fan on macbook pro?

hislip33 · hislip33 #1 (**permalink**)

10-31-2011, 07:05 PM

hi i just bought my mac book pro yesterday. it seems that the fan runs constantly though is this normal or am i hearing some other component, it starts about a minute after i turn the unit on. any advice thank you!!!!!!!!!

osxx · osxx #2 (**permalink**)

10-31-2011, 07:15 PM

In widgets I use iStat pro which gives fan speed and temp and a lot of other info so when temp goes up so does fan speed.

Lbatson21 · Lbatson21 #3 (**permalink**)

10-31-2011, 07:18 PM

Computer fans always run constantly as do hard drives. You're probably hearing a combination of both. Nothing to really worry about and the fans will speed up the more that you do. This is normal and not a big concern. If it runs maxed out all the time you would probably just have an application that is hogging CPU. You can use Activity Monitor to see what processes are running and other stats as well.

Erobpaint · Erobpaint #4 (**permalink**)

10-31-2011, 07:18 PM

Check to see what programs are running. Go to activity monitor in your application folder it sounds like a program is pushing hour processors to the limit I had Norton on mine and it was pushing my system to the limit. I uninstalled it from the site on the internet and now my computer is fine.

Lbatson21 · Lbatson21 #5 (**permalink**)

10-31-2011, 07:19 PM

Yea I use iStat Pro too. Great tool and it stays in the Dashboard so you can pull it up quickly.

maxwell2112 · maxwell2112 #6 (**permalink**)

10-31-2011, 08:43 PM

Make sure you don't have a CD in the optical drive. I just got mine too and it is very quiet.

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Member Since: Oct 29, 2011 Location: Ferndale, Wa. Posts: 48 Mac Specs: MBP 2011, 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7, 8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3, 500gb 7200rpm HD, Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3	10-31-2011, 08:43 PM Make sure you don't have a CD in the optical drive. I just got mine too and it is very quiet. 17" MacBook Pro Iphone 4S 64gb iPad 1 and 3rd generation, both 16gb Wi-Fi, 3 or 4 iPods around here somewhere and 4 very reliable home-built Windows boxes
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hislip33 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 11, 2011 Posts: 23	10-31-2011, 07:05 PM hi i just bought my mac book pro yesterday. it seems that the fan runs constantly though is this normal or am i hearing some other component, it starts about a minute after i turn the unit on. any advice thank you!!!!!!!!!
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osxx #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 19, 2008 Location: houston texas Posts: 3,933 Mac Specs: 15 MacBook Pro 2009 32GB iPad 4 32GB iPhone 5 Apple TV 3 AEBS/AE	10-31-2011, 07:15 PM In widgets I use iStat pro which gives fan speed and temp and a lot of other info so when temp goes up so does fan speed.
	QUOTE Thanks

Erobpaint #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 04, 2011 Posts: 2	10-31-2011, 07:18 PM Check to see what programs are running. Go to activity monitor in your application folder it sounds like a program is pushing hour processors to the limit I had Norton on mine and it was pushing my system to the limit. I uninstalled it from the site on the internet and now my computer is fine.
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Lbatson21 #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 17, 2010 Posts: 247 Mac Specs: 2011 Mac mini and 2010 13" MacBook Pro, iPhone 4 and iPad	10-31-2011, 07:19 PM Yea I use iStat Pro too. Great tool and it stays in the Dashboard so you can pull it up quickly.
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