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ODD fan speed still stuck at 5100 after uninstalling smcFanControl

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m13253
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ODD fan speed still stuck at 5100 after uninstalling smcFanControl

Post by m13253 »

I once installed smcFanControl, and uninstalled it before installing Macs Fan Control.
I made sure the following files are removed:
  • ~/Library/Caches/com.eidac.smcFanControl2
  • ~/Library/Preferences/com.eidac.smcFanControl2.plist
After that I reset SMC and PRAM.
The ODD fan speed still locks at 5100 RPM.

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Macs Fan Control 1.4.8.1
iMac9,1
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8135 @ 2.66GHz [100]
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 9400
macOS 10.11.6

Fans:
ODD-min{5100}curr{4654}max{5100}mode{0}
HDD-min{1600}curr{1600}max{6000}mode{2,WDC WD3200AAJS-40H3A0,42,52}
CPU-min{1200}curr{3902}max{3900}mode{0}


TempSensors:
TA0P (Ambient) - 22.625, 22.625
TC0D (CPU Diode) - 30, 30
TC0H (CPU Heatsink) - 29, 29
TC0P (CPU Proximity) - 31, 31
TG0D () - -1, 129
TG0H () - -1, 129
TH0P (HDD Proximity) - 35.5, 35.5
TL0P () - -1, 128
TN0D (Northbridge Diode) - 39.6992, 39.6992
TN0H (Northbridge heatsink ) - 37, 37
TN0P (MCP Proximity) - 30.625, 30.625
TO0P (Optical Drive) - 26.75, 26.75
Tm0P (MLB Proximity) - 29.375, 29.375
Tp0P (Power Supply Proximity) - 64.5234, 64.5234


Disk drives:
WDC WD3200AAJS-40H3A0 - 37
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Re: ODD fan speed still stuck at 5100 after uninstalling smcFanControl

Post by Steven »

Hello,

We don't know the reason for this problem, but this is the second report so far (for >3 years). the first report also happened on the same machine.
Maybe some sensor is broken (ODD cools down the GPU). If you discover the reason, please drop a line. Thanks

The 1st report looks like yours:
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