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macmanmike6100 · 07-05-2003, 11:24 PM

I have very successfully silenced my CRT iMac!

If you know anything about the <a href="http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/faq/technical_performance.html">"fifth-gen" iMacs</a>, you know that they were revolutionary in that they did not contain a cooling fan, instead relying on convection currents. All iMacs afterward followed suit.

However, my comp was still whirring...I eventually pinned this to the internal 10GB ATA Maxtor. Having a 60GB FireWire (IEEE1384) external, I moved it all using <a href="http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/7032">Carbon Copy Cloner</a> because I only used the internal for user and system storage, keeping apps on the external. You have to use this prog to move a system from int to ext, because permissions must be preserved.

So now, I turned on the "Spin down disks (when possible)" option in the Energy Saver pane of System Preferences. Vi—la, after restarting from the external, the internal will eventually spindown and no more whir!

This is an OS X solution, but this would be even easier in OS 9 because you don't need CCC.

Take this thread where you will, techies!

[Special thanks to JuanValdes for the correction]

07-05-2003, 11:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
macmanmike6100 High Honorary Junkie Location: Tri-state.	Silencing an iMac I have very successfully silenced my CRT iMac! If you know anything about the <a href="http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/faq/technical_performance.html">"fifth-gen" iMacs</a>, you know that they were revolutionary in that they did not contain a cooling fan, instead relying on convection currents. All iMacs afterward followed suit. However, my comp was still whirring...I eventually pinned this to the internal 10GB ATA Maxtor. Having a 60GB FireWire (IEEE1384) external, I moved it all using <a href="http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/7032">Carbon Copy Cloner</a> because I only used the internal for user and system storage, keeping apps on the external. You have to use this prog to move a system from int to ext, because permissions must be preserved. So now, I turned on the "Spin down disks (when possible)" option in the Energy Saver pane of System Preferences. Vi—la, after restarting from the external, the internal will eventually spindown and no more whir! This is an OS X solution, but this would be even easier in OS 9 because you don't need CCC. Take this thread where you will, techies! [Special thanks to JuanValdes for the correction] Last edited by macmanmike6100; 07-06-2003 at 01:33 AM..