Fans going full speed imac after hard drive switch BUT IM ON WINDOWS

Hello, I have been listening to my IMACs fans ROARING at full speed ever since I changed the hard drive out, by myself.

I have done a lot of research but nobody has my specific problem.

I am using WINDOWS 7 on my IMAC 2009 27 inch, with no trace of mac OS on this machine.

I have seen programs like sdfancontrol or whatever to get the fans to slow down, however I am using WINDOWS and that file cannot be opened.

HOW do i slow these fans down?!

GOD BLESS YOU

What iMac model do you have? Did the old hard drive have a sensor lead attached going to a connector on the top of the logic board? If not you would either need an Apple hard drive, or an Apple replacement interface cable that has been modified with a temperature sensor. This sensor then needs attaching to the new hard drive. This is typical for the older iMacs from 2011. Using a fan control program is far from ideal as the fan speed will not increase as the iMac warms up.

i found a fix here:
Macs Fan Control - control fans of any Mac & Boot Camp! | CRYSTALIDEA Software

so im having a good day now.

Give certain fan controls a big miss and if you must, look at HDD fan control. It is not free but is good. Your problem is a hard drive has been replaced without Apple's proprietory heat sensors making it roar like a jumbo jet. Have a read of this:-


http://www.hddfancontrol.com

Harry you forgot the link?

What cradom?

Apears to me as iMac Fan Noise Fix | iMac HDD Fan Control

Wasn't there before you edited it...

Last edited by harryb2448; Today at 03:14 PM.

Grin

LOL the edit was to change certain fan controls.

boscher said:

HOW do i slow these fans down?!

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If you haven't already…you'll want to read these two articles:

How do you upgrade the hard drive in the "Late 2009," "Mid-2010," "Mid-2011" and "Late 2011" (21.5-Inch and 27-Inch) Aluminum iMac models? What type of storage do they support? Is it even possible to upgrade these models? @ EveryMac.com

Proprietary Cable can put the brakes on upgrading Late '09 iMacs. | Other World Computing Blog

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