Mac Pro Fan revs to 1500+ at boot

[RoastingPig]

Hey my mac pro 5.1 3.2 has a problem where the expansion fan revs to 1500+ at startup just right after the apple logo shows and as soon as it hits desktop the fans take about 20 seconds to go down to the idle 800rpm..its really annoying because it sounds like airplane engine. any suggestions? this dosen't happen in restarts tho only boots from shutdowns. i air spray my machine monthly so the fans are clean

 

[derbothaus]

It's most likely your video card. My EVGA GTX 680 does it as well but only after I upgraded. My original 5870does not exhibit this.

 

[Studio K]

my first thought was the video card, but it appears from your post that you are using the stock Radeon 5770 card. Is this the case?

 

[RoastingPig]

I am using everything stock on this machine. I just did the smc reset and still the rev.

 

[phoenixsan]

I got.....

between 1200-1600 revs in my Mac Pro when booting up. Dig some into the software and found a lot of startup items. I erase all but the estrictly needed....

 

[RoastingPig]

i was excited about that idea untill i seen i only had itunes helper enabled

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fresh installs of mt lion doesn't solve this...do you guys have 800rpm expansion fan idle with other gpus or things in your pcie expansion slot, my pro dosen't plays well with usb 3 cards or a evga gtx670 because the fans still rev and they idle at 1200rpm which is noticeable when having anything else but a stock machine.

 

[ActionableMango]

You keep mentioning this problem in so many threads. This new thread, the USB 3.0 thread, a video card thread, and the "what's in your PCIe slots" thread.

But you aren't providing all the information. There's little pieces here and there. It is really challenging to help when you hide information all over the place.

So last I heard, in a different thread, these two solutions worked for you:

1) "the only thing that works is removing the card. i might just remove and install whenever im i need of fast usb 3.0 goodness."

2) "*UPDATE i removed a 4gb stick of OWC 1066 ram and the fan rev went away."

Did the problem return later even with that hardware removed? Did you reinstall the offending hardware and are hoping for a different solution?

 

[GGJstudios]

i was excited about that idea untill i seen i only had itunes helper enabled

Did you make sure to check everywhere? You can check the following locations for apps that automatically launch on startup and delete any you don't need/want:

• System Preferences > Users & Groups > yourusername > Login Items (SL and older: System Preferences > Accounts > yourusername > Login Items)
• In Finder, click Go > Go to Folder > /Library/LaunchAgents
• In Finder, click Go > Go to Folder > ~/Library/LaunchAgents
• In Finder, click Go > Go to Folder > /Library/StartupItems

 

[RoastingPig]

You keep mentioning this problem in so many threads. This new thread, the USB 3.0 thread, a video card thread, and the "what's in your PCIe slots" thread.

But you aren't providing all the information. There's little pieces here and there. It is really challenging to help when you hide information all over the place.

So last I heard, in a different thread, these two solutions worked for you:

1) "the only thing that works is removing the card. i might just remove and install whenever im i need of fast usb 3.0 goodness."

2) "*UPDATE i removed a 4gb stick of OWC 1066 ram and the fan rev went away."

Did the problem return later even with that hardware removed? Did you reinstall the offending hardware and are hoping for a different solution?

it went away that one time i posted to quickly the problem has since returned

 

[RoastingPig]

with everything stock in the machine + plus a fresh mt lion install the problem still presists. on the very first boot the fan went bezerk. im thinking hardware problem. the apple store says its normal and they wont service it.

 

[derbothaus]

Sorry. I thought you had issues with the GTX670. I need to read
You did SMC but did you PRAM zap?

 

[flowrider]

on the very first boot the fan went bezerk. im thinking hardware problem. the apple store says its normal and they wont service it.

Taint normal Mine doesn't act like that.

Lou

 

[RoastingPig]

Taint normal Mine doesn't act like that.

Lou

i know. thats why steven from applecare got a stern talking too over the phone earlier and he set me up with a service appointment where im gonna be talking to a genius and the apple store manager

 

[flowrider]

^^^^Good for you that you pushed. Let us know how it turns out.

Lou

 

[GGJstudios]

Sorry. I thought you had issues with the GTX670. I need to read
You did SMC but did you PRAM zap?

PRAM/NVRAM has nothing to do with the OP's issues. Resetting it will not help.

 

[derbothaus]

PRAM/NVRAM has nothing to do with the OP's issues. Resetting it will not help.

Well then... It is left to those helpful genius' that will replace your logic board.

 

[RoastingPig]

Well then... It is left to those helpful genius' that will replace your logic board.

That's exactingly what happened haha

 

[Studio K]

That's exactingly what happened haha

Is your fan speed back to normal with the new logic board? My PCI fan always runs at 800 rpm (when not stressing the GPU).

 

[crjackson2134]

That's exactingly what happened haha

Yes, please do let us know if the problem is finally resolved. Mine actually did something like that when I installed a RocketU USB 3.0 card, but in spite of what others have said, a SMC reset resolved it. Perhaps that was just a coincidence or something.

 

[RoastingPig]

Yes, please do let us know if the problem is finally resolved. Mine actually did something like that when I installed a RocketU USB 3.0 card, but in spite of what others have said, a SMC reset resolved it. Perhaps that was just a coincidence or something.

I havent got it back but yesturday they called me for permission to go ahead with the repairs for back motherboard and front board because my front headphone jack was very staticky

 

[ActionableMango]

Wow, I hope you are still under Apple Care. That's some expensive stuff.