René Bijloo

Q: Fan starts running at 3600RPM with 44 ºC

Hi, today my cpu fan starts running at 44 ºC cpu temperature, and does not stop.  is this normal? it has never started before in 4 years... should i be worried about my mac dying or so?... thank you.

iPhoto '11, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 4 GB RAM 1TB

Posted on Jun 30, 2012 3:07 AM

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  • by mkirke,

    mkirke mkirke Jan 5, 2014 3:36 AM in response to John C Zonum
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    Jan 5, 2014 3:36 AM in response to John C Zonum

    Hi John,

     

    I have the exact same iMac with exact same problem and would like to tweak the max rpm speed on my cpu fan as per your good suggestion.

     

    I've downloaded the smcFanControl.

     

    But how exactly do I issue the command (/<path where smc is installed>/smcFanControl/smcfancontrol.app/contents/resources/smc -k F2Mx -w 12c0) as you describe?

     

    thanks,

    Michael

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