louder. I'm wondering if the fan noise problem got back to Apple
and they started putting quieter fans in later models.

Quite possible, would make sense that Apple might have wanted to resolve
such a poor reputation for a flagship product. I've had a few MDDs over
the years, most only used briefly other than the machine I'm using now,
and all of them were pretty noisy; the PSU fans seemed to be the worst
part of it, replacing those in this machine made the biggest difference.
There's just a quiet hum as it runs now. :)

For quite a few years, my main workstation was a Dual 1.8Ghz G5 Power Mac
and, boy!, that thing was loud as hell when you put it under work! Pumped
out heat, too, could warm the room with it!
 

Never really noticed any hard drive noise in any of them.

After I repalced the fans in this MDD, the spinning drive sound was very
noticeable, to the point where I quickly decided that going SSD-only was
the way forward.