85☌ Bakery Cafe, with over 1,000 stores worldwide. Has anyone else encountered this problem when installing a new hard drive or have any ideas what could be happening to this mini? Should I ignore this and keep using smcFanControl to idle my computer or is there a fix? I'd much prefer having the computer take care of the tasks of temperature regulation it's quite distracting having to do it myself.85C Bakery Cafe Open to serve you ORDER ONLINE NEW ITEMS Looking to add another favorite? Check out our latest NEW treats and sweets! Learn More SEASONAL Get it while its here! These items are a seasonal treat only, so don’t miss out! Learn More Sweet Treats An offer just for you! Download the 85☌ App to enjoy these exclusive deals and discountsFacebookPublicly traded in Taiwan, 85☌ Bakery Cafe was built on the idea of providing five-star quality pastries and drinks at an affordable price. Besides the fan issues, the Mac mini is running extremely well.

On top of this, I have run an Apple Hardware Test that returned no errors. I have also already tried resetting the SMC (unplugged for 15 seconds, and plugged in for 5 before being powered on). Additionally, I am currently running smcFanControl to keep the fan speeds off 5000 RPM, and have observed a temperature around 40-54 C. I then installed another I had lying around, and it produced the same issue. The first hard drive I installed is a 2.5' that used to be in my Mid-2012 MacBook Pro before I upgraded it to an SSD. This leads me to think that the cable is indeed intact and properly connected. In addition, I know that the fan currently runs lower than if I start the computer with the cable completely unplugged (I have tested this). I have, however, ensured that the cable is properly installed. I have done research into this issue, and several people have stated that this is the result of not correctly plugging in the hard drive temperature cable. If I try and do anything such as use Safari or update the machine, the fan speed goes back up.

The high fan speeds continue while starting up, and the speed lowers when the computer is idling on the desktop.

When I first tested the computer without a drive, it was extremely quiet, but after I followed iFixit's guide to replace the hard drive and installed Lion, the fan is extremely loud. The machine is a 1.83 GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo model with 2 GB Ram and came without a hard drive. I recently bought a Mid-2007 Mac mini from my university surplus store.

Maximum ram in a mac mini mid 2010