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smsfan control with early 08 mac pro

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BeyondMountains

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I put all the fans up to 1000 but Power Supply stays at 599.

Any thoughts why it wont go up?



Also whats a safe temp for harddrives? My HD:macintosh drive was around 39C- 41C when I put the fans on higher. Now its at 37



and its only 60degrees out today and my room is already over 70 (dam attic ) i wont be able to use my computer when its 100 out
 
jhcodafa said:
I put all the fans up to 1000 but Power Supply stays at 599.

Any thoughts why it wont go up?



Also whats a safe temp for harddrives? My HD:macintosh drive was around 39C- 41C when I put the fans on higher. Now its at 37



and its only 60degrees out today and my room is already over 70 (dam attic ) i wont be able to use my computer when its 100 out
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mine does the same - at about 600 for the power supply. Guess SMC is not able to spin that fan up...

Under no load, w/ 2 drives I am at 32C in a 70F room. CPUS are at 25C.
 
A "nice" safe temperature for most consumer HHDs is room temperature ~ 36c. That's for a typical HDD rated at 50c/55c MOT. This is according to Seagate and that sounds about right to me too. Such drives should always be kept under 40c if you can. I mean if you want "nice" - and nice is good. :)

BTW, my PSU fan speed increases when I set it using smcFanControl. Are you using the newest version? I'm using a 2006 Mac Pro tho. I guess there could be some difference.


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Tesselator said:
BTW, my PSU fan speed increases when I set it using smcFanControl. Are you using the newest version? I'm using a 2006 Mac Pro tho. I guess there could be some difference.
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I'm also on the 2006 Mac Pro and my PSU does the same thing, so it's not something to worry about. I'm not sure if that's a problem with the PSU's fan controller not working or if it's just something in the software.

And as for the hard drives, I have just two in mine at the moment, and both are usually at the ~40c to ~50c point. I didn't mind checking the technicals for a recommended temp, but hey- no problems so far.
 
My hard drives are usually around 37 to 40c

and thats only when its 70degrees outside.

During the summer (85-100f outside) I have to run an external box fan into my mac pro to keep that temperature or just turn it off.. i'm in an attic
 
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