Jon Foster said:Well, since this is an iMac, there's no way for me to get into it to look for dust or do anything with fans. I assume the repair guy cleaned out any dust when he replaced the drive.
Ray, you are having heat issues with your PC? Is everything cleaned out? No dust in the PC? All fans are working properly? Vents are clear?
Ray Dunakin said:I hope he did. One would expect that he did it. Is the machine still suffering from heat issues? Do you have any software that reports processor or internal case temperatures? If so, what are the readings? When are they the highest? Do temps climb to an extreme immediately after the system is turned on?
Well, since this is an iMac, there's no way for me to get into it to look for dust or do anything with fans. I assume the repair guy cleaned out any dust when he replaced the drive.
In general Mac’s were built far better than generic PC’s. If you have a heat problem something is wrong. Something is blocked by dirt or there is a failure someplace.
I just did a quick Google search on taking a iMac apart. Here’s the first one that popped up…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_u4FhDP6-o&feature=fvw
Jon.
It’s an iMac. No wonder you have problems.
Watch the video. The way it is sandwiched together there is no airflow over the components.
The iMac is a design of style over function.
It doesn’t matter if it is a PC or a Mac, every component in a computer generates heat.
“Computer rooms” are cooled below normal air conditioned temperatures.
Higher temperatures cause poor cpu performance as well as component failures.
Ralph