CPU fan on new 27"

Hi, I bought an 27" iMac from Apple 2 1/2 months ago, and most of the time it's very quiet. But sometimes the CPU fan gets very loud and the rpm is over 3,000. When it's quiet it's usually in the
938-940 range. I did a hardware test and there were no problems. Do I need to bring my Mac in, or am I missing something?

{quote:}1. Get a can of compressed air and make sure the vents on the bottom of the computer are not clogged with anything (do you have pets?).
2. Do the same for the circular vent behind the pedestal/base (above where the power cord enters the computer)
3. Do the same for the vent slit at the top of the back of the computer.{quote}
I would not clean the dust from my air intakes in that manner, because it will just blow the dust deeper into the iMac!
A better solution is to shut the iMac down, stopping the fans and then gently vacuuming out all the air intake ports.

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Examples:
pwm1_enable shows if OS-level fan control is enabled (1) or disabled and in BIOS control (0). Changing fan speed won't work if this is disabled. (i.e. cat /sys/class/hwmon0/device/pwm1_enable reports 0 -> disabled; you could enable it with echo 1 > /sys/class/hwmon0/device/pwm1_enable).
pwm1 allows to change fan speed. The values range from 0 (fan off) to 255 (full speed, 12V).
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There might be interfaces for different fans in the same hwmon folder, i.e. pwm2_enable, pwm2, fan2_input, etc., all interfaces with the same index belong to the same physical fan connector, and all in the same hwmonN are managed by the same IC on your mainboard.
Warning: These interfaces, if they work, control the fans directly without any kind of security measure. If you shut some essential fan down, it will stay off until you reboot your CPU shuts down.
(If you see something likein0_alarm, in0_input, in0_max, etc. it's a voltage monitoring chip.)
If one of those interfaces can do something, OS-level fan control does work, if none of those folders contain a working pwm interface, fan control seems to be unavailable.
Sometimes there is an option in the BIOS to enable it, and for some BIOSs software-side fan control only works if dynamic fan control is disabled in the BIOS and fan speed is set to a static value - or vice versa.
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IF: Windows 7 enables OS-level fan control and sets it the RPM to those you observed and you have nothing that provides fan control in Arch and so fan control stays at BIOS-level, which might also read out a different sensor / the same sensor differently or it might be more conservative in setting fan speeds altogether;
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what is fan 1?
are all the fans running that you can see of?
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also the bigger card will restrict air flow too....
Is your PC locking up? it will lock up way before anything melts.
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you may say why you dont buy another 9800 silent? because this card is warm in loads and i had a fear two of them in a case may harm them. I count on HYBRID SLI technology that could shut down the second card but it is not working and i am a little disappoint .
two 9800gt in sli have as power as a GTS 270 in reviews.
CPU COOLER=TUNIQ TOWER EXTREM- According to my counts cooler was silent in ideal but in loads it was noisy so i replaced that
MOBO=NF980-G65-It uses the last chipset from nvidia with sli enabled and ddr3 and phenomii x6 support. (The mobo is hot. According to some reviews it is cooler than AMD chipset motherboards and faster but i hope it was cooler)
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Hello people,
I have been working on a Pavillion 2112-sa running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. The original problem was a noisy CPU fan. TL;DR I replaced it with w genuine HP spare. Worked perfectly (the new fan that is...).
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Hello Jowsh_EPC,
Welcome to the HP Forums.
The first thing I would like to do, is thank you for the in-depth detail of your post with all of the information provided.
You are correct, in your thought line of the issue being hardware. I would also be looking towards a critical failure with the motherboard, based on the troubleshooting you've already tried.
Unfortunately, the only option for this would be replacing the board or contacting support to see what replacement options are available to you. I do apologize for any inconveniences this may have caused you.
HP Technical Support, North America 1-800-474-6836. For all other regions click here.
Thank you for posting on the HP Forums.
I worked on behalf of HP.

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