New MacBook Pro, fan goes crazy on iPhoto screen saver
I just got a new 15in MacBook Pro (running Lion of course) with the following specs:
- 8 gigs RAM
- 2.2 GHz
- 500 gig 7200 hard drive
I had my screen saver set to cycle randomly through 350 pictures from my wedding. Within 1 minute of the screensaver activating, my fan kicks in full speed. When I go into Activity Monitor (while the fan is still going nuts) no processes are using more than 7% CPU. Within a couple of minutes of resuming work, the screen saver dies down and everything is fine.
Does anyone know why this is happening? I'm a programmer and even having multiple applications in active use, the fan doesn't kick on. If I switch to Arabesque screen saver, the fan doesn't act crazy. I suppose it's not a big deal to use a different screen saver but there's no logical reason for my fan to go insane when all it's doing is cycling through some pictures.
I did try the steps to reset the SMC but it did not seem to solve the issue.
Any help appreciated!
You were right One of my other iPhoto albums must have corrupted pictures because I went to a backup that contained only the wedding pictures and everything is fine. Always nice when the answer happens to be something simple!
Thanks!!
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Active Memory: 1.51 GB
Free Memory: 15.0 MB
Wired Memory: 983.8 MB
Used Memory: 3.98 GB
Inactive Memory: 1.51 GB
Total VM: 246.81 GB
Number of processes: 120
PID Process Name User CPU Real Mem Virtual Mem
0 kernel_task root 3.3 375.7 MB 5.43 GB
1 launchd root 0.0 1.8 MB 2.36 GB
11 UserEventAgent root 0.0 3.6 MB 2.37 GB
12 kextd root 0.0 2.9 MB 2.35 GB
14 notifyd root 0.0 1.3 MB 2.36 GB
17 warmd nobody 0.0 4.0 MB 2.36 GB
18 usbmuxd _usbmuxd 0.0 2.4 MB 2.36 GB
20 syslogd root 0.0 1.3 MB 2.36 GB
22 stackshot root 0.0 716 KB 2.35 GB
24 securityd root 0.0 4.0 MB 2.38 GB
26 revisiond root 0.0 2.2 MB 2.37 GB
27 powerd root 0.0 1.8 MB 2.37 GB
30 opendirectoryd root 0.1 8.5 MB 2.39 GB
33 mds root 0.2 115.9 MB 3.14 GB
34 mDNSResponder _mdnsrespo 0.0 3.0 MB 2.36 GB
37 loginwindow Admin 0.0 15.7 MB 2.48 GB
38 locationd _locationd 0.0 6.6 MB 2.37 GB
39 KernelEventAgent root 0.0 612 KB 2.34 GB
41 hidd root 0.0 2.2 MB 2.35 GB
42 fseventsd root 0.2 3.4 MB 2.39 GB
44 dynamic_pager root 0.0 424 KB 2.32 GB
47 diskarbitrationd root 0.0 1.1 MB 2.35 GB
48 appleeventsd _eppc 0.0 2.2 MB 2.37 GB
50 configd root 0.0 3.9 MB 2.35 GB
52 blued root 0.0 2.7 MB 2.37 GB
54 autofsd root 0.0 1.3 MB 2.35 GB
57 BBDaemon root 0.0 1.2 MB 637.3 MB
58 cfprefsd root 0.1 1.6 MB 2.35 GB
59 distnoted root 0.0 2.1 MB 2.37 GB
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89 netbiosd _netbios 0.0 2.4 MB 2.36 GB
105 ntpd root 0.0 1.1 MB 2.35 GB
108 SystemStarter root 0.0 664 KB 2.35 GB
110 aosnotifyd root 0.0 4.3 MB 2.37 GB
117 ResponseHardwareService root 0.1 16.8 MB 720.3 MB
121 fontd _atsserver 0.0 2.0 MB 2.38 GB
128 coreaudiod _coreaudio 0.0 6.6 MB 2.36 GB
132 logind root 0.0 1.3 MB 2.35 GB
141 networkd _networkd 0.0 980 KB 2.35 GB
144 launchd Admin 0.0 1.0 MB 2.36 GB
147 UserEventAgent Admin 0.0 7.5 MB 2.39 GB
148 distnoted Admin 0.2 4.8 MB 2.37 GB
149 cfprefsd Admin 0.0 3.2 MB 2.35 GB
155 pboard Admin 0.0 400 KB 2.32 GB
157 Dock Admin 0.0 21.7 MB 2.47 GB
158 talagent Admin 0.0 5.8 MB 2.39 GB
