The fan never stops running and is very loud!
SMC did not solve the problem. Any other ideas out there?
My notebook is under the 2yr Total Care warranty so I'm not sure if opening and reversing the fan direction will void that or not...it likely will. I hate calling HP support, I've experienced the worst customer service EVER from them in the past three times I've called...thats another story though.
I use my laptop on a cooling pad. CoolMaster allows me to customize the location of the fans so I just put the fans directly under the HD and under the exhaust vents. Even with the fan on the laptop gets warmer than you'd think.
Someone else posted a very detailed response about hot between 12-16mos after buying it, your laptop should need to be cleaned...I've owned it since January...Its almost always used on a hard surface like a desk and about 8hrs out of the day its sitting on a cooling pad.
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hi there, i bought my macbook 1 week ago and its working fine. BUT the fan is always running and it is very annoying? what should i do
Take it back to the store where you bought it for a hardware check and/or exchange/refund.
If they say "that's normal" then get your money back.
Nothing worst than a annoying fan you can't do anything about.
I has a eMac that did that, sounded like a vacuum cleaner running all the time, I'm so glad I trashed it and will never buy a machine I can hear running in a near silent library.
Some advice, the higher end models with a dedicated graphics do tend to operate cooler, it's the one's with only CPU graphics (Intel) regardless if a Mac or PC that tend to make a lot of noise.
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have a macbook pro the fan wont stop running the keyboard light is not working and the it wont charge all happened all of a sudden what to do please.
Reset SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".
If this does not help, you may have to take the MBP to the Apple Store to have it checked.
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I am unable to sign into my account through Adobe Elements 12. I can sign in on Adobe's website, and through Revel online, and through my smartphone, however when I try to sign in through Adobe Elements 12 directly, the hourglass never stops turning, and turning.
Hi,
Have you tried working through this document - it does apply to Elements as well.
Sign in, activation, or connection errors | CS5.5 and later
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I have an iphone 4, iOS 7.1.2
Mac book pro 13in Mid 2012, with OS X VERSION 10.9.4, Processor speed 2.9 Ghz, Memory 8GB 1600MHz DDR3, Intel core i7, Storage capacity 750 GB, 650 GB available.
WHEN I CONNECT, THROUGH USB CABLE, MY IPHONE TO THE MAC BOOK PRO, THE ITUNES APP STOP RUNNING AND I CAN NOT SYNCRONIZE THE IPHONE.Hello skkmmayer,
That is probably a lot of stuff you do not want on your iPhone. So this can be handled a few different was. For you current situation, you can delete the apps directly on your iPhone by holding on the app until it starts to jiggle and then tap on the X of all the apps that you do not want. The second thing you can do is before you sync with iTunes, look at the app section on your iPhone to know what gets transfer to it and you can deselect items that you do not want. Lastly, if you download content on your iPad and it is a universal app, you can actually download it directly to your iPhone by looking at your past purchases and download it directly from the App Store. Check out the articles below for more information if need further assistance.
How to delete content you've downloaded from the iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store, or Mac App Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5772
iTunes 11 for Mac: Sync and organize iOS apps
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12115
Download past purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
Regards,
-Norm G. -
After fresh Mavericks Install Fans never stopped running on full speed. What to do?
Hello
I had Mountain Lion installed this afternoon, but wanted to upgrade to Mavericks. I went the upgrade path through the Mac App Store, but after the install several things still weren't working properly (as they had been with Mountain Lion), so I erased the disk an reinstalled Mavericks from scratch. Now, at the time in Mountain Lion Finder kept freezing the MBP at 100% of one of it's cores, which heated up the CPU quite a bit. I therefore installed smcfancontrol to have quick access to a setting I called "Cool", essentially running both fans at full power. When I decided to reset the system, this setting was activated. Now, after the clean reinstall of Mavericks, the fans are continiously running at full speed (as in 5940rpm). In smcfancontrol I cannot set the fan speed lower than that, as it seems to be the system minimum now. I can't set them higher either, but if I choose the pre-defined "Higher RPM" setting, the fans manage a whopping 7k something. Didn't sound healthy though, so I'm keeping my fingers away from that.
Anyway, is there a way to reset the fan speed defaults?
Specs:
Model Identifier: MacBookPro10,1
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.7 GHz
Memory: 16 GB
SSD: 512 GB
[EDIT] I found out how to change the defaults of smcfancontrol (there are config files; ~/Library/Application Support/smcFanControl/Machines.plist for the machine "defaults" and ~/Library/Preferences/com.eidac.smcFanControl2.plist for the preferences)
Hope this helps anyone in the future, now I just need to find out what the default values are for a MBP =)I have a similiar problem.
I updated to Mavericks last night and now only one of my fans isnt working.
I tried Smc reset.
I also have Istat Pro and I can see the right fan is not working.
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Macbook Pro fans never stop running
Hey guys. Ever since this latest OSX update, the fans on my MBP run all the time, nonstop. Even when i've closed down all applications and most processes, those fans still pull 6k rpms. However, when i bootcamp into my Win 7 build, the fans barely run if at all. When i originally purchased the MBP last year, this wasn't an issue at all, but with these latest updates, it feels like things are slowing down and running less efficiently. What's the deal??
They run immediately coming out of sleep. On a restart, it takes a few moments, but they very quickly get up to 6200rpms.
