Hello Orin and Esther,I have an iMac that's about 2 months old. it's
the 24 inch with 2.8 processor.
I was having some fan noise and apple replaced the fans yesterday. The
technician said that the unit has 3 fans. 1 for the CPU, another for
the Screen and he didn't say what the last one was for, but I'd say
probably the power supply. He said these machines get rather warm. He
said that the problems on earlier machines, say 2006 have been
corrected.
This is something I've done. By default, out of the box, the
brightness is set to 100 percent. I lower mine. In fact I lowered it
to 0 on one machine and both my wife and son said that the screen is
still clearly readable without any problems. So we've set the
brightness on 3 iMac machines between 0 and 50 percent. In all cases,
the machines run much cooler.
Just my families experiences with this heating problem.
HTH.
Dan
On Jun 13, 2008, at 4:38 AM, Esther wrote:
Hi Orin,
I heard about overheating problems in the first generation of iMacs,
and
there are many articles that appeared in 2005 reporting on this
problem.
You can try downloading a freeware tool called Temperature Monitor
that people used for diagnosis and use it to provide data, either by
exporting file contents to a file and/or by taking a screen snapshot
that you could send along as an attachment if you are in email contact
with AppleCare or other service. You shouldn't have really high
temperatures. Your iMac is only a few months old, and shouldn't
have any problems. If there is nothing blocking your fans, etc. I
would
get in touch with your local Apple Store. You'll still be under the
warranty period of 1 year. Incidentally, I know this subject has come
up on the list before, but it's a really good idea to get AppleCare.
That's especially true if you don't live near an Apple Store and need
extensive phone support after the first 90 days.
Here's the web page for Temperature Monitor:
http://www.bresink.com/osx/TemperatureMonitor.html
There are links for the download, online manual, and notes.
Good luck.
Cheers,
Esther
On June 13, 2008, at 12:18AM, Orin wrote:
Hey all,
Just wondering, although my iMac is very quiet I really can't hear
it,
it's getting utterally hot, should it? I mean, this is a desktop, and
I keep it on, and I just don't want it to melt away. Shouldn't this
thing have a fan in it to keep it cool?
I'm currently listening to 06. Soldiers Of The Wasteland by
DragonForce on the album Sonic Firestorm and is currently Paused.
Orin