159 SystemUIServer Admin 0.2 28.9 MB 2.51 GB
160 Finder Admin 0.1 74.3 MB 2.60 GB
166 usernoted Admin 0.0 6.6 MB 2.37 GB
172 Notification Center Admin 0.3 11.4 MB 2.43 GB
175 imagent Admin 0.0 5.8 MB 2.37 GB
182 AirPort Base Station Agen Admin 0.0 1.0 MB 2.35 GB
184 UFR II BackGrounder Admin 0.1 2.2 MB 657.2 MB
185 Canon CMFP BackGrounder Admin 0.1 2.1 MB 656.9 MB
186 BBLaunchAgent.app Admin 0.3 2.7 MB 658.9 MB
192 apsd root 0.0 8.5 MB 2.37 GB
193 filecoordinationd root 0.0 2.1 MB 2.35 GB
194 fontd Admin 0.0 5.4 MB 2.40 GB
197 NetworkBrowserAgent Admin 0.0 2.3 MB 2.35 GB
199 cupsd root 0.1 2.2 MB 2.36 GB
203 TISwitcher Admin 0.0 5.0 MB 2.39 GB
206 Desktop Menu Admin 0.2 18.3 MB 759.6 MB
207 Photo Stream Admin 0.0 12.7 MB 2.40 GB
208 iTunes Helper Admin 0.0 3.0 MB 2.37 GB
210 GrowlHelperApp Admin 0.0 12.8 MB 2.40 GB
214 Guidance Admin 0.2 9.2 MB 2.40 GB
217 RealPlayer Downloader Age Admin 1.1 3.4 MB 666.5 MB
218 Speech Synthesis Server Admin 0.0 6.4 MB 2.39 GB
219 Dropbox Admin 0.4 17.6 MB 713.5 MB
220 imklaunchagent Admin 0.0 5.4 MB 2.36 GB
224 QTKitServer-(214) Guidanc Admin 0.0 2.3 MB 690.9 MB
232 ResponseSoftwareService Admin 1.9 18.3 MB 705.8 MB
234 lsboxd Admin 0.0 1.9 MB 2.35 GB
235 RPDLAgentHelperJ root 0.0 13.5 MB 627.3 MB
246 com.apple.dock.extra Admin 0.0 13.8 MB 2.41 GB
251 Image Capture Extension Admin 0.0 7.0 MB 2.40 GB
260 CIJScannerRegister Admin 0.0 5.3 MB 2.40 GB
265 dbfseventsd root 0.0 232 KB 582.7 MB
266 Firefox Admin 3.2 771.0 MB 4.57 GB
268 dbfseventsd root 0.0 3.1 MB 590.7 MB
269 dbfseventsd Admin 0.0 100 KB 582.7 MB
287 Firefox Plugin Process (G Admin 0.0 12.4 MB 729.6 MB
288 GoogleTalkPlugin Admin 0.1 7.0 MB 740.1 MB
289 Firefox Plugin Process (S Admin 3.4 118.7 MB 2.85 GB
290 VDCAssistant root 0.0 4.3 MB 2.37 GB
393 mdworker Admin 0.1 22.5 MB 2.39 GB
418 AppleSpell.service Admin 0.0 8.0 MB 2.38 GB
1210 Google Chrome Admin 1.0 134.5 MB 1.17 GB
1215 Google Chrome Helper Admin 0.0 128.0 MB 929.9 MB
1218 Google Chrome Worker Admin 0.0 29.8 MB 814.1 MB
1219 Google Chrome Renderer Admin 0.1 61.9 MB 841.1 MB
1220 Google Chrome Renderer Admin 0.1 74.3 MB 865.6 MB
1221 Google Chrome Renderer Admin 0.0 44.4 MB 843.9 MB
1225 PepperFlashPlayer (Chrome Admin 1.6 53.6 MB 981.2 MB
1228 Google Chrome Renderer Admin 0.4 123.0 MB 1,008.6 MB
1245 Microsoft Word Admin 0.6 76.9 MB 1,013.2 MB
1250 Microsoft AU Daemon Admin 0.0 2.4 MB 657.1 MB
1381 ocspd root 0.0 3.3 MB 2.37 GB
1713 Calendar Admin 0.0 35.3 MB 2.49 GB
1741 Google Chrome Renderer Admin 0.2 122.6 MB 904.7 MB
1841 syspolicyd root 0.0 812 KB 2.35 GB
2086 Google Chrome Worker Admin 0.1 59.7 MB 806.5 MB
2102 launchd _spotlight 0.0 848 KB 2.36 GB
2168 taskgated root 0.0 3.1 MB 2.37 GB
2190 cookied Admin 0.0 1.4 MB 2.35 GB
2208 distnoted _spotlight 0.0 1.5 MB 2.37 GB
2209 cfprefsd _spotlight 0.1 1.1 MB 2.35 GB
2210 Dictation Admin 0.0 13.6 MB 2.39 GB
2215 tccd Admin 0.0 1.9 MB 2.35 GB
2218 xpcd Admin 0.0 4.8 MB 2.35 GB
2219 com.apple.iCloudHelper Admin 0.0 5.8 MB 2.37 GB
2224 SleepServicesD root 0.0 1.5 MB 2.33 GB
2231 pbs Admin 9.1 4.8 MB 2.36 GB
2235 CVMCompiler Admin 0.0 24.8 MB 2.38 GB
2263 CalendarAgent Admin 0.0 26.7 MB 2.39 GB
2271 Activity Monitor Admin 4.9 21.3 MB 2.46 GB
2273 activitymonitord root 0.5 1.8 MB 2.33 GB
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