Macbook Fan is REALLY loud

[Ollie N]

I have a macbook early 2008 and the fans are so loud i use a room cooling fan to get it to shut up. After about 20 minuets of web surfing, EMail, etc. My temps are 150 F and 6200 RPM on the fans. Here is my activity monitor screen shot
Please Help

 

[miles01110]

Flash/Youtube/web video is probably the culprit.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Tried this yet? Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)

 

[daleycss]

uninstall flash. see how much it helps. it might, or it might not. you never know.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

uninstall flash. see how much it helps. it might, or it might not. you never know.

One could also just use a Flash blocker like ClickToFlash (Safari) or FlashBlock (Chrome) before uninstalling Flash. It works for me and ClickToFlash even allows me to watch many videos in its native .mp4 format.

 

[Ollie N]

Flash/Youtube/web video is probably the culprit.

Yes this usually makes it go up fast but it even goes up with normal browsing

Tried this yet? Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)

Nothing Happened Same result

 

[miles01110]

Yes this usually makes it go up fast but it even goes up with normal browsing

Even "normal browsing" can still have Flash or video (ads, for example).

 

[Ollie N]

Even "normal browsing" can still have Flash or video (ads, for example).

WEll I'll try flash block and get back to you

WEll I'll try flash block and get back to you

Ok so I installed flashblock
SHut down
Held a cooling an over my mac for about 5 min and then turned it back on and it was bout 90 F then I open chrome and go to lifehacker ALMOST INSTANTLY the fans start coming on

 

[Morley7]

So is it only browsing that causes it? What if you do something like watch a movie in VLC or photo editing? What about just sitting at the desktop with nothing running? That doesn't seem like the right temp for the fan to kick in that hard. Mine will only go to about 4000 rpm at about 75-80 Celcius.

 

[Ollie N]

So is it only browsing that causes it? What if you do something like watch a movie in VLC or photo editing? What about just sitting at the desktop with nothing running? That doesn't seem like the right temp for the fan to kick in that hard. Mine will only go to about 4000 rpm at about 75-80 Celcius.

Well that kicks it in faster I don't know about anything else because browsing is usually the first thing I do on my Mac

Could login apps be causing this possibly?

EDIT:doing nothing does nothing as in the fans don't go