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Sounds like how mine is operating. They get hot but the fan should kick in over 80ºC for extended periods.
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Great!
Sounds like how mine is operating. They get hot but the fan should kick in over 80ºC for extended periods.
so I installed smcfancontrol and set to 3000rpm as default, is it safe to leave at that level at all times?
Yes, but what's the point? The system is well within spec with minimal load at 2000 RPM, and virtually silent. I personally don't understand the obsession with smcfancontrol.
The cooler the better.
I dont use SMCFanControl but I did install fan control, I don't like how late the fans start to spin up by default.
I guess my obsession is the annoying heat that I cant stand and since I default the fan to 3000rpm, I noticed is cooler at low 50s Celsius and is not noisy at all. Before the temp was 65 - 70s Celsius and it was a bit hot.
doesn't the constant, high fan speed kill the fan faster?
I have a 6 year old sony netbook (yes, but they weren't calling it netbooks at the time when I bought it). The everything is working ok, except the motor of the fan stopped working properly and now it makes a constant clicking noise.
Well I mean the fan lasted 6 years so fair enough. But if you keep your fan running at high speeds what is the toll on the fan life? you really don't want it to break down just days after expiry of applecare
I have a 6 year old sony netbook (yes, but they weren't calling it netbooks at the time when I bought it). The everything is working ok, except the motor of the fan stopped working properly and now it makes a constant clicking noise.
Well I mean the fan lasted 6 years so fair enough. But if you keep your fan running at high speeds what is the toll on the fan life? you really don't want it to break down just days after expiry of applecare
Mine runs at a pretty constant 60 degrees C in most applications. In general though I don't care how hot or cold it runs, if anything happens to the CPU, Fan etc.. its a manufacturing fault in my book and is fully covered by a 3yr Applecare plan.
I have never seend a fan on a laptop die...even on windowds laptops were I'd say they are set to spin at 3k RPM by default and get up to 4-5k RPM under a heavy load.
Either way, I'd rather the fan die then the logic board. You could replace the fan in a pinch if you had too, but a logic board is what, $500?
annoying temperature
mbp 13: very annoying temperature constantly over 60ºc, and i dont think my fan has ever been over 2000rpm. i hate it. my previously macbook 13 unibody was much much cooler. there has to be something to be done. i really dont like screwing uo my setings with smc fan or something like that. scared to screw up everything. what to do what to do.
mbp 13: very annoying temperature constantly over 60ºc, and i dont think my fan has ever been over 2000rpm. i hate it. my previously macbook 13 unibody was much much cooler. there has to be something to be done. i really dont like screwing uo my setings with smc fan or something like that. scared to screw up everything. what to do what to do.
same, usually keep it ~3000... usually keeps it below 50C when doing some light browsing/itunes
up to 4000 when watching videos / more intensive stuff
