My Mac Mini is extremely hot the touch and not powering on. I’ve unplugged it hoping it cools down and begins to work again. Any suggestions?
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Mac Mini extremely hot to touch
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Fishrrman
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You can start by telling us WHICH Mac Mini you have.
What year was it made?
What OS is running?
How much RAM?
How large a hard drive inside?
What year was it made?
What OS is running?
How much RAM?
How large a hard drive inside?
I agree that knowing the specs and which OS will help.
Intel Mac minis will run hot, especially if the fans are blocked or not cleaned regularly. Mac minis with the M series chips generally run pretty cool unless you are really stressing the system or the fans are blocked/dirty.
Intel Mac minis will run hot, especially if the fans are blocked or not cleaned regularly. Mac minis with the M series chips generally run pretty cool unless you are really stressing the system or the fans are blocked/dirty.
Its probably safe to say that cleaning the fan worked considering the OP has only posted 4 times all in this thread and we haven't heard from them since they said they would clean the fan.
Ben J.
macrumors 65816
A few thoughts:
Are you hearing a lot of fan noise?
Check Activity Monitor, click on the CPU column so that it sorts everything by cpu usage. Anything stick out w/high cpu?
You could install a free demo of something like TG Pro, a fans/temps manager and see what's happening with the temperatures.
Are you hearing a lot of fan noise?
Check Activity Monitor, click on the CPU column so that it sorts everything by cpu usage. Anything stick out w/high cpu?
You could install a free demo of something like TG Pro, a fans/temps manager and see what's happening with the temperatures.