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Odd fan noise...

D4F

D4F

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Sep 18, 2007
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as my fan is getting loud lately above 2K rpm and it's a 'worn out bearing' type of noise.
Anybody experienced that before it actually died?

I'm on 2.4 alu MBP
 
You could make a recording with Photo Booth and the internal microphone and upload it to YouTube (or a video community of your choice) so we can hear what you mean.


In the end a sound recording would suffice, but I don't know if you have the proper equipment and www storage.

Have you looked into the fan opening (below the hinge on the back) with a light to see if dust or something else might have accumulated itself there?
 
D4F said:
as my fan is getting loud lately above 2K rpm and it's a 'worn out bearing' type of noise.
Anybody experienced that before it actually died?

I'm on 2.4 alu MBP
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I have had a fan wear out on me on a pc, but never a mac. How old is your computer?
 
I just replaced the right fan on my 2.2 SR MBP this morning. The fan itself isn't cheap (or at least where I ended up getting it from) but you can't put a price on silence. :cool:
 
kdum8 said:
I have had a fan wear out on me on a pc, but never a mac. How old is your computer?
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Less than two months old.
I use it a lot for 3D graphics when I'm on the move.
SMC always on so maybe that is the case as I got it set at 3-4K RPM most of the time so it doesn't overheat.

mikes70mustang said:
apparently less than a year. Since for some reason some still use alu, instead of the more obvious uni
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What's so obvious about uni?
 
As Fans Go...

There are a couple things you can do.
1) Power down and give your fan a short burst of compressed air through the back venting.
2) Replace Fan
I tried the compressed air, and when that didn't work, I then ended up replacing the fans on my G4. I haven't tried this on a Macbook, but have seen other posts recommending it.
Replacing the fans gave me a powerboost as the fans were lagging the system.:D
 
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