The whole eGPU drama with the 2018 MacMini is frustrating. I’ve now updated to Catalina 10.15.6 with no issues. Regardless, I’ve put the lid back on the enclosure as I’m loath to experiment anymore as I now (touch wood!) have a quiet FX 650 eGPU running my Mac mini displays. So… I’m thinking the RX580 is mostly at fault, but I cannot explain why ‘jiggling’ the RX580 card in the FX 650 enclosure sometimes caused the fans to settle down. The RX580 is ~1.5-2.0 degrees cooler and the temperature differential between the two fans has – at most – been ~4-degrees. Success! I have only experienced one or two 2-second bursts of fans speeding up (which should be expected!) since the above steps. Before re-inserting the RX580 card in the enclosure I also ensured everything in the FX 650 enclosure was clean and checked all screws, brackets, and connectors.
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I replaced the thermal paste – which didn’t look that bad/old/dry plus replaced ALL thermal pads at the same time. Next, I bit the bullet and disassembled the RX580 card! (Desperate, eh?) When the fans went crazy this differential often increased to an 8-degree difference!Īs the FX 650 PSU is directly behind the rear of the RX580 card it should be expected it would run slightly hotter, but not that amount. I used a calibrated Temperature Gun to record operating temperatures and noted the RX580 fan closest to the output ports on the rear of the card was always a few degrees hotter than the other RX580. This seemed odd as the card was fully homed in the slot and the ‘lock tab’ was attached. I then tried pushing the RX580 card downwards ‘tighter’ in the slot which also sometimes stopped the fans going off. With the enclosure lid off I noticed ‘jiggling’ the RX580 card often caused the madly spinning fans to stop! I then used cable ties to tether the card slightly askew from the enclosure which worked for a while, but the fans kept triggering. My greatest concern has always been OWC’s statement that “erratic fan speeds are a symptom we’ve seen on the macMini8,1” but they did not seem to match my ‘unique’ experience of the fans going wild with the mini awake, NOT when the mini was asleep.
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