Can an error in battery cause a slow CPUS and the fan to run non-stop?
tthe battery need serviced but my computer runs slow and the fan is running non-stop. MacBook Pro 13" purchased around 2011.
OK, you really need to dump that Windows attitude quickly, because what worked over there is completely useless here. I never understood the "upgrade didn't work obviously, because this or that happened, so how do I downgrade." I hang out around here, and I haven't seen many comments about fans running full blast after the updates. I did them, and nothing happened.
First, you can't downgrade the firmware EFI update. I think if you tried, it would brick your MBP.
You could reinstall Lion if you wanted, but that's really a pain, and once again, one of those Windows things that people always do that wastes time. A security update and Remote Desktop Client (which only runs if you start it up) would not effect your fan speed.
Apple does have "restore points", but it's a real backup system that requires a backup drive. It's called Time Machine and it's preinstalled on your Mac, easy to use, and allows you to go as far back in time on your Mac as the size of your backup drive will allow.
Now, after all that, let's try to figure out what's going on with your fans. First, did you do the EFI update correctly? Meaning did you do it when the MBP was actually plugged into the wall? What are you running? Games? Videos? Something else?
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My mid-2012 MacBook Pro has the fan constantly running. As soon as I turn it on. My MBP won't even be hot and the fan is running. How can I fix this?
If you are still under warranty and/or have AppleCare, call them. Let them deal w/it.
OOW try the following: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1411 Apple Portables: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) -
Everything is in slow motion and the hard drive doesn't stop spinning
Against my better judgement I finally upgraded to Maverick on my iMac thinking the bugs would be worked out. I upgraded on my MacBook Air on day one and that turned out to be a huge mistake. It is taking Mail 30 minutes to load, the hard drive doesn't stop, and it takes seconds for each movement once I click on something. Anything I can do to get back the performance? I understand it is too late to go back to Mountain Lion.
If you don't have one already, make a backup of all your data right away.
While most bugs in 10.9 Mavericks have been taken care of this does not stop your system from corrupting or bringing out already present issues when upgrading. Your system was likely already having problems (even if you did not know about it), an update/upgrade will bring those out.
Once you have a backup, restart your Mac from the recovery partition (restart, hold down the 'Option' key when you hear the chime and select the recovery partition, then hit enter) and open Disk Utility. In Disk Utility, select your 'Macintosh HD' in the left column and click "verify disk" on the right. If issues are found run the 'repair disk' command. Also run the 'repair permissions' command (no need to verify).
If you see 'Macintosh HD' in red lettering in the left column it means your hard drive is failing and needs to be replaced. -
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 0 days 1:15:23
Disk Information:
APPLE HDD TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (474.03 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8
USB Information:
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Launch Daemons:
[System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
[System] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
None
Internet Plug-ins:
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 3rd-Party support link
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.201 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.201 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Safari Extensions:
FastestTube: Version: 2.2.1.7
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Old Applications:
None
Time Machine:
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
5% WindowServer
5% com.apple.WebKit.Networking
3% Safari
1% EtreCheck
0% systemstatsd
Top Processes by Memory:
229 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
139 MB Safari
123 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
53 MB Finder
48 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information:
1.56 GB Free RAM
1.55 GB Active RAM
319 MB Inactive RAM
588 MB Wired RAM
278 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outsYou certainly don't have any third-party software that's causing your sluggishness.
Sometimes, a failing hard drive can cause sluggish behavior, however.
Boot into your Recovery partition (hold down the command and R keys whilst booting) and once at the Recovery screen, select Disk Utility. Select your hard drive (in your case, the aptly named "Macintosh HD") and click on the "Verify" button. If you get green text telling you that everything appears to be OK, then it's not your hard drive slowing things down. If you get red text telling you that the disk needs to be repaired, click on the "Repair" button. If the disk can be fixed, it will be. If not, call back.
Clinton -
It also makes some pretty concerning noises from the hardware. I've only been doing web browsing, nothing significant and no downloads. I tried doing a software update and when I went back to the updates page the one I had just done was still there. What can I do about this?
You are still under warranty. Call Apple Care. Make sure you get a case number as all repairs have an additional 90 days of warranty.
#1 - You have 14 days from the date of purchase to return your computer with no questions asked.
#2 - You have 90 days of FREE phone tech support.
#3 - You have the standard one year Apple warranty.
#4 - If you've purchased an AppleCare Protection Plan, your warranty last for 3 years. You can obtain AppleCare anytime up to the first year of the purchase of your computer.
Take FULL advantage of your warranty. Posting on a message board should be done as a last resort and if you are out of warranty or Apple Care has expired. -
TS1473 My macbook is running hot and the fan is on how can i fix this?
How can I fix this problem. My computer is running hot and the fan keeps running. I dont have anything running with the CPUs thats over 90 or what not. I dont think anything is dusty. What else can it be?
