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My iMac keeps going to sleep on it's own...WHY?!
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1797591" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>Open up Activity Monitor and look at the CPU tab and sort by % so that the heavy hitters are at the top. Now open up your streaming site and keep an eye on the CPU. Finally, open PS and a file and again look at the CPU. I think you'll find that Flash triggers a lot of CPU activity as does PS. Add in that both of them put big demand on the GPU as well and you have a nice oven going on. The loud fan is a dead giveaway that heat is building up. And it's not whether or not the machine is overtaxed, it's whether or not it's overheated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1797591, member: 396914"] Open up Activity Monitor and look at the CPU tab and sort by % so that the heavy hitters are at the top. Now open up your streaming site and keep an eye on the CPU. Finally, open PS and a file and again look at the CPU. I think you'll find that Flash triggers a lot of CPU activity as does PS. Add in that both of them put big demand on the GPU as well and you have a nice oven going on. The loud fan is a dead giveaway that heat is building up. And it's not whether or not the machine is overtaxed, it's whether or not it's overheated. [/QUOTE]
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