Mac Mini, late 2012, post SSD upgrade

[Wackery]

Hello,

So i completed my SSD installation without a hitch and everything boots perfectly, but I want to check and see to make sure my fan is actually installed? How can I tell besides putting my ears really close to the mac mini and kind of hearing the whirr? I don't see a slot in system report where I can check if it's connected.

any clues? I'm pretty sure it is, but I'd feel better if I can check somewhere on the software side that it's working and my mac mini won't melt from heat.

 

[Gjwilly]

You can use the free trial of istat which will give you fan read outs plus a ton more

http://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/


Or a freeware program like this one that monitors only the fans

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/47386/macs-fan-control

 

[hfg]

If you have access to a fan control program (smcFanControl) you could set the fans to rev up to the max ... you should easily hear that! 😱

That will be absolute proof your fans are working!

 

[Wackery]

Thanks! The two programs are perfect! Default of 1800rpm is normal right? I also installed istat menu, and then deleted it, but the icons are still at the top? How is that possible, I'm relatively new to macs by the way.

 

[dyt1983]

edit: To remove personally identifying info not relevant to the conversation.