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Strange min fan speed...

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Strange min fan speed...

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Normally my CPU fan shows a minimum of 1200 and max of 2600, but sometime yesterday I got this, showing a min of 1854, but actual speed of 1200.  Do you know what may be going on here? A restart put it back to the usual. 
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Min speed is set NOT by our app. It's set by SMC system. It can be different
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Steven wrote:Min speed is set NOT by our app. It's set by SMC system. It can be different
But if min speed is reporting 1854, why is actual speed only 1199?
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Can you please post a screenshot?
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Steven wrote:Can you please post a screenshot?
Please see my first post. Thank you.
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