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- 17 inch 2 GHz C2D imac (5,1) with 3GB DDR2 RAM, X1600 (128MB memory) GPU - OSX 10.6.3
Hi,
My imac (white C2D 2Ghz) when I purchased ran rather silently and the fans were idling at around 1000 rpm. And temperatures mostly nothing over 65 degrees C. I had 10.4 back then though.
Now I have 10.5.4 and my fans are idling at 1200 rpm, and the temps are 50, 40 and the rest lower than 40 decrees C. But it's running rather noisily now. As in the constant hum from just having the machine on is rather noticeable now. And that's without accessing the HD or anything. Sure I can hear that to but it's not so bad.
Would anyone know why my machine is becoming slowly more noisy to run? Would it be a dust problem, or is it just the fans spinning faster to keep my machine cooler? Cause it's not annoying but very noticeable this hum.
Is there a fix for this issue or just something I have to live with?
My imac (white C2D 2Ghz) when I purchased ran rather silently and the fans were idling at around 1000 rpm. And temperatures mostly nothing over 65 degrees C. I had 10.4 back then though.
Now I have 10.5.4 and my fans are idling at 1200 rpm, and the temps are 50, 40 and the rest lower than 40 decrees C. But it's running rather noisily now. As in the constant hum from just having the machine on is rather noticeable now. And that's without accessing the HD or anything. Sure I can hear that to but it's not so bad.
Would anyone know why my machine is becoming slowly more noisy to run? Would it be a dust problem, or is it just the fans spinning faster to keep my machine cooler? Cause it's not annoying but very noticeable this hum.
Is there a fix for this issue or just something I have to live with?