My MBP is quite loud. For Ram, 150MB wired, 419 MB active, inactive 339, free 122 MB. Is there a way I can make it softer? It's really annoyingly loud.
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hey didn't you have a sony also? my sony 160 was 4 times as loud.
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Is this a new machine or old. If its a old machine and it just started happening try cleaning out the vents if dusts builds up it will cause the laptop to overheat and make the fans run harder -
This is a 5 day old Macbook Pro with Core 2 Duo.
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Hrm, I wonder if the thermal sensor isn't working or wasn't applied properly. In the past, some people remove the thermal sensor to make the fans run full speed all the time. Download the smcFanControl software and install that. It will tell you what speed your fans are running and what temp the thermal sensor is detecting.
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The minimum fan speed is at 2000 so should I kick it up to 3000 so it'll never have to spin really fast and make a lot of noise?
The average temperature is around 145F or 63C -
The minimum has been set to 3000 but the computer still gets hot. Right now, it's REALLY loud and at 66 degrees Celcius with the fans running round 6000 rpms. Is there a way to prevent this?
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Whoa... 6000 RPM????
That's way above normal. The base setting on the CD MBP is 1000 rpm. So I guess they bumped it up to 2000 rpm for C2D units?
But it's hard for me to compare units and temps since I've got a CD and you have a C2D unit. -
What r u doing, normal net surfing? If so, call apple and send it back..
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Well, I guess I might be running too many programs. Running iTunes, adium, firefox, norton antivirus, quicksilver, neooffice, desktop manager, shadowbook and thunderbird at the same time. But that shouldn't make the fans go up that fast, right? It is a core 2 duo and meant for multi-tasking...right?
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So...I don't need any anti-virus at all? Will my built-in firewall suffice?
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For a Mac, yes it will. Still it would have some possibility of being hacked, but it wont bother u so much unless u really have some top secrets that u want to keep. Kidding.
Loud MBP Core 2 Duo Fan
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by FidyYuan, Nov 6, 2006.