Fans on high speed

[Hugh]

Does it hurt the computer... If the computer is doing something (watching flash, playing a game) that turns on the fan full speed;Does this hurt the computer? There are a few games I like to play and they turn on the fan at full speed (computer gets hot too, on the bottom.)

Hugh

 

[designgeek]

If it's not so hot it freezes I'd say you're fine. Sometimes they just get hot, as long as it's not prolonged like my little folding@home experience last winter, there shouldn't be any damage. I sometimes use SMC fan control to run them fast if I'm anticipating a heavy processor load.