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Subject: [Leica] OT: IMac trouble - CPU fan speed = 0rpm - experts welcome
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:21:29 +0200
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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 ;-)
>>
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard) ([Leica] OT: IMac trouble - CPU fan speed = 0rpm - experts welcome)
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