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Macbook Pro, weird fan behaviour

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hotdamn

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Jan 24, 2007
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Ottawa, ON, Canada
So, My Macbook Pro rev A I've owned for about 9 months has started to get very loud from time to time.

Also, when performing processor intensive tasks it gets overly hot.

I started poking around, and I found out that one of my fans might not be working.

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any ideas?
 
my right fan also stopped working. i had my MBP 15" for 6 months then the fan completely broke.
i took it to the local apple store and they replaced both fans under factory warrany, no charges whatsoever.
 
richgaccione said:
my right fan also stopped working. i had my MBP 15" for 6 months then the fan completely broke.
i took it to the local apple store and they replaced both fans under factory warrany, no charges whatsoever.
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Both of my fans are dead. Was wondering what the turn around time is if you send it in. Has anyone tried to replace the fans themselves? I can't be without my notebook for too long and prefer not to be w/out it at all.
 
e12a said:
they will probably take it into the back room. Give it at least a week.
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Next question is: :eek:

If I bring it in and they already know the issue. Can I bring it back when they get the part? Thanks for the info. I use this thing for school and work. My wife calls it my second brain. :D
 
Kevin R said:
Both of my fans are dead. Was wondering what the turn around time is if you send it in. Has anyone tried to replace the fans themselves? I can't be without my notebook for too long and prefer not to be w/out it at all.
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they didnt have the fans in stock initially, and that was a friday.
they called me on wednesday when the fans came in and i went and dropped it off. they called me on friday(3 days) and it was done.

very good experience, aside from the bum fans, they took good care of me.
i did happen to tell them that i needed it by that coming monday because i was leaving for buisness for 3 weeks (which was true), and they respected my request to get it in and out as quick as possible.
 
I have similar issue with heat perhaps, but i have a PowerMacG5 dual 1.8 and im running Leopard. The front fans are working but i have no idea if there are others on the behind of the tower tht might not be working.
How many fans should the dualG5 have?
 
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