Left fan got louder after around 2 months

hey. I just discovered that after around 2 months of use my left fan got louder. Is this normal ? I mean it can be normal if you use a laptop for around 2 years, but it is kind of weird that this happens just after 2 months. seriously my fan was very very quite when i got my macbook pro, but now it seems to become more and more anoying plus the freaking whine...
Regards,
Martin

Hey Martin,
To stop the whine use a program called 'Quietmacbook' Google it and you will find it, this stops the whine by loading the 2 processors but don't use it on battery life otherwise it will reduce your battery time, as for the fan, i have week build 28 on my macbook pro and the left fan is always on after the firmware update to stop the so called mooing issues, its probably the amoutn of dust in there which makes the fan spin faster to push out the hot air
Danny
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