Mac Mini Overheating Problem
I have a Mac Mini that I bought in October 2009 and it's suffering from overheating. I am using Temperature Monitor to see the temperatures reached by different components. For example, the temperatures that the Mac reaches under normal load (browser, messaging and mail) are:
CPU A heatsink: 51 C
CPU A Temperature Diode: 53 C
CPU Core 1: 38 - 40 C
CPU Core 2: 38 - 40 C
HDD Bay 1: 45 C
Northbridge Position One: 54 C
Smart HDD Hitachi (Fujitsu at work): 48 - 56 C
Wireless module: 54 - 60 C
Now my biggest concern is the temperature of the HDD which is way too big (even when using the Mac on normal load doing nothing fancy)!!! I've tested today the Mac Mini that I have at work and it's the same story. Running the HDD at this temperature will cause it to fail very quickly. I've tested the temperature that the HDD from my laptop gets and it is 38 - 40 C.
What to do about this? What temperature readings do you guys get? How to cool down the HDD?
Thank you for your help.
Cocan Lucian.
Intel Mac Mini, Mac OS X (10.5.6), Intel Core 2 Duo 2Ghz, 2 Gb DDR3, 320 GB Hitachi HDD