SSD-Z
CrystalDiskInfo
SSDReporter
Hard Disk Sentinel
DriveDx
HD Tune
iStat Menus
Stats
SSD Fan Control
Open Hardware Monitor
smcFanControl
iMac HDD Fan Control
SpeedFan
xScan
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Check your SSD's firmware, SSD-Z is a good one under Windows for example http://aezay.dk/aezay/ssdz/ Hardinfo is a good one under Linux, most distro has it in their repo https://github.com/lpereira/hardinfo > Samsung SSD Firmware and check what's the newest firmware file. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago
5) your fans may run on high after replacement of the drive because the lack Apple specific temp sensors. You can get a utility called ssd fan control set it to smart control and to start up with the system. You won’t have to worry about loud fans after that. Source: over 1 year ago
Keep in mind that when you swap the HDD on these iMacs, you'll lose the thermal control on the hard disk. Download this app and run it using the default settings. This will prevent your iMac from sounding like a jet engine and run the fan speeds to default. Source: over 2 years ago
You may also find that the fans spin up loud and persistently if all you do is a straight swap. The app "SSD Fan Control" will sort this out for you. https://exirion.net/ssdfanctrl/. Source: about 3 years ago
It's possible to switch between two fan modes with "SSD fan controll" in macOS. Not sure if it'll work with FakeSMC, I'm on VirtualSMC. But I can't turn off EC. The only thing it does is that it writes fan values faster than the EC. Source: about 3 years ago
CrystalDiskInfo - CrystalDiskInfo. A HDD/SSD utility software which supports a part of USB connection and Intel RAID. >> Download. Intel RAID (IRST). IRST 11.
Open Hardware Monitor - Monitors temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load and clock speeds, with optional graph.
SSDReporter - SSDReporter is an application that checks the health of your internal solid state drives...
smcFanControl - [Download] smcFanControl 2.
Hard Disk Sentinel - Monitoring hard disk health and temperature. Test and repair HDD problems and predict failures.
iMac HDD Fan Control - iMac HDD Fan Control is an HDD fan control for the Mac operating systems by using which the Mac users can control the speed and noise of the fan of the Mac.