Have you tried an SMC reset...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964 -
hello i have a problem with my macbook pro become to slow to write any thing, to do any thing and the fan is always on never stop what can i do?
i already reinstall the software many times and still the same i dont know what is happening is there is somebody who can help me please im will waitingThere are any number of possibilies... you could have problems with runaway applications, causing your machine to overheat and setting the fans off, you could have bad fan sensors, etc.
Open Activity Monitor (Applications>Utilities) and see if you have any apps that may be hogging the CPU. Call back.
Clinton -
I try to see a movie, an error is displayed: An error ocurred loading this content. Try again later, and i can´t see the movie and I payed for it. What can i do, I tried at least 10 times, and the problem continues
Welcome to the Apple Community.
Try pulling all the cables for a few moments and trying again. -
My new macbook pro 13" just died and i can not turn it on. When i connect the power cort it also does nor charge. No light is commong on. I was working on battery power when it died and the battery was fully charged. What is the problem?
Take it back to the Apple Store for repair since it's still in warranty.
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This error is often caused by incorrect use of the "Strict" document type
Okay...so I have 6 errors - all the same and has to do with my document type.
I've searched the code and I am using a transitional doc type so why the errors?
http://02cada7.netsolhost.com/Stasik_Family_Website/index.htmlYeah I did that...but the cause doesn't make sense to me.
You have used the attribute named above in your document, but the document type you are using does not support that attribute for this element. This error is often caused by incorrect use of the "Strict" document type with a document that uses frames (e.g. you must use the "Transitional" document type to get the "target" attribute), or by using vendor proprietary extensions such as "marginheight" (this is usually fixed by using CSS to achieve the desired effect instead).
This error may also result if the element itself is not supported in the document type you are using, as an undefined element will have no supported attributes; in this case, see the element-undefined error message for further information.
How to fix: check the spelling and case of the element and attribute, (Remember XHTML is all lower-case) and/or check that they are both allowed in the chosen document type, and/or use CSS instead of this attribute. If you received this error when using the <embed> element to incorporate flash media in a Web page, see the FAQ item on valid flash.
I'm not using a strict document time - I am using transitional and I am not using proprietary extensions. -
Intercompany Deliveries were created with zero quantity, causing an idoc failure and the remaining delivery too
a. User trying to create delivery but stock not available.
b. When stock is not there it should show an error message in SAP screen but its not - like stock not available etc
c. Fedex gets delivery notice for the delivery; if its more than zero it will create delivery otherwise less than zero it won’t accept.
d. But issue its creating even its less than zero
Is there anyone who can help me out...When one is created with zero quantities it starts blocking our deliveries from getting through to fedex because deliveries will in doubt have been blocked at fedex. As we process our orders in morning and if there is an STO blocking orders, it will be in afternoon .
Any suggestions !!! -
My MacBook Pro is really hot and the fan is on constantly. It didn't use to do this, does anyone know why this is happening? I have a very short battery life, so I have to keep it plugged in probably more than I should.
Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the Processes dropdown menu. Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order. If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time, then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar. Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process. See if that helps. Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.
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i get constant buffering very slow downloads and the pinwheel. is there a keystroke remedy for this??
No magical keystroke remedy. The causes for this can be complicated.
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/sbbod.html
Also check the health of the drive with the free demo of SMART Utiltiy.
http://www.volitans-software.com/smart_utility.php
Only happening while on the Internet or all over the place? What's your Internet speed?
http://www.speedtest.net/ -
I have the following error:
"A critical error has occurred while running the virtual machine and the machine execution has been stopped"
When I am installing grid clusterware and when is copying files from one node to other I received that virtualbox error and is stop working.
Can somebody give me any hint how to solve it ?
Thank you
EugenI think that is not a Clusterware issue, The clusterware installation may generating a high load on your machine and Virtual Box is not supporting.
Check vbox.log file to identify root cause. -
When I tried to use Firefox this morning I got this message with exclamation marks.
"SQlite Version Error The application has been updated, but your version of SQlite is too old and the application cannot run."
What is this all about?? Shall I give up on Firefox?Sorry to hear that. I understand your frustration and I hope they send back a better working N78-3.
Myself, I count myself lucky. Everything works perfectly for me right now...email, bluetooth, maps, gps, 3rd party apps, battery life, 3G, wifi, etc. etc.
The only issue I've been having is the dreaded reboots but I believe that may have to do with 3rd party apps. I recently uninstalled Google Search app from my N78 and since then it hasn't rebooted or shown any issues. This seems odd at first but makes sense if you think about the fact that the Google Search app loads itself into memory and runs in the background at all times.
I did this this past Tuesday night and so far no reboots, crashes or any problems. I'm sure I just jinxed myself but I've been using it heavily over the last few days with no issues. Prior to this, it would usually reboot every 2 days. If it doesn't reboot for another few days I'll be happy.
I would normally not stand for this but I just love the phone and if I got something else it'd probably be the iPhone 3G which has perhaps more software bugs and issues than the N78-3!!
Best of luck. Here's hoping they release an update soon.
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