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    Frying my Airport Card?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by blurb23, Apr 7, 2008.

  1. blurb23

    blurb23 Notebook Consultant

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    My Alu iMac's (specs in sig) Airport Card continually runs at 63C. Am I cooking it to death?

    This is after just a couple hours of browsing, Adium, and iTunes.

    I have smcFanControl installed, but I keep that off since I read that using that would decrease the overall life of your system by running down the fans' life faster.

    Is my temperature OK? If not, what speeds should I set my fans to?
     
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  2. mc511

    mc511 Notebook Evangelist

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    No mine is like 62 so i think you are all good dont worry.
     
    mc511, Apr 8, 2008
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    blazezaku Notebook Guru

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    mine is at 53 now
     
    blazezaku, Apr 14, 2008
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    blurb23 Notebook Consultant

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    OK, I set my fans to 1800 and mine's hovering at 58. Thanks guys.
     
    blurb23, Apr 14, 2008
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