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>, Andy
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> Emma Grey wrote:
> > In article
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>, Andy
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> wrote:
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> >> Hi there,
> >>
> >> Just wondering if anyone here has ever played with replacing the
noisy
> >> power supply fans in a MDD G4 PowerMac? I've finally had enough of
the
> >> noise - even my housemate's PC over in the other corner of the room
> >> doesn't even make HALF as much racket as this thing.
> >>
> >> In particular, I'm looking for specific brands/part numbers that
worked
> >> well so I don't go through the hassle of replacing them for no
benefit.
> >> Links to Aus suppliers would be greatly appreciated too.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Andy.
> >
> >
> > Funnily enough, I actually LIKE the noise of my MDD G4. It's a sort of
> > noise blanket and acts as an aid to concentration - by covering more
> > salient noises. The theory is that the brain 'learns' the noise and
> > thus doesn't attend to it. Sounds like you're hacking the hypothesis.
> >
> > Oh well, it's postmodern world we inhabit?
>
>
> Seriously? Did yours have the PS upgrade offered by Apple, though?
>
> This is one of the 'early' models, but unfortunately for me never
> received the upgrade.
>
> I have to move away from the machine to /take a phone call/ it's that
noisy.
>
> Andy.
No retrospective upgrade for mine, but as it's a single processor (3
legged dog) I think that makes it the later MDD model? Maybe I was
lucky my money showed up later than expected - as usual. I guess you
wish it was the old days when you had a nice black screen with green
letters and the mainframe was a few miles away.
Emma :-)
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