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  1. K

    G5 Quad in Classic makes fans take off

    Hello all. Just picked up a G5 Quad in excellent condition. I need this machine for some old software I use for my business. I swapped out the hard drive from my ailing G5 2.3 (from early 2005). The Quad is from late 2005. It boots up and works great except when I open up an app in Classic...
  2. hcs-mac

    iMac stuck loading at 75% with full fans constantly. A1312 2009

    I have a 2009 A1312 iMac I am trying to get fixed but I can't really figure out what the problem with the OS loading. I have tried multiple HDD's however all seem to get stuck at the apple logo with 75% loaded. I think the reason the fans are 100% are that there is no OS found and the LCD...
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    Need Help with MBP overload issue

    Hi guys, my late 2011 MBP is really slow now. It hardly starts up and I can barely get into activity monitor where it shows the system using 97%CPU. I reset PRAM, I tried diagnostics but they didn’t work, I restarted the computer of course. Not sure what else I can do to fix this issue. It’s...
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    MBA mid 2011 stops responding for a minute or so

    A few months ago I spilled my MBA with water, opened it, dried it, everything works now, except I get strange behaviour: if I load the CPU a bit (watch youtube, watch a movie in VLC, start a game, edit in photoshop,...) the CPU goes up to 100% and the fans go top speed and the computer basically...
  5. rubendepedro

    ionodecache CPU >100% and fans boosting

    Hi I upgrade from El Capitan to Sierra yesterday, and now I have a process called 'ionodecache' consuming more than 100% CPU usage since then. I thought it was indexing/caching something, but after 24h it continue very high on CPU usage and the fans are boosting non-stop all the time. Googling...
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    OSX El Capitan Lagging and No Sound...

    Hey Guys, I have a 13" MacBook Air running OSX El Capitan, and it's not behaving properly of late.. It is lagging a lot, and I see the rainbow wheel of death more than often... I've tried all things to resolve it (Resetting PRAM/SMC, Reistalling OS, Wiping the Hard drive clean, and even changing...