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    Fans Too Loud on Vista Ultimate (Bootcamp)

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by ItsDaKronic, Feb 23, 2008.

  1. ItsDaKronic

    ItsDaKronic Notebook Consultant

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    I noticed that my fans go really loud when I switch over to Vista Ultimate on my macbook. Does anybody else have this problem? How can I set the speed onmy fans on vista? :confused:
    I noticed that the fans go crazy loud mainly when I watch movies with windows media player and when I go to sites with alot of flash content like my hotmail account with banner ads on top.

    I use vista for my class mainly but lately I'm getting really pissed at my wireless mighty mouse response time on the mac side. (But thats another issue which I can't find a solution to.)
     
    ItsDaKronic, Feb 23, 2008
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    Does anyone have a solution to my problem?
     
    ItsDaKronic, Feb 25, 2008
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    Arquis Kojima Worshiper

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    Vista does heat up your computer more than OS X does, so I'd assume it's to keep it from heating up too much, and turning them off would be a bad idea.
     
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    Is there a program to control the fans for vista though?
     
    ItsDaKronic, Feb 25, 2008
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    just set SMC inside osx, and reboot.

    you can at least control the idle fan speed that way.
     
    kgeier82, Feb 26, 2008
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    I also have the rear of my MBP propped up about 1/2" on a jar lid or something.

    Seems to help get air under the laptop.
     
    count_schemula, Feb 26, 2008
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    I have the same problem but then on XP. Fans are very loud, even though there is hardly processor load.

    I've checked the temperature: it's very cool, so the fans don't need to be that loud.

    Does anyone know a solution?

    TIA
     
    Phil, May 6, 2008
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    Input Remapper doesn't seem to work on Penryn MBPs.
     
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    Input Remapper is the way to go! Due to some driver issues my MBP used to crashed almost everytime when I adjust screen brightness. Input Remapper resolved my problems.
     
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    Yes! Seems to work well.

    Have not been able yet to see how much control it gives over the fan but looks promising sofar.

    Also adds keyboardlight control.
     
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    over 20 stages for fan control, from 1000rpm to 6000rpm
     
    Nirvana, May 7, 2008
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    Unfortunatly it also adds a disco light feature to the keyboard.

    Occasionaly it starts flashing randomly :)

    Edit: I uninstalled InputRemapper because it causes quite a CPU load.
    I've now installed rightmark Rmclock, running at 1,2 Ghz and lower voltage.
     
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    So does this seem to be a problem specific to fan control in Vista instead of Vista actually making the macbook or MBP really hot?

    I haven't put Vista on my MBP but I was thinking of doing it just for the hell of it.
     
    ATC, May 7, 2008
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    hmn for me vista works pretty well..
     
    bczera, May 7, 2008
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