Hard Drive internal temperature sensor with iMac

yossefelbaz · yossefelbaz #1 (**permalink**)

02-15-2012, 10:00 AM

Hi.

I just replaced my HDD with another. I saw that Apple uses the internal sensor instead of external one, so i bought the Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB with the right connection.

The thing is that i can't see the OS reading this temperature now. Is there any way to configure it or setup anything to make it work?

Thank you.

chscag · chscag #2 (**permalink**)

02-15-2012, 01:25 PM

Tell us the year and model of your iMac. The newer iMacs use a proprietary drive and cable to provide temperature sensing that in turn controls the hard drive cooling fan.

yossefelbaz · yossefelbaz #3 (**permalink**)

02-15-2012, 03:18 PM

The year is 2010 and the model is A1312. I do have the cable you are referring to, and i bought a hard drive with this connection and i plugged this cable.

yossefelbaz #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 07, 2012 Posts: 7	02-15-2012, 10:00 AM Hi. I just replaced my HDD with another. I saw that Apple uses the internal sensor instead of external one, so i bought the Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB with the right connection. The thing is that i can't see the OS reading this temperature now. Is there any way to configure it or setup anything to make it work? Thank you. Last edited by yossefelbaz; 02-15-2012 at 10:35 AM.
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chscag #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 32,378 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	02-15-2012, 01:25 PM Tell us the year and model of your iMac. The newer iMacs use a proprietary drive and cable to provide temperature sensing that in turn controls the hard drive cooling fan. Community Guidelines
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