Fan inside MacBook won't stop running

[Samelson03]

Well, the topic says it all. I have 512MB memory in my MacBook. And, I normally have iTunes, iChat, windows open. Can it be slowing down becuase I barely have any memory?

 

[cwheatley]

I would say so. I would not use anything less than 1gb of RAM on anything newer than 10.3.

 

[Beric]

It's the graphics card (or lack of one, that is). I got a 2 Ghz. processor and 2 GB of RAM. When I play demanding games, the fan runs nonstop for hours on end.

 

[myuserid08]

The fan will always run (minimum 1800rpm)

 

[cwheatley]

It's the graphics card (or lack of one, that is). I got a 2 Ghz. processor and 2 GB of RAM. When I play demanding games, the fan runs nonstop for hours on end.

He never said anything about playing games, much less demanding games, in his post.

 

[Samelson03]

Yeah, I wont play games on a MacBook ever. I'm going to put 2 gigs in it once I order it.

 

[cwheatley]

Two gigs is a world of difference from 512. I immediately noticed the difference from 1->2 gigs, so yours should be much more dramatic. My fan still shoots up pretty fast sometimes, but I'd say i can't even hear it about 90% of the time. Good luck

 

[ataboc]

make sure you don't have anything in your print que. i know this sounds silly but i couldn't find out why my wife's macbook with 2 gig's fan wouldn't turn off. they figured it out at the genius bar.