Comments on: Dear Steve Jobs, I’m sick of listening to your incessant laptop fan

By: MacBook Pro laptop update ? massive Apple Care covered repairs save the day!

MacBook Pro laptop update ? massive Apple Care covered repairs save the day! — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:52:54 +0000

[...] readers have asked for an update on the incessant blowing fan saga regarding my relatively new MacBook Pro. ?Last week, I took it to the Apple store. ?The fan was [...]

By: Tonya Gurr – the latest AT&T tool to abuse their customers

Tonya Gurr – the latest AT&T tool to abuse their customers — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:17:27 +0000

[...] dropped off my MacBook Pro at the Crocker Park Apple Store today to fix the rapidly deteriorating fan situation?(thanks for all the suggestions, none worked!), and was again seduced by Iphones everywhere.? For [...]

By: MarkKeating

MarkKeating — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:36:40 +0000

Tim:

Ditch the MBP, you need to get yourself one of these:

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_int...

Mark

By: existenz

existenz — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:12:06 +0000

Sounds to me like Tim needs to do an SMC reset. This is what controls the fan and monitors temperature.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964?viewlocale=e...

By: existenz

existenz — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:09:49 +0000

You should try an SMC reset. My cousin's Mac Mini fan was going constantly until I did the SMC reset and now it's as quiet as ever. It only takes one minute.

Here is the link to instructions:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964?viewlocale=e...

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:54:31 +0000

Fight the power!

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:54:31 +0000

Fight the power!

By: mvirenicus

mvirenicus — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:49:40 +0000

i prefer to give bill gates my money. not for any particular reason. i even bought a zune instead of an ipod. my gf's teenage kids are very embarrassed by this.

By: Adam Harvey

Adam Harvey — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:13:55 +0000

Get the iStat Pro dashboard widget.

http://www.islayer.com/apps/istatpro/

It'll give you internal CPU temperatures and RPM values on your fan speed. I never hear my fan running on my iMac, but it runs on my old MacBook quite frequently when I'm playing an online game and using Final Cut and MAMP.

Also, go to your user settings in the System Preferences and take a look at how many programs you have set to automatically open when you boot up. You also might consider propping up your MBP on some matchbooks or something to get some airflow underneath. Whenever I have my MacBook sitting on a pillow or something like that, the fan always comes on.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:06:53 +0000

Yes. Please. Always back up your data!