Temperature and fan speed Question

[teerexx52]

I have a 2011 MacBook Air 11" 1.6/128GB. At 81* Celcius the fan is still at 2000 RPM. Does anyone know at what temperature the fan speed should start picking up? Thanks

 

[BJonson]

Around 86 or 90. Hold on to it though. My i7 was up there too but after a few days of use now it idles at 39c. That thermal paste needs time to settle. I almost took mine back but its awesome now. Give it the full 14 days of use and if it doesn't settle down then swap it.

 

[Cynicalone]

Around 86 or 90. Hold on to it though. My i7 was up there too but after a few days of use now it idles at 39c. That thermal paste needs time to settle. I almost took mine back but its awesome now. Give it the full 14 days of use and if it doesn't settle down then swap it.

That is interesting.

I posted in another thread about the high temps I was getting in Handbrake. Maybe now after having the laptop for 9 days I should test again and see how they have dropped.

I love this laptop (13" i7 256GB) the rare times I've seen high temps is when I'm doing processor heavy stuff. Secure empty trash, encoding, creating a bootable ISO for Windows 7.

 

[teerexx52]

Around 86 or 90. Hold on to it though. My i7 was up there too but after a few days of use now it idles at 39c. That thermal paste needs time to settle. I almost took mine back but its awesome now. Give it the full 14 days of use and if it doesn't settle down then swap it.

Thanks for the info. I have a week left so I will keep checking it