Increased fan speed after Leopard install

Hey - Just installed leopard today on my intel core 2 duo blackbook, and I have noticed that where under no processor load my fans would run at about 1800 RPM. Now, it has been consistently at about 2600. I have reset the SMC (I think that's what it's called, the PMU on PowerPC systems) and updated to 10.5.1. Has anyone else experienced this??
Thanks,
Dave

Spotlight may still be indexing the hard drive.
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Problem went away. Must have been a ghost in the machine.

Increase Fan Speed

How can I increase the internal fans in my computer? I only want like a 10% or so increase because the thing just gets so darn hot when I play games...Is there an easy way to control it so I can even create a script that when I have the game loaded it will increase their speed 10-20% and when I quit they will revert to default?

Download and install SMCFanControl: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/31029
With this program you can increase the default fan speeds. You can also create multiple presets for instance one for a slightly increased fan speeds which you may keep it at during normal use. Then have a another higher setting that you set it to when you are going to play games. This will require you to manually change the setting each time. It's easy enough to do though.
If you are not already I would recommend installing iStat Pro or Temperature Monitor so that you can monitor your iMacs internal temperatures. This will help you to determine the best settings for your fans.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/27037
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19994
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Any possibility of increasing fan speed on dv5 1045tx

I want to increase the fan speed because my dv5 1045tx gets too hot. On idle my cpu ranges from 45Cto 55C and my gpu stays at about 60C. When I play any game(like cod4 on highest and lowest graphics settings) my laptop's gpu goes up to 91C to 98C and cpu going to about 80C to 90C. Old games like prince of persia warrior within bring my cpu up to 95C to 98C. Without being able to increase fan speeds, I lost my freedom of playing games. Can someone please help?
Used speedfan to check temps

Many times a laptop overheating is directly related to the cooling of the processor. The main culprit is the fan. The fan sucks in air from the bottom and blows it out the side. It will also suck in hair, dust, and other debris. That stuff often gets trapped by the heat sink and over time builds up in a layer which chokes off the cool air going to the processor making the fan work harder.
Check this out:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01657439&tmp_track_link=ot_faqs/top_issues/en_u...
What I recommend is getting some canned air and blowing out the vents in the side and bottom of the laptop. If after doing this you still have problems with over-heating, and your laptop is in warranty, you can take your laptop to a HP Authorized Service Center and ask them to clean the fan and heatsink. You can check your warranty here:
http://www13.itrc.hp.com/service/ewarranty/warrantyResults.do?admit=109447627+1286541891570+28353475
If it is out of warranty, consider searching for the maintenance manual for your specific model, in the manual there are schematics for taking apart the laptop. Cleaning the fan is much easier that removing a motherboard, so don't feel to intimidated by the idea. Also you can remove the heatsink and then remove the thermal grease and apply a new layer which also helps alleviate heat related issues.
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Much to my surprise, I received a reply from Kodak a mere few hours after emailing them on Sunday morning. They advised me that a new version of their all-in-one printer software (1.2.0 Release 3) for Leopard will be available on the web on Monday, October 29th.

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For some reason the Leopard installer kept your old Tiger partition instead of deleting it. It's probably your fault, but that doesn't matter...
Before you do this, back up any data you still want from the Tiger partition. Also rename it to something that will differentiate it from your other volume(s?). Also back up your Leopard partition before any of this.
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How to increase Fan speed | HP Travelmate 8510p

Hi everybody,
I post here because I have an issue that last from more than year with the temperature of my CPU. It's always near 50/60 when I'm lucky, and it can go to 90 degree and make the laptop crash when I'm running costly applications (like compiling stuff or playing games).
I would like to force the fan to run faster, like it was when I was running windows on the same laptop, so that the CPU (and also at the same time the keyboard which is burning my fingers) stay cooler.
Here is a sensors I just made :
DeepThought# sensors
radeon-pci-0100
Adapter: PCI adapter
temp1: +39.0°C
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +61.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 1: +63.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
So it's seams the issue is realy the cooling of the CPU.
I tried stuff described here : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/fan_speed_control but it seams I havent any PWM control on my laptop, or otherwise some drivers are missing :
DeepThought# pwmconfig
# pwmconfig revision 6166 (2013-05-01)
This program will search your sensors for pulse width modulation (pwm)
controls, and test each one to see if it controls a fan on
your motherboard. Note that many motherboards do not have pwm
circuitry installed, even if your sensor chip supports pwm.
We will attempt to briefly stop each fan using the pwm controls.
The program will attempt to restore each fan to full speed
after testing. However, it is ** very important ** that you
physically verify that the fans have been to full speed
after the program has completed.
/usr/bin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed
So if you have any advice, any method to try, I'll be happy to hear about it
Thanks,

The output is empty (nothing found).
> - Disassemble the laptop and replace the old thermal pads / thermic paste with new thermic paste. In my experience, this has yielded outstanding results.
I did it and it helped a bit, but doesn't solve the problem, and don't last long.
Pretty strange that I cannot force the fan to run at the highest speed.
> - Use a scaling governor to prevent the cpu from scaling to it's highest frequency
I may try that.

