I hate opening up the iMac, though at least with the 2010 model it is comparatively easy to do so, if you're careful with the ribbon cables.Īny thoughts on my proposed mod, welcome.Ĭould you post a pic of the 'smoky smudge?' I worked on a friends mac that had a (I think) similar issue. Would I be able to put the optical drive into some kind of caddy, I wonder, or get an adapter and psu for it off Amazon? I would need to widen the DVD slot a bit but it seems to me that could be done without fundamentally ruining the iMac's appearance. Then I thought, why not remove the largely redundant optical drive and put a slot fan there, instead, might it lower the heat enough that the other fans won't ramp up? I have tried blasting the back of the case with cold air but it only lowers the temps by a few degrees.

I thought about carefully marking off and drilling some holes near the top slot vent but it would spoil the clean lines. Besides which, I'm fed up of the fans ramping up when I use the iMac as a screen with my Hackintosh via target display mode, when watching movies or playing games under windows. I need to lower the temps of my 2010 iMac to stop 'smoky' smudge looking stain spreading across the right hand side of the screen.

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