Power Mac G5 Temperature

I live and work from South Africa. It can get pretty hot out here
scribe wrote on :

Hi all. Greetings.

I have a Power Mac G5 Dual Processor 1.8 GHz.

I was wondering if anyone knew or provide me with links to where I can obtain info regarding what the optimum and/or maximum (upper limit) temperatures are for CPU, Drive Bay, Main Logic Board. Memory Controller Heatsink, Processor Card, SMART Disk.

I live and work from South Africa. It can get pretty hot out here :)

Many thanks.

Hans Aberg replied on :

In article 1133419998.894487.168720@redacted.invalid, "scribe" scribester@redacted.invalid wrote:

I have a Power Mac G5 Dual Processor 1.8 GHz.

I was wondering if anyone knew or provide me with links to where I can obtain info regarding what the optimum and/or maximum (upper limit) temperatures are for CPU, Drive Bay, Main Logic Board. Memory Controller Heatsink, Processor Card, SMART Disk.

I live and work from South Africa. It can get pretty hot out here :)

As on any computer, this is indicated in the tech specs: http://www.apple.com/powermac/specs.html

  • Operating temperature: 50 to 95 F (10 to 35 C)
  • Storage temperature: -40 to 149 F (-40 to 65 C)
  • Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
  • Maximum altitude: 10,000 feet
scribe replied on :
Thank Hans
Hans Aberg replied on :

In article 1133441830.987519.148490@redacted.invalid, "scribe" scribester@redacted.invalid wrote:

As on any computer, this is indicated in the tech specs: http://www.apple.com/powermac/specs.html

  • Operating temperature: 50 to 95 F (10 to 35 C)
  • Storage temperature: -40 to 149 F (-40 to 65 C)
  • Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
  • Maximum altitude: 10,000 feet

Thank Hans

Here in Sweden, we may have very cold weather, in some places -10 C may be called a "warm day", and some guys have failed letting transported TV's warm up from subzero (C) temperatures before starting, and then they break, for sure. The currents in the integrated circuits depend heavily on the temperature. So make sure respecting those limits.

scribe replied on :

Hey guys . . .

Goto and download Temperature Monitor from http://www.bresink.com/osx/TemperatureMonitor.html

and . . . I asked a question and got this reply;

thank you very much for your interest in Temperature Monitor and your technical question.

Am 01.12.2005 um 14:23 schrieb CGI-Mailer:

Would you be so kind as to advise or direct me to info regarding what the optimum temp for a Power Mac G5 1.8 GHz. - i.e. for main logic board backside, main logic air inlet, ambient, cpu, etc.

Temperature Monitor comes with a very detailed reference manual (see the menu item "Help"). As indicated in the chapter "Displaying sensor data", the specified upper and lower limits for each sensor location can be displayed in the third and forth column of the window "Sensor Overview".

If no values are given, it does not make sense to specify limits for that location, or there can be no "optimum" temperature. For example, the air inlet sensors measure the temperature of the incoming air in your room. For this reason they are very dependent on your room temperature. In this regard, you should only make sure not to exceed the room temperature given in the PowerMac manual, for most models 35=B0C.

I hope this information is helpful to you. If I can be of further assistance, please let me know.

Best regards, Marcel Bresink

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