I am trying to reformat my MBP, but recently, I downloaded Fan Control 1.2 and I never properly uninstalled it I believe. I was wondering, if I reformat my Mac, would EVERYTHING return back to factory settings, including the fan, or would Fan Control 1.2 still reside somehow becaue I never went back to default settings? Thanks a lot.
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Would a reformat null Fan Control 1.2?
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Finnaly another peoson with the same issue as me. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/497813/
ok heres what Fan Control 1.2 does, it takes over the speedstep in the firmware and manualy takes it over. when you uninstall Fan Control the fans will stay at the speed it was when you used the program and it wont reset to defalts. A reformate will do nothing because I tryed it and the fan speeds are still messed up. If you are luckey and have an older mac you can use the apple firmware restoration. http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/firmwarerestorationcd17.html
for me since I have a newer macbook pro apple didnt release their firmware restoration for the newer macs yet.
ok heres what Fan Control 1.2 does, it takes over the speedstep in the firmware and manualy takes it over. when you uninstall Fan Control the fans will stay at the speed it was when you used the program and it wont reset to defalts. A reformate will do nothing because I tryed it and the fan speeds are still messed up. If you are luckey and have an older mac you can use the apple firmware restoration. http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/firmwarerestorationcd17.html
for me since I have a newer macbook pro apple didnt release their firmware restoration for the newer macs yet.
Yeah that's obvious weemanpow3, So is the solution.
- Install it again (it does perfectly on 10.5.3 btw) and then delete all settings you have in there.
But it does not anything "hacky", it just raises bottom level(s) of fans's RPMs.
You can not lover it beyond factory defaults. So there is no danger.
It's only annoying if you let it run at 6K, and then deinstalled it.
tocyk you might as well proceed to reinstalling OS, and Fan Control, this will reenable you to adjust speeds.
So as I went back to trying to download Fan Control, I realized I'm not sure if I properly installed it. All I did was install it via the "Installer" I never touched anything such as adding the source code, etc. I'm honestly not quite sure how I am supposed to activate it. Should I just delete any traces of FC and pretend it never happened? Or should I continue further cause I 'DID' install it?
Thanks a lot. Sorry about my confusing post.
Thanks a lot. Sorry about my confusing post.
OK, so I finally realized Fan Control runs off of System Pref. (excuse me.. I'm a noob).
Could someone explain to me the best steps I can now take to getting my computer back to factory settings? Thank you kindly. Essentially, I don't know what the base fan settings are, or how to properly uninstall (the instructions on the Fan Control site have a weird step where I do a SMC restart or something?)
Lesson learned here... don't download things you know nothing about.
Could someone explain to me the best steps I can now take to getting my computer back to factory settings? Thank you kindly. Essentially, I don't know what the base fan settings are, or how to properly uninstall (the instructions on the Fan Control site have a weird step where I do a SMC restart or something?)
Lesson learned here... don't download things you know nothing about.
Hm, so I went ahead and left my Fan Control settings the way they came, then I proceeded to follow these steps: http://www.lobotomo.com/products/FanControl/
Including the SMC reset:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1411?viewlocale=en_US
I haven't noticed any differences all the way through, but am I good to go?
Signed,
Super paranoid Mac user.
Including the SMC reset:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1411?viewlocale=en_US
I haven't noticed any differences all the way through, but am I good to go?
Signed,
Super paranoid Mac user.
Yeah, you should be all set
If only you could find manual's article about resetting your head
when you go into activity monitor and quit the fancontroldaemon process, the fans go back to apple default speeds. anyone know how to prevent the daemon from starting up? i went into system/library/launchdaemon and found nothing
I have tried multiple times to reinstall and uninstall fan control and it seems to have completely screwed my FW. once i uninstall it, my fans stay at the idle 2000rpm no matter how high the temperature gets. i can't find any way around this other than manually ramping the speeds up with smcFanControl or reinstalling Fan Control and letting it maintain control. This is on the newest macbook pro, fw 4,1. if i were you i would stick to smcFanControl which is what i would have done
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To completely uninstall most fan control programs you must uninstall the application, delete the application support files for the application and delete the preferences, followed by a PRAM (cmd-option-p-r) reset during boot and an SMC reset as well. That should reset the machines fan settings back to factory defaults.
To completely uninstall most fan control programs you must uninstall the application, delete the application support files for the application and delete the preferences, followed by a PRAM (cmd-option-p-r) reset during boot and an SMC reset as well. That should reset the machines fan settings back to factory defaults.
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It shouldn't be able to, the EFI firmware checks its digital signature to ensure it has not been tampered with every time you boot the machine.
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It shouldn't be able to, the EFI firmware checks its digital signature to ensure it has not been tampered with every time you boot the machine.
yea, i really dislike 'fan control'
here's some info that might help frustrated people out there.
I installed 'imac fan control' (similiar to 'fan control')
1. delete smcfancontrol (if you already have this installed.)
2. delete imac fan control' or 'fan control' as described, deleting the daemon + pref. pane in the library folder
3. restart. now empty the trash can (that couldn't be deleted because files were being used). restart again.
4. after a clean restart. once at the desktop, do a SMC reset. you'll hear a long beep that'll confirm.
5. do a PRAM reset as you boot up. do this atleast twice. For a total of 3 startup beeps.
6. confirm with istat widget that fans follows factory setting rpms.
7. download and install smcfancontrol
8. confirm with istat
my contribution to stress free, headache free fan control
here's some info that might help frustrated people out there.
I installed 'imac fan control' (similiar to 'fan control')
1. delete smcfancontrol (if you already have this installed.)
2. delete imac fan control' or 'fan control' as described, deleting the daemon + pref. pane in the library folder
3. restart. now empty the trash can (that couldn't be deleted because files were being used). restart again.
4. after a clean restart. once at the desktop, do a SMC reset. you'll hear a long beep that'll confirm.
5. do a PRAM reset as you boot up. do this atleast twice. For a total of 3 startup beeps.
6. confirm with istat widget that fans follows factory setting rpms.
7. download and install smcfancontrol
8. confirm with istat
my contribution to stress free, headache free fan control