820-01237 iMac going slow

Outofwhack

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Are schematics, boardview and diagnostics available for this board? Link appreciated if so.
Are there any common problems with this one?
Fan is going fast and HWMonitor.app reports high temps on HDD bay 1 (249c), HDD bay 2 (129) and GPU 2 die (129)
 

2informaticos

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Nothing out to the public yet:(.
Any history available?

You should check any HDD/SSD temp sensor, if possible.
 

Outofwhack

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The temps as reported by HWMonitor.app were with the original Apple supplied spinning HDD. I do see SBBOD . I’ve replaced the HDD with a Samsung evo 960 [and a SATA extension that hopefully grounds the temp sensor pin] the 249c has now become 129c.
Fan still wants to spin fast and SBBOD still around.
 

2informaticos

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So the error was there before someone open the machine?
If yhis is the case, then try disconnecting webcam.
If machine was opened before, check the LCD temp sensor too.
 

Outofwhack

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Yes the slowness and semi frequent SBBOD was there before anyone opened the iMac. It is the sole reason customer has brought me it.
I tried booting with the webcam removed - no difference sadly.
LCD sensor reports 129c when screen disconnected and 25c when connected so no suspicion there.

QUESTION: Is there a way to see the throttling back of the CPU other than the resulting slowness - a good utility perhaps?

QUESTION: Also, given I've got a few sensors supposedly showing open circuit or high C values is there a certain chip that handles multiple sensor levels that might have failed?

QUESTION: Do you think it could be found without aid of schematic and board view?
 

2informaticos

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Shouldn' be a particular sensor issue, as you get more bad values reported.
There should be a problem with one interface with blocks the correct communication on I2C bus.

Just in case, discard a softare issue.
Disconnect internal SSD and test it with USB macOS.
Do PRAM reset 2-3 times also.
 

Outofwhack

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Many thanks for your help 2informaticos.

I think the speed of the SSD does compensate for the suspecting slow running so they may be happy - but Im keen to find ways to debug these issues.

Question: Is there a utility or unix command to confirm slowed processing? Throttling
Question: Is it useful to view the I2C bus with a suitable scope e.g. DS1054z
 
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