Replaced iMac HD - now fans constantly on
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From: Peter Ceresole on 25 Mar 2010 07:51 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > > I'm rather put out about this, I've no need for more than a couple of > hundred gig in the iMac so I was intending to go SSD when 256gig ones > become reasonably priced. Looks like that will be problematic now > unless someone comes up with stick-on heat sensors that fit the same > plug. Reading the OWC piede, doesn't it suggest (in the reponses) that you can continue to use the old sensor, stuck onto the outside as before? Or is that just wishful thinking? I agree with you about the machine layout; my iG5 is one of the most stunningly well laid out machines it's possible to imagine. Like a diagram. It's a pity that the wish for a different case design led Apple to spoil that. -- Peter
From: Sara on 25 Mar 2010 08:17 In article <cgzjmthpzs-23DA21.11215925032010(a)news.simnet.is>, Martin-S <cgzjmthpzs(a)lzrpqi.net> wrote: > In article <a7gmq5t1i5g93qsabicj0ictqf42oifo0f(a)4ax.com>, > Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > > > Ooooh. That's a really retarded trick. > > Yes, rather disappointing since swapping HDs has always been quite > simple in most Macs. I wonder why they ever abandoned that concept of > more user-servicable designs like the first generations of iMac G5s. > > Anyway I just realised, Sarah is having the problem with a 20", so this > can't be the reason. > > Sorry, I got confused. Yes, this one has the sensor stuck to the drive. But even so, it insists on running the fans at full pelt as soon as it's powered up. I'm running out of ideas to be honest. -- Sara Hurrah - the weather has cheered up
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 25 Mar 2010 08:29 On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:51:30 +0000, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: >Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > >> >> I'm rather put out about this, I've no need for more than a couple of >> hundred gig in the iMac so I was intending to go SSD when 256gig ones >> become reasonably priced. Looks like that will be problematic now >> unless someone comes up with stick-on heat sensors that fit the same >> plug. > >Reading the OWC piede, doesn't it suggest (in the reponses) that you can >continue to use the old sensor, stuck onto the outside as before? > >Or is that just wishful thinking? It is the sort of thinking that I'm wishing too. Having a fairly quiet 3.5" drive two feet from my face annoys me - I'd happily swap it out for a really silent 2.5" or SSD. >I agree with you about the machine layout; my iG5 is one of the most >stunningly well laid out machines it's possible to imagine. Like a >diagram. It's a pity that the wish for a different case design led Apple >to spoil that. There's no particular reason why it should have resulted in such a mess, either. But there we go. Cheers - Jaimie -- "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei
From: Rowland McDonnell on 25 Mar 2010 10:01 Sara <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > 20" iMac > > Just replaced the HD and now the fans are running full on all the time. > > I opened it up again to have a look at the heat sensors and they both > (the one on the HD and the one on the optical drive) were barely > attached so I refixed them with double-sided tape to the holder, not to > the sensor itself. Put machine back together and no difference, lots of > fan. > > I'm wondering if the part of the HD the sensor is attached to is the > problem, the old drive had a completely smooth section that it was fixed > to, the replacement has all kinds of gubbins on it - by which I mean > slightly raised writing and patterns. Could this be the problem? > > Any other suggestions? What's Activity Monitor got to say? Could be a software issue - which OS version? Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Rowland McDonnell on 25 Mar 2010 10:01
Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > > > > > I'm rather put out about this, I've no need for more than a couple of > > hundred gig in the iMac so I was intending to go SSD when 256gig ones > > become reasonably priced. Looks like that will be problematic now > > unless someone comes up with stick-on heat sensors that fit the same > > plug. > > Reading the OWC piede, doesn't it suggest (in the reponses) that you can > continue to use the old sensor, stuck onto the outside as before? > > Or is that just wishful thinking? > > I agree with you about the machine layout; my iG5 is one of the most > stunningly well laid out machines it's possible to imagine. You should take a look at the old G4 towers - by the time they'd got to the 1.25GHz 2G4 I had, they were just perfick, as far as accessing the insides for adding/swapping parts. And there's nothing easier to get into, either - ring pull opens the door, there it all is. Much easier to access than all iMac designs - much easier. Actually, now I think of it, the original compact Macs were laid out /beautifully/. And my Performa 475 is the neatest PC (inside the case) that I've ever seen, ever. [snip] Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking |