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Mac mini 2011 not responding to any MFC Command

Posted: 20 Apr 2017, 02:32
by ichaia
Hi, I'm not being able to control my fan at all with MFC. Ether I set a contact rpm or sensor based, it won't respond to the commands. I've tried resetting SMC, and even restoring my Mac. I did some research on this forum and couldn't find much info about this topic, does anyone have any suggestion? 

Mac mini 2011 server.
2 256gb Samsung SSD that doesn't show any temperature on MFC control panel

I've run apples hardware test, fan motor it's failing, bought another one and it finished with the same result..

Re: Mac mini 2011 not responding to any MFC Command

Posted: 20 Apr 2017, 02:38
by ichaia
Last reboot log: 

INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:52.771 MacFanControl/app.cpp @ 195 "Macs Fan Control 1.4.7" 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:52.771 MacFanControl/app.cpp @ 196 "macOS 10.12.4" 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:52.772 MacFanControl/app.cpp @ 197 "Macmini5,3" 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:52.772 MacFanControl/app.cpp @ 198 "Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2635QM CPU @ 2.00GHz" 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:52.772 MacFanControl/app.cpp @ 199 "Qt 5.6.2" 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:53.714 MacFanControl/core/FanControl.cpp @ 268 "QFanControl::InitialLoadThread" 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:53.714 MacFanControl/core/FanControl.cpp @ 282 "QFanControl::InitialLoadThread - LoadCachedFansAndTempSensors" 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:53.714 MacFanControl/core/FanControl.cpp @ 287 "QFanControl::InitialLoadThread - smc_get_fans_control_mode" 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:53.716 MacFanControl/core/FanControl.cpp @ 79 "Fan " 0 ": manual" 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:53.716 MacFanControl/core/FanControl.cpp @ 291 "QFanControl::InitialLoadThread - QTempSensorSmart::loadAvailableSensors" 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:53.723 MacFanControl/core/FanControl.cpp @ 295 "QFanControl::InitialLoadThread - FilterSupportedTempSensors" 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:53.756 MacFanControl/core/FanControl.cpp @ 308 "QFanControl::InitialLoadThread: number of supported SMC sensors: 16" 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:53.756 MacFanControl/core/FanControl.cpp @ 309 "QFanControl::InitialLoadThread: number of supported SMART sensors: 2" 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:53.838 MacFanControl/core/smc.cpp @ 334 Set fans mode 1 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:54.843 MacFanControl/core/SensorControl.cpp @ 109 "Exhaust: HALF INCREASE ON" 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:54.843 MacFanControl/core/SensorControl.cpp @ 114 "Exhaust: Tendency is set to TendencyIncrease, Temperature 48, RPM=6739" 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:54.843 MacFanControl/core/SensorControl.cpp @ 393 "Exhaust: Setting fan speed to" 2301 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:54.908 MacFanControl/core/smc.cpp @ 334 Set fans mode 1 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:55.975 MacFanControl/core/SensorControl.cpp @ 159 "Exhaust: Temperature DECREASED to 47" 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:55.975 MacFanControl/core/SensorControl.cpp @ 183 "Exhaust: Ignoring temperature change" 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:55.975 MacFanControl/core/SensorControl.cpp @ 208 "Exhaust: Tendency is set to TendencyIncrease" 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:55.975 MacFanControl/core/SensorControl.cpp @ 393 "Exhaust: Setting fan speed to" 2303 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:57.040 MacFanControl/core/SensorControl.cpp @ 159 "Exhaust: Temperature DECREASED to 47" 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:57.040 MacFanControl/core/SensorControl.cpp @ 183 "Exhaust: Ignoring temperature change" 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:57.040 MacFanControl/core/SensorControl.cpp @ 208 "Exhaust: Tendency is set to TendencyIncrease" 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:57.040 MacFanControl/core/SensorControl.cpp @ 393 "Exhaust: Setting fan speed to" 2305 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:58.106 MacFanControl/core/SensorControl.cpp @ 393 "Exhaust: Setting fan speed to" 2300 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:59.172 MacFanControl/core/SensorControl.cpp @ 109 "Exhaust: HALF INCREASE ON" 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:59.172 MacFanControl/core/SensorControl.cpp @ 114 "Exhaust: Tendency is set to TendencyIncrease, Temperature 48, RPM=6739" 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:35:59.172 MacFanControl/core/SensorControl.cpp @ 393 "Exhaust: Setting fan speed to" 2301 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:36:00.238 MacFanControl/core/SensorControl.cpp @ 393 "Exhaust: Setting fan speed to" 2302 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:36:01.307 MacFanControl/core/SensorControl.cpp @ 393 "Exhaust: Setting fan speed to" 2303 
INFO  2017-04-19T23:36:01.707 MacFanControl/core/smc.cpp @ 334 Set fans mode 1 

Re: Mac mini 2011 not responding to any MFC Command

Posted: 24 Apr 2017, 11:40
by Steven
Run the Apple Hardware Test one more time.
If MFC is not able to change RPM, most likely because of some hardware failure