Question about xserve G5

[Jason Bacon]

On 11/6/20 9:58 AM, Brandon Bergren wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2020, at 2:59 AM, Javi Hotmail wrote:
>   
>> Internally it was complaining about not being able to read the I2C  (I
>> assume from the PMU); But anyways it seems to be more or less working
>> now, I'll switch back to FBSD and see how it goes.
>>
> OK, yeah, lack of I2C communication would definitely explain the fans suddenly ramping up to maximum, since it's the obvious failsafe to use hardware wise when communication gets lost and the thermal management system is no longer aware of its temperature. Better to err on the side of noise than risk overheating anything.
>
I see I2C errors on my PowerMac G5 as well, but they don't always 
correlate with the fans ramping up.

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