fan runs faster after sleep but then slows to normal. Problem?

Steven Shmerler wrote:

Yup. You did. But at that RPM the temp was 108F and the manual says it should be around 95F. So I therefore logically increased the RPMs

The only real issue now is who to listen to. Temp Gauge or smcFC because TG reports a higher temp than smcFC does.

I'm not sure what the temperature reading in the menu bar with smcFanControl refers to, but the PCIe slot reading in Temperature Gauge agrees with Temperature Monitor which is a widget associated with iStat. I'd go with Temperature Gauge.

One thing I left out: Air flow case

Good air flow. A place and way for hot exhaust out the back needs a place to go and help sometimes getting there. And good air flow around and in front.

Some have used a dust or cheese type cloth to keep dust outside but allow air to come into the case.

the PSU area can also hold dust and heat.

worst place: one of those computer cabinets or under a desk with the exhaust blocked or front.

On the floor carpet and dust etc and pet hair - elevated helps, I was using a low coffee table of 15-18 inches with mine.

Restart and hold down the shift key right after the bong. You'll be booting in safe mode and only Apple software will load. Then run smcFanControl and changes preferences to not load on startup.

Something else isn't right then. Never in 5 yrs of use of that - but I never used the other 1.x FanControl and I wondered then if there was something left behind even after "uninstall" - I think that the launch services Launchd is not user friendly and there likely to be items in top level Library for one thing.