Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]currently at 126?F - but only 'mail' is open ... thanks ph Le 18 sept. 12 ? 11:16, Richard Man a ?crit : > 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> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information