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iMac Running Very Hot- Need Advice

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These are the temperatures for my iMac at this moment, I have mail, iChat, messenger:mac and Skitch open. What's going on?
 
That's not hot, it's well within acceptable temp ranges. My MB is in the 57C range right now, and that's actually cooler than it's been in a while (HDD swap). You're fine.
 
My Pentium 4 is at 68 right now. Low 50s is nathin. Also remember with a computer like the iMac, compromises in cooling have to be made in order to have such a pretty computer.
 
I was told that I shouldn't be getting temperatures over 50*C, generally about 43*C in my HDD, was that wrong?
 
This is my temp. As you can see, you're not very far removed from this. This was after a few hours of playing a game in Win XP under VMWare Fusion. I did bump up the cpu fan in smcfan control a wee bit.

Tom [edit: I do have my wireless and bluetooth turned off]
 

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your temps are good nothing to worry......basically the cpus are ok for anything much in new imacs its just the hd temp to watch.....basically if hd is in 50-60 C for a long time that reduces the lifespan......just use smbfancontrol if worried or if u use gaming in bootcamp
 
basically if hd is in 50-60 C for a long time that reduces the lifespan
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In theory! I know I won't be using my iMac in 4 years time. It will have been sold on ebay and upgraded to the latest one.
 
basically if hd is in 50-60 C for a long time that reduces the lifespan
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In theory! I know I won't be using my iMac in 4 years time. It will have been sold on ebay and upgraded to the latest one.
 
not sure what HD is in your iMac, but mine has a western digitial and on their website it says the operating temp goes up to 60 deg C I believe. With smcfancontrol mine usually sits at 48-50 deg C and occasionally get to 54 for short periods of time. I think an "avg temp" of 50 or below is fine for the HD.
 
Yeah, I know! I used to get really worried about how hot it got, but it's been working fine for three and a half years now, so I'm sure it's fine. I've never compared against any other iMac G5 owners though, so if you've got one, show us your temps! 🙂
 
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