Even now, the laptop has been sitting idle on my coffee table for 3 hours and the fans are both going full bore and the kernel_task process is at 658mb's and 89% of the CPU load. What in the heck is using that kind of power???
Finally, yes it's got enough air. I use a laptop stand or prop it up off the table every time i use it. -
Fan never stops running at high speed.
My motherboard is a K8NGM2-L which had BIOS 1.0. I upgraded to BIOS v1.10 this week.
Before the BIOS upgrade, I would power up my machine, the fan (sounds like the CPU fan) would run at a million miles an hour and then spin down to no more than a hum. Nice and quiet. Sometimes I didn't know it was even on and my temps always stayed around 32C.
After the new BIOS, I power up the machine, the fan runs at a million miles an hour and stays there. It's the loudest machine I have ever had. My temps still stay around 32C.
I've installed CNQ and that doesn't help. I've installed PCALERT4 and that doesn't help. How can I get my machine to
be quiet like it used to be so I don't go deaf?
I don't know what other info to provide, so please ask any questions and I'll be happy to reply.
ThanksThanks for your replies. My problem is fixed now. I took Murdoks advice and went looking for a speed fan setting in the BIOS. I found one that reads "SMART Fan Target Temperature". I set that one to 40C/104F and rebooted my machine. As soon as it came up, the fan revolutions dropped a lot and my machine is nice and quiet again.
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My battery seems to have an x on it I tried resetting it but my charger doesnt seem to work now however from last night it all went black and everything shut down and my charger stopped working from then also my fan is going mad everytiime i turn the computer on.. can anyone help me?
Please use punctuation to end your sentences. It is very difficult to understand what you are saying.
Is the battery swelling or not?
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My older I-MAC gives me a grey screen and flashes a question mark and smiling FINDER face inside a FILE icon. Then the fan begins to run and becomes very loud...and thats as far as it will let me go.
See KB Articles: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106805 Mac OS X: "Broken folder" icon, prohibitory sign, or kernel panic when computer starts
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=31355 Mac OS: Flashing Globe When Computer Turns On or A folder that has an alternating flashing question mark
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301733 iMac G5: How to Reset the SMU (iMac G5, the iMac G5 (Ambient Light Sensor), and the iMac G5 (iSight)). -
HT1776 Hi, my iMac screen goes to sleep but the fan stays on 24hrs and never stops?
Hi, my iMac screen goes to sleep but the fan stays on 24hrs and never stops? You can hear it running all night.
Appreciate any advice.I'm using Lion. Many problems started since using Lion!The temps are a bit higher than I'd expect under normal circumstances, and too high while playing games, but what is the room temp where it is?
I def. think its a temp thing now. but why does it only raise when im playing games or watching videos online?
Games tipically press the CPU, Video Card, RAM, and everything else much harder than most apps.
It may be a Fan not working properly, or just dust buildup.
Boot off your Install Disk while holding down the *d key*, (not c key), then run the extended Apple Hardware Test. Some disks require you to use the Option key at bootup to select AHT. Some models have a separate AHT CD.
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HT4543 What to do if the fan never comes on...even when the IMAC is very hot?
I've had my IMAC for 2 months. I was using the computer for an extended period today whikle playionmg a game. Game play seemed after a while but I concluded it was due to a lot of info being "worked". Anyway, the computer was very hot after a few hours of playing. I became concerned 'cause the fans never came on. Is this typical, or should i have heard them earlier? Also, is there a manula way to engage the fans? Thanks
Just to be sure do a smc reset.
But also install any one of the temperature monitors like iSTAT Pro, iSTAT Menus, Temperature Monitor, Hardware Monitor, etc.
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hi after updating to Mountain Lion, it becomes difficult to quit Mail, always have to Force Quit. And while Mail is on standby, the fan keeps on running full power, the laptop is hot. Why is this happening?
If your computer was hot it wasn't asleep - it either didn't go to sleep or it work up after you put it to sleep. I've seen both things happen. First, read this article and follow the instructions.
1) For the next few days/weeks pay attention to the blinking light on the front of your computer when you close the lid. Don't put the computer into your backpack/case until it begins to blink. Wait a minute or so after it starts to blink to make sure it doesn't stop blinking - the signal it woke back up.
2) having followed the above instructions, if you take the computer out and it is hot again or if you take it out and discover it has powered down (you'll know this because when it starts up the battery will be drained and you'll see a progress bar over a ghostly display that will eventually become normal) immediately start the Console program and perform a search on 'sleep' and then 'wake'. This should bring up all the recent log files about sleep state changes (going to sleep and waking up). You should see one for when you put the computer to sleep and put it away and the next one should be just after you got it out. You'll find at least one though that shouldn't be there. That will tell you when the computer work up (when it shouldn't have) and might give a clue as to why.
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my Iphone 5s was working perfectly before downloading the IOS 8.0.1 and later IOS 8.0.2. When my Iphone run out of battery, I connected it to Itunes, however the phone never turned on, and kept trying to sync, however got an itunes failure message.
Any help in this regards please.Hello douraid,
Start with the article below to get your iPhone to take a charge. Once you get it powered back on, you will want to sync again to make sure nothing was lost during the attempted sync.
iPhone and iPod touch: Charging the battery
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1476
Regards,
-Norm G. -
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