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i have a major problem with my fans on my pc. It often reaches 80-90 degrees celcuis, when i have been playing a fairly simple game for about 20 minutes. does anyone know what to do? and it dosent seem like i can increase my fan speed in any way. i have been trying almost everything i can find on the internet. please help

Hello themanafreak. I understand your notebook is getting warm during use.
First, you should ensure that the cooling system of the notebook is free of dust and debris but cleaning the notebook as per these instructions.
Also, another good step to take is to ensure that you have the latest version of the BIOS installed. I can locate the latest BIOS for you if you provide me with your product number. This document can show you where the product number is located. Finally, I do not know of a way to increase the fan's speed itself but you can set the fan to "always be on" by doing the following.
Reboot your computer and press F10 until the BIOS loads.Navigate to the System Configuration section.Ensure that "Fan Always On" is set to enabled.Navigate to the Exit section and save your changes.
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How did my desktop appear on another computer after Leopard install?

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Anyone else have a problem printing after the Leopard install?
My printer and driver was recognized but I can't print. When I watch the print queue it say there are errors and fails.
Since HP never made a driver for this printer, I was using a Zenographics driver that worked great. That is, until I upgraded.
I unplugged the USB and power cords, and removed the printer from System Preferences. After plugging everything back in and adding the printer again, the printer seemed like it wanted to print, but still didn't work.
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Thank you for your answers. I was hoping someone would reply.
HP LJ 1000 is a great printer and I figured a few people had to have one. It is unfortunate as this printer hardly ever needed the toner changed, and I used it as my main printer. I swear I only changed toner four times in the last five years!
I looked everywhere for a driver and found nothing. HP said they had no updated driver for the Mac (as they told me a year ago, too) and they were not going to create one.
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I researched printers from the Apple store and decided to go with the very Mac friendly HP Laserjet 1022:
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I hope I helped you out as well.
Again, thank you.
-NdP

Hard Drives locked after Leopard Install

Since this only happened after I installed Leopard, I figured here would be a good place. My apologies if it is not.
The root ( /Volumes/Entreri/ and /Volumes/Akira ) are now read only. All folders and files within them have correct permissions.
History: For a long time now, I've promised myself that one day, I was going to wipe my main drive, Ishii, and do OSX RIGHT. Ever since I had initial permissions problems since I upgraded my systems from OS9 to OSX, I ran my system (a Dual 1 Ghz Quicksilver G4) as root. Cringe away. I was young, and my attitude was that my dang computer was not going to tell me what I could, and could not delete (and trust me, after the initial switch and for years beyond, OSX still gave me plenty of those problems).
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Then I get info on the system drive, Ryoko, and see the same thing... and I change it, and I hit apply to all enclosed items. About 30 seconds after a little voice in my head nags: "Why would you need to do that? The drive was wiped fresh- every file in there has the permissions OSX set for it.."
But it was in process- and I've learned not to interrupt OSX doing file changes.
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Now OSX runs fine.. but my Aux drives, Entreri and Akira, have their root directories locked.
•Getting info on the hard drive makes it look like everything's fine.
•Changing the permissions from rwrwrw to rwrwrw just to try and do something doesn't do anything.
•Applying to enclosed items run, but the root directory is still locked.
•Ignoring ownership on the volume doesn't change the locked root folder.
•FileXaminer can't seem to do anything either.
•Attempting to change the permissions in the terminal results in a Operation not permitted error.
•Permissions as reported from terminal: drwxrwxrwx@ 25 root admin 918 Dec 8 14:15 Entreri
•I ran as root, to see if I could fix the problem, but it's the same thing all over.
•When booting from leopard and running disk utility, the hard drive's are still appearing as locked- nothing is wrong with the drives. I was thinking about reinstalling, but if the installer disk sees the drives as locked, I doubted that would make an issue.
Entreri: 500 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.9
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Ryoko: 80 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.6
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I tried this. I also tried updating the CUPS config file as was noted elsewhere. The printer is a total no-show on Leopard.
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On Tiger it would just *be there* to print to. All the Panther computers see it as a "shared printer" in the printer box.
In Leopard.... not a &^^&% thing.
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Hi,
I installed Leopard - erase and install, in an iMac 1.83, 17 early 2006. After installation seemingly no problems with the installation iSight no longer works, built in ethernet doesn't seem to work and Bluetooth is flaky, sometime bluetooth works sometimes not.
With iSight, try to use Photo Booth and I get a black window with a picture of a camera with a slash through the camera.
With Ethernet using DHCP is self assigned an 169 ... number, so I set it to manuel and assigned a IP to it. But then Airport stopped working and lights on router don't light for the ethernet cable, and yes set to no conflicting IP.
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Welcome to Apple Discussions, hytan
hytan is giving you good help on resetting the hardware.
About as close as you can come to an iSight "driver" is the "QuickTimeUSBVDCDigitizer.component" file. That file should be in your GF's Mac's Hard Disk / System / Library / QuickTime folder. Look manually because Spotlight will not find this file. If the file is there, reinstallation is not needed.
If it is NOT there, you will need to restore the file to its correct location in order for your built-in iSight (or any other USB camera) to work.
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