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Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #19

I just finished a two hour WoW session and the chirping was going on almost the whole time. Now with it closed and just Firefox up, the sound is gone. Looks like it is graphics r…
MacNN Hardware by jhogarty Sat, 18 Jun 2005 - 14:43

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #18

Just found this out and thought it was kind of strange. I was playing WoW and put it in windowed mode (command + M), and the chirping is not nearly as loud or as frequent in windo…
MacNN Hardware by ae25 Sat, 18 Jun 2005 - 13:06

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #17

I talked with two guys today at the apple store. A sales guy and one of the genius bar guys. They both said they have never heard the "chirping" before. They gave some things to…
MacNN Hardware by jhogarty Sat, 18 Jun 2005 - 12:35

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #16

You'll need a hefty video to run WoW successfully at higher settings. Anyway, I also think the chirping is graphics-bus related. Does anyone know exactly what disabling NAP does? …
MacNN Hardware by jamil5454 Sat, 18 Jun 2005 - 08:28

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #15

I've been having the chirping also. Got my PM last week. I'll be more aware now but I really notice it while playing WoW (World of Warcraft). Nugget - I'm new to the Mac, how …
MacNN Hardware by jhogarty Sat, 18 Jun 2005 - 07:59

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #14

Quote: Originally Posted by d.fine You did take out the intake fans I hope, there's plenty of room, and it should be fairly easy to install... Yes. But I have big hands .…
MacNN Hardware by David Thompson Sat, 18 Jun 2005 - 07:22

Mac mini speed gain from external FW harddisk ? — #12

Quote: Originally Posted by turtle777 I have a Mac mini, with a 80G - 4200 RPM internal HD. Well, *yawn*, as we all know, that drive is rather slow. I was wondering if I could …
MacNN Hardware by andrewgf Sat, 18 Jun 2005 - 06:22

Mac mini speed gain from external FW harddisk ? — #11

Quote: Originally Posted by hudson1 The general consensus has been that an external FW400 7200 RPM drive won't create a faster Mac mini. [ ] You know what you are talking…
MacNN Hardware by turtle777 Sat, 18 Jun 2005 - 06:10

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #13

Quote: Originally Posted by David Thompson (I sure had a LOT of difficulty installing RAM modules! Had to reseat them three times before the system saw them. Not a lot of room …
MacNN Hardware by d.fine Sat, 18 Jun 2005 - 02:57

Mac mini speed gain from external FW harddisk ? — #10

If you do buy a hard drive, get a Seagate. I believe they are the only company offering a 5 year warranty on their drives. One of my 200GB desktop drives is making funny noises, …
MacNN Hardware by galarneau Sat, 18 Jun 2005 - 01:23

OK, so I went to the Apple store today — #4

I went from a Dual 2G to a single 2G iMac - with more RAM on the single 2G. Frankly, I find the single as fast as my Dual 2G was in MOST cases, with exceptions when I'm really usin…
MacNN Software by alex_kac Fri, 17 Jun 2005 - 21:56

OK, so I went to the Apple store today — #3

My Dual 2 is still so much faster than I can ever imagine. I'm not sure what will eventually drive me to a new machine .... software will have to get MUCH more demanding.
MacNN Software by driven Fri, 17 Jun 2005 - 21:27

OK, so I went to the Apple store today — #2

In a quick word...RAM helps a lot but the snapiness is really from dual cpu's. The dual's do a great job balancing any kind of load.
MacNN Software by AU_student_iceBook Fri, 17 Jun 2005 - 21:22

Jerusalem Stone — #42

Quote: Originally Posted by Makki my decision has nothing to do with summer winter or any other season it is a matter of me prioritizing my life. Makki, I was joking Ch…
MacNN Software by christianclark Fri, 17 Jun 2005 - 19:45

Mac mini speed gain from external FW harddisk ? — #8

Quote: Originally Posted by hudson1 The general consensus has been that an external FW400 7200 RPM drive won't create a faster Mac mini. Contrary to general consensus, the…
MacNN Hardware by mportuesi Fri, 17 Jun 2005 - 19:16

Any chirping G5's fixed by Apple yet? — #12

And can you hear a pulsing sound that comes (I am not sure) from the 2 main fans in front of the processors ? It makes a kind of "woo woo woo" sound ...
MacNN Hardware by Skypat Fri, 17 Jun 2005 - 18:53

Mac mini speed gain from external FW harddisk ? — #7

You know what, if that works as well as it seems, it would also make upgrading totally easy as plugging in a hard drive. Wow. I was gonna get a FW HD for backup. Maybe I should use…
MacNN Hardware by Jasoco Fri, 17 Jun 2005 - 18:13
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