What do you do if you suspect a cooling fan is broken?

I just downloaded Fan Control because I noticed that my mac was heating up a lot. It struck me as a bit strange because it would heat up a lot for activities that it handled at medium temperature before; also the wind at the vent that I was feeling wasn't as strong as before. In the screenshot of their program it clearly shows both left and right fans going at the same RPM. On mine, the left one is running fine but it says my right one is at -1 RPM. So with all of this combined I'm thinking the right fan might be broken. Any steps I can take to confirm it?
Also, pretty sure warranty's done on this one.

sinovera wrote:
I just downloaded Fan Control because I noticed that my mac was heating up a lot. It struck me as a bit strange because it would heat up a lot for activities that it handled at medium temperature before; also the wind at the vent that I was feeling wasn't as strong as before. In the screenshot of their program it clearly shows both left and right fans going at the same RPM. On mine, the left one is running fine but it says my right one is at -1 RPM. So with all of this combined I'm thinking the right fan might be broken. Any steps I can take to confirm it?
Also, pretty sure warranty's done on this one.
13" MBP's only have one fan, 15 and 17's have 2, what size is your MBP?

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Hi,
I have recently installed Windows 7 32 bit and have been suffering significant crashing and instability with Premiere Pro CS4.
These issues occur consistently with 1 to 20 minutes of using the software...usually every 2-7 minutes.
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Sometimes I don't receive a message at all...Premiere Pro just instantly stops....sometimes a message.."Premiere Pro has encountered an error."
I previously used Premiere Pro CS2 on this same computer but with a Windows XP install...this worked very well and was stable (SD editing not HD)
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Turning off virus protection.
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System Model    P5K-E
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Total Virtual Memory    6.50 GB
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Any advice greatly appreciated.

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What does JSESSIONID stand for when accessing Comcast/Xfinity emails? I was told that it means that a person who lives in my apartment bldg is hacking my mails. What say you?

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