Mac Mini Heating Issues?

isaachaze1 · New Member Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Posts: 3

I switched our office pc to a mac mini running windows (I'm a traditional pc guy) and my question is whether it is ok to leave the mac on 24/7, as we used to do with our pc. We left the pc on because it would run the backup at night. Also, because some of the software we use is a pain to reboot, so it was easier to just leave it on.

The mac grows pretty hot. We've been shutting it down every night, and turning it back on every morning. Was hoping it would be ok to leave on without frying it.

zedtvl · Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:10 pm Post subject:

mine runs around 60 celsius up to 85 if I run Handbrake.
I use and recommend SMC fan control, it is free and great.
http://www.eidac.de/
Oups sorry it is just for Mac Os
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Smithcraft · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 2:51 am Post subject:

Should run fine. What do you consider to be running hot? Hot to the touch? Or hot by some sort of value reported by a CPU monitoring application?

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isaachaze1 · New Member Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Posts: 3

I just got everything set up, so haven't done any sort of bench-marking or heat checks with software yet. Just noticed the chassis seemed pretty hot to the touch.

Smithcraft · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:02 pm Post subject:

I believe the case is a part of the heat sink in the unibody minis.

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billb · Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:18 am Post subject: Warm not HOT

I shouldn't be "HOT"........warm yes but not HOT.
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macmanmacman · Veteran Member Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Posts: 1679

ditto warm not hot my mini runs 24/7 for the past week because of beta testing no issues here

isaachaze1 · New Member Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Posts: 3

I probably exaggerated a bit (not intentionally) when I said "hot". But yea, it is definitely "warm". Would be curious to know if anyone else runs theirs 24/7 and has done so for longer than a week.

I'll probably at least shut it down over the weekends.

billb · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 2:32 pm Post subject: Re: "hot"

Bandit Bill · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 4:46 pm Post subject:

The aluminum is doing what it supposed to, it's dissipating heat. The more it does this, the less the fan needs to work.

I have never heard of a mini overheating... ever.

I've never even heard of a mini overheating from extreme abuse. ie. in a cabinet, not getting enough air, fan full of dust, transcoding video all day long.

Your mini is doing what it is supposed to do and it will do it 24 hours a day for many, many years.


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