Re: What could be causing a slowdown across the board?

Jolly Roger <jollyroger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> In article <1ih9ybi.12agsbh1kg02kbN%jamiekg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>  jamiekg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
> 
> > <billy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > 
> > > Jamie Kahn Genet <jamiekg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> > > 
> > > > It still _feels_ like overheating to me (the fact that it's
intermittent
> > > > and a general slowdown), but the only high temperature is the
power
> > > > supply (81?c right now), everything else is under 60?c. e.g. CPU A
is
> > > > only at 43?c at the moment. I'm no expert, but that seems normal.
How
> > > > hot do other people's iMacs get?
> > > 
> > > It seems you're not the only one with a warm power supply -
> > > 
> > > http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=363704
> > 
> > Good to know it's not just me. A hot PSU seems unlikely to be the
cause
> > of my current slowdowns, so I won't worry too much on that count.
> > 
> > > What's the ambient temperature where the computer is?
> > 
> > Around 15ºc right now. It's winter here so it's never going to get
very
> > hot inside the house.
> 
> That reading seems excessively high to me. My Power Mac G5's CPUs range
> from 40º C to around 74º C or so max in the summer.
> 
> Are you absolutely sure about that 151º C temperature??

Well I like to use my office to bake muffins as I work away. Mmmm...
muffffiiinnnn...
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