mine in my sig makes this fan noise even at idle .. brought it to the apple store earlier today and they said its normal .. but its quite annoying .. 17 is just too big for me to switch to tho
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mine in my sig makes this fan noise even at idle .. brought it to the apple store earlier today and they said its normal .. but its quite annoying .. 17 is just too big for me to switch to tho
Or just boot up a few at the apple store. If they all do it then you can bet it's normal for this build
Maybe your 2009 model was defective.
Seriously, my late 2009 has always done a little ODD "check" to see if there is a disc in there to boot from, then it moves on. Been that way For 18 months.
Maybe your 2009 model was defective.
Seriously, my late 2009 has always done a little ODD "check" to see if there is a disc in there to boot from, then it moves on. Been that way For 18 months.
Yep, that's what it seems to be. Wish I would have known earlier, but here's the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcPn9iSVshA&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
Yea, that is the ODD, I can confirm that my 2010 15" does the exact same thing from boot, and then it also does from sleep if I used the ODD in my previous session (even if the disc is ejected).
From what you've said, yours does run a bit warmer than mine, but I would have to imagine that is from Apple putting a larger amount of thermal paste on the new models as evident in the ifixit teardown. Because of this, I would imagine that these temps are standard for the 2011 models.
Yeah. It's actually weird, when I turned both of them on for the first time the fans ramped up high and the temp was at like 80* C just surfing on Safari. But it lowered in about 5 minutes. Now I've been running at 43-47* while surfing, browsing iPhoto, using iTunes and having Word open. Seems pretty fair to me, Currently at 43*
That sounds very normal to me, and very similar to my 2009 2.53GHz model with only one fan. I use smcFanControl, and set up several options at 2500, 2,800, 3200 and 3500 rpm to use as required. The MBP is very sensitive to ambient temp too, I can use the default 2000 rpm in winter but in summer I have to use 2500 to stay at the same temp. I have also found that connecting a firewire drive runs the temp up too. Flash, and several other applications can jack up the temp very quickly too. Not to worry, your temperatures sound normal.
That sounds very normal to me, and very similar to my 2009 2.53GHz model with only one fan. I use smcFanControl, and set up several options at 2500, 2,800, 3200 and 3500 rpm to use as required. The MBP is very sensitive to ambient temp too, I can use the default 2000 rpm in winter but in summer I have to use 2500 to stay at the same temp. I have also found that connecting a firewire drive runs the temp up too. Flash, and several other applications can jack up the temp very quickly too. Not to worry, your temperatures sound normal.
Definitely notice that Flash does increase the temp.
/user/me. On bootup, your ODD doesn't do a "check" kind of thing?
FWIW - checking out "noise issues" at the Apple Store is next to impossible.
The store noise level is very high - there are times when you can barely hear yourself think
FWIW - checking out "noise issues" at the Apple Store is next to impossible.
The store noise level is very high - there are times when you can barely hear yourself think
Haha so true. Recently when I've walked in I've thought "Damn! This is the busiest store in the entire mall!"
On first time use you'll get the machine to build Spotlight indexes and Safari previews, which will use quite some CPU for some time, thus making the machine hot.
ANd yes, the sound is the DVD writer selftest at startup, my 2007 MBP did it and my 2010 MBP does that too
You also need to consider that the 2009 MBP is a completely different notebook than the 2011 model. It has completely different components such as the odd. Some odd's make a lot of noise, some do not. My early 2009 Mac mini was dead quiet with its Sony odd after Apple's firmware. My other Macs use an odd from Matshita and those seem to be making a lot more noise. Same thing goes for hdd's, some make more noise than others.
In terms of noise one should never ever compare different models because they will have different parts. They are simply not comparable.
In terms of noise one should never ever compare different models because they will have different parts. They are simply not comparable.