Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oooo boy, hopefully, it's just a bad fan, but best to take it to a repair shop. Over here in the States, we have "Genius" in the Apple Store. I forgot exactly, but CPU should probably be no hotter than 85 degree F (-32 x 5 / 9 to get Celsius) and the motherboard probably no higher than 120. On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 2:07 AM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr>wrote: > It's all in the heading I think. > > My 2009 24" aluminium Imac DuoCore 3.06 Intel, 2x2GB SDRAM, running 10.5.8 > tends to heat a lot - the upper left corner gets real hot when I process > large batches of photos. > > I've downloaded smcFan Control and it tells me that the CPU fan doesn't > spin - 000rpm. > > (The other 2 fans (OD-HDD) can be adjusted alright and, more specifically > heard; so far so good). > > OTT : When younger the mac "sighed" heavily when I resumed operation after > it went to economy mode. It no longer does. > > I don't know how to open a Mac to check that CPU fan and before I take it > to the repair shop I'd like to know > > > - what the "normal" temps for the CPU are > > - which temp NOT to exceed > > AND > > if any of you has encountered this problem what the outcome was. > > > Thank you in anticipation for informed replies. > > Bien cordialement de Metz > Philippe, who hopes this won't degenerate into a "my PC never ..." > hijacking ;-) > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>