extraction heat from iMac
hello, would it be possible to make holes in the chassis and install a fan for heat extraction
thank you
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Why do you think you need to add more air flow?
Either you need to do some cleaning and redo the thermal paste or you're pushing the system to hard.
Also if you replaced your HD you need to install a thermal sensor to replace the one that was in the custom Apple drive.
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Did you change the hard drive?
by mayer
hello dan
thank you for your reply
i have an imac 27 "i7 end of 2009
20gb ram
sshd 1tb 8gb
el captain system
with a windows 7 partion
mac fan install
with max temperatures set at 60 °
I already have to dismount and clean several times
it works very well
I use it for
technical drawing
video editing, photo,
music and for programming
it happens that the cpu arrive at 97 °
when he has to compile very large files
then the temperature returns to 58 ° to 60 °
now why
change the probe and put back dough would not heat the cpu
thanks again
by giro giro
giro we know what the problem is. what we need to know is your EXACT machine. there was an early and late 2009, which one do you have and what is you processors speed.
by mayer
Hello MAYER
I thank you for your
question
imac 27 "2009 I7
2.8GHz Intel Core
20 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
by giro giro
I want to know if someone has already installed an external fan on the shell of the imac
by giro giro
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