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Mac Mini hardware fault
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<blockquote data-quote="lclev" data-source="post: 1731393" data-attributes="member: 307555"><p>If Patrick's suggestion shows a fan issue and boosting the speed does not help it could be a fan that is weak or failing. </p><p>If the fan is bad it can be replace: <a href="https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac+Mini+Mid+2011+Fan+Replacement/6387" target="_blank">https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac+Mini+Mid+2011+Fan+Replacement/6387</a></p><p></p><p>It is possible the thermal grease needs replacing between the heat sink and cpu. It can dry out although I would not think this would be the case this early as it is a 2011. The heat sink could also need replacing. I did look at <a href="https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac+Mini+Mid+2011+Heat+Sink+Replacement/6418" target="_blank">ifixit.com</a> to see how hard it would be and it is listed as difficult. </p><p></p><p>Lisa</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lclev, post: 1731393, member: 307555"] If Patrick's suggestion shows a fan issue and boosting the speed does not help it could be a fan that is weak or failing. If the fan is bad it can be replace: [url]https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac+Mini+Mid+2011+Fan+Replacement/6387[/url] It is possible the thermal grease needs replacing between the heat sink and cpu. It can dry out although I would not think this would be the case this early as it is a 2011. The heat sink could also need replacing. I did look at [URL="https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac+Mini+Mid+2011+Heat+Sink+Replacement/6418"]ifixit.com[/URL] to see how hard it would be and it is listed as difficult. Lisa [/QUOTE]
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