27” 2011 iMac not waking from sleep

I am struggling to find a source for my issue and wanted to put it out there to see if anyone has experienced the same problem.

2011 27” imac runs beautifully aside from a fan on full blast which I think is a sensor that needs replacing.

the biggest issue I have with this is that as soon as it goes into sleep mode there’s no waking it and I have to restart it.

I’ve tried SMC, PRAM resets changed the hard drive, power supply and run diagnostics test which is only showing the temp sensor fault.

Do you think the temp sensor could be causing the problem? Or maybe is there something on the logic board causing this or the backlight?


iMac, OS X 10.11

Posted on May 31, 2023 9:37 AM

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May 31, 2023 5:03 PM in response to Gareth2212

Have you blown the dust out of the intakes lately?

What temperatures does this App report? Especially the GPU.

This App can be used to speed up the fans, all my iMacs would be dead without it.

Never ever ever drop fan speeds below the speed that the Mac itself is calling for.

MacFansControl…

https://www.crystalidea.com/macs-fan-control


We need to see what all is running & machine specs, a report from this will not display any personal info...


EtreCheck is a FREE simple little diagnostic tool to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac. It will not display any personal info.

https://www.etrecheck.com/


Pastebin is a good place to paste the whole report if you capture the URL while there…


Workable but harder for me to work with...the Note tool on the bottom of this editor's toolbar, as shown in the image, to copy and paste the output from EtreCheck. In a Reply before you click post, look for this to add longer texts...



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