July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
768 pages
13h 12m
English
The iMac G5 uses an advanced SMU to manage the thermal and wattage conditions, while keeping the acoustic noise to a minimum. The SMU controls the fans and regulates the speeds to run each fan.
The SMU reset button (shown in the following figure) is similar to the PMU button on previous iMac computers. To reset the SMU, use a black stick to press the SMU switch on the main logic board once. Do not press the SMU reset button a second time—it could crash the SMU.

The SMU:
Provides initial configuration of system clocks
Initiates and sequences voltage and frequency slews when the OS requests a transition to a new run level
Handles ...
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