First, title should say "repaste" and not "repast."
Second, I would be interested to see if people who have problems with their 2018 Mac Mini are getting thermal throttling. You can find this out by opening a terminal window and entering the command
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A few days ago, I had my Mac Mini with the bottom open and a 140mm PC fan above and below. Regardless, I was getting multiple CPUs hitting 100 celsius. I download the TG Pro app, and I saw that everything in the Mini case was cool except for the CPU.
Interestingly, this was leading to the process called WindowServer to hit more than 100% in Activity Monitor. Even though the CPU was staying at 60%, I started to get really, really bad input lag. This was happening when I had like five safari pages open and MS Word.
I had already upgraded the Mini's memory to 64 GBs. In that process, I broke the male part of the main fan and the female part of the Wifi antenna. I purchased another fan and I've used electrical tape for the Wifi Antenna (not my first time dealing with those delicate Mac antenna connectors).
Last night, I finally just said screw it and I repasted the CPU. In the process, I discovered that there was very little dry thermal paste on the CPU, but a lot on the part of the cooler that sits on top of the CPU. I failed to take a photo of the CPU and cooler in this state, unfortunately.
i used Thermal Grizzle Hydronaut. Before, CPU PECI was hitting 100 celsius regularly. Granted, I've only had the Mini booted for like 30 minutes, but CPU PECI has only hit 89 Celsius at this point.
I've realized that no computer design engineer is going to make a product that has a CPU that throttles itself on a regular basis. If this happening on your Mac, and you have Apple Care, take it in for service. If not, and it's a 2018 Mac Mini, just set aside some time and repaste the CPU. Make sure you have all the tools and enough time first. Good luck!
Second, I would be interested to see if people who have problems with their 2018 Mac Mini are getting thermal throttling. You can find this out by opening a terminal window and entering the command
Bash:
pmset -g thermlogA few days ago, I had my Mac Mini with the bottom open and a 140mm PC fan above and below. Regardless, I was getting multiple CPUs hitting 100 celsius. I download the TG Pro app, and I saw that everything in the Mini case was cool except for the CPU.
Interestingly, this was leading to the process called WindowServer to hit more than 100% in Activity Monitor. Even though the CPU was staying at 60%, I started to get really, really bad input lag. This was happening when I had like five safari pages open and MS Word.
I had already upgraded the Mini's memory to 64 GBs. In that process, I broke the male part of the main fan and the female part of the Wifi antenna. I purchased another fan and I've used electrical tape for the Wifi Antenna (not my first time dealing with those delicate Mac antenna connectors).
Last night, I finally just said screw it and I repasted the CPU. In the process, I discovered that there was very little dry thermal paste on the CPU, but a lot on the part of the cooler that sits on top of the CPU. I failed to take a photo of the CPU and cooler in this state, unfortunately.
i used Thermal Grizzle Hydronaut. Before, CPU PECI was hitting 100 celsius regularly. Granted, I've only had the Mini booted for like 30 minutes, but CPU PECI has only hit 89 Celsius at this point.
I've realized that no computer design engineer is going to make a product that has a CPU that throttles itself on a regular basis. If this happening on your Mac, and you have Apple Care, take it in for service. If not, and it's a 2018 Mac Mini, just set aside some time and repaste the CPU. Make sure you have all the tools and enough time first. Good luck!
