The Mac Mini is a tightly packed little box of Apple goodness. I've long suspected that it shares the same potential problems that lappie owners face - i.e. the cooling solution is just about adequate for normal running, but not the continuous load that SETI imposes.

While it is true that minis use laptop-grade silicon and drives, this does not apply to its cooling system: it's way more beefy than anything you'd ever find in a laptop. The G4 minis have employed a very similar cooling system, and I've had G4 minis run on SETI more or less since the day they were introduced - again without any hiccups to date.

The Mac Mini is a tightly packed little box of Apple goodness. I've long suspected that it shares the same potential problems that lappie owners face - i.e. the cooling solution is just about adequate for normal running, but not the continuous load that SETI imposes.

You could limit your crunching to one cpu core by going to your account and adjusting your preferences. Or you could use the local BOINC preferences to limit cpu use. Either method should reduce the heat being generated.

Laptop users often employ laptop coolers to assist heat removal. Amazon stock lots of different ones, so I wonder if such a device might help a Mini keep its cool.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Antec-NOTEBOOK-COOLER-Notebook-Cooler/dp/B0000BVYTV/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=gateway&qid=1201824341&sr=8-1

Ok, thank you for such information and advice.
I will think to find a balanced solution

The Mac Mini is a tightly packed little box of Apple goodness. I've long suspected that it shares the same potential problems that lappie owners face - i.e. the cooling solution is just about adequate for normal running, but not the continuous load that SETI imposes.

You could limit your crunching to one cpu core by going to your account and adjusting your preferences. Or you could use the local BOINC preferences to limit cpu use. Either method should reduce the heat being generated.

Laptop users often employ laptop coolers to assist heat removal. Amazon stock lots of different ones, so I wonder if such a device might help a Mini keep its cool.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Antec-NOTEBOOK-COOLER-Notebook-Cooler/dp/B0000BVYTV/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=gateway&qid=1201824341&sr=8-1

logically, No

Did you install iStat?

http://islayer.com/support/?p=24

Is your fan working?

83 is technically near 100 and boiling

Hope the temperature was in celsius, if not, man, should be cold out there

You can add a software to relax your CPU

Hi,
I have a new Apple MAC MINI 2 GHz. If I use SETI 2 processors with 100% CPU temperature is 83 degrees.
(With 50% t ° is 70 ° and without SETI t ° is 60 ° Is this mormal ?)
What do you think?
Thanks

I have an Intel C2D T7200 @ 2 GHz which is kinda like your Apple Mac Mini, and also use SETI at 100%.. my temperature peaks at 70 Celcius with my fans set to auto but when i turned on my fans to 100%.. the temp goes down to 59-60 Celcius.. my room temperature is about 30 Celcius... so for me thats okay...

Whats your room temperature anyway? Are your laptop's fans running at max or auto when you run SETI with 100% CPU utilisation?

Also check whether your CPU is throttling at those temps.. if they're not, they're okay at that temp and are not overheating...

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