05-20-2008, 03:51 PM
My Mac G5 tower started making more noise a few days ago - the fans were working harder. I used iStat to look at the fan speeds and they were at 1500 rpm, for CPU A and B.
(It sits on the floor under the desk).
I opened it up and used DUST OFF to blow dust around. Also, I manually cleaned one of the fans on the front of the Mac, with a q-tip. Now iStat says the fans are mostly at 500 rpm.
But I don't know what I am doing. What is the real, recommended procedure here? I typed "dust G5 tower" into Google and did not find much useful information.
(It sits on the floor under the desk).
I opened it up and used DUST OFF to blow dust around. Also, I manually cleaned one of the fans on the front of the Mac, with a q-tip. Now iStat says the fans are mostly at 500 rpm.
But I don't know what I am doing. What is the real, recommended procedure here? I typed "dust G5 tower" into Google and did not find much useful information.