PowerMac G5 - How do you crank the fans up to full speed?

[JasonGough]

I'm wondering how i can crank my fans up to full speed to hopefully kick all the dust and **** out of my system.

i'm moving house 2morrow, and all the dust from moving has no doubt been sucked into my machine during the last few days...

is there a way to get all the fans at top speed as an attempt to clear all the **** out?

thanx!

 

[iGary]

Get a can of air and do it.

Seriously - leave it running, but get a can of air and clean things down while it is running (dont leave it open long, though).

 

[regre7]

Just don't stick it up your nose....

 

[nsutt22]

or turn it upside down and spray your skin : )

 

[JasonGough]

Get a can of air and do it.

Seriously - leave it running, but get a can of air and clean things down while it is running (dont leave it open long, though).

sounds like a sweet idea. i forgot just how good those cans of air are for cleaning stuff with! I'll get one next time im in town.

In the mean time, is there a way of getting the fans going?

Is it single user mode that i remember once made my mac sound like it was about to take off?

 

[zakatov]

Target disk mode will do it.

 

[MisterMe]

Target disk mode will do it.

If you have only one computer at hand, then running fsck -f after a restart into single-user mode always does the trick for me.

 

[JasonGough]

If you have only one computer at hand, then running fsck -f after a restart into single-user mode always does the trick for me.

cool, and what will that do? I don't wanna do anything thats gonna mess my mac up, just wanna send the fans spinning.

What will happen after the fsck -f runs, will it just restart into normal os x?

thanx for the advice!

 

[livingfortoday]

You can also try the hardware test CD. I was trying to fix my dad's G5 and ran the test, and it scared the sh*t out of my when all those fans started blaring. I had no idea that would happen! But yeah, that's a quick way to do it.