2 day old macbook 2.4 loud fan! anyone else?

dairyman · Oct 18, 2008

I just got the 2.4 aluminum macbook 250gb hd. the fan is noticeably louder than my 2.2ghz santa rosa MBP. anyone else hear the fan????

even at 1000rpm i can still hear it?

when i first got it it was DEAD silent now i can hear it very odd...(it is not really loud it is just audible)

anyone else have this problem

chriswright101 · Oct 18, 2008

I've not had the problem myself, but I have heard of about three other cases on various forums where people have experience the same thing. The advice was to simply back up your documents and take it back to the store to be exchanged/altered. Hope that helps.

AirAddict · Oct 18, 2008

2.4 Here dead silent

CrimsonRequiem · Oct 18, 2008

AirAddict said:
2.4 Here dead silent

Seems like you were one of the lucky ones. ^-^"

CodeSamurai · Oct 18, 2008

2.4Ghz here, nothing but the keys clacking. I'll keep an ear out though!
Trent out

dairyman · Oct 18, 2008

it might be the HD spinning. I am very particular I like my comp to be DEAD silent

AirAddict · Oct 18, 2008

Mine is dead silent no hard drive parking noise or nothing

ebelp · Oct 19, 2008

Silent here as well.

CodeSamurai · Oct 27, 2008

Hey all. I just started having issues last night. I think the fan is loose. I opened it up to mess with the fan and could see no obstructions. It looks like the fan housing is too big for the fan and it's causing it to rattle at any speed over 2000rpm. I'm going to give apple a call today. It's not an issue now, but if that fan dies, lots of other things could go wrong. I'll keep you guys informed.

Trent out

bw1128 · Oct 27, 2008

silent here too

CodeSamurai · Oct 27, 2008

After looking at my laptop today, Apple decided to replace it. I didn't even ask them to...in fact I was a little apprehensive because the fan was the only problem this one was having. I didn't have the dust behind the screen/dead pixels/bad keyboard that others are complaining about. They said the fan malfunction could prove to be dangerous, so they swiped it out for a new one. I got lucky though, no problems on this one. The keyboard is actually a little easier to type on as well. I guess I lucked out. I'm back up and running though. No fan problems, no dead pixels, no dust, good keyboard. They also gave me a voucher for a free ram upgrade (4GB) but they were out at the time, so I have to wait. Take care everyone!

Trent out

fungry · Oct 27, 2008

CodeSamurai said:
After looking at my laptop today, Apple decided to replace it. I didn't even ask them to...in fact I was a little apprehensive because the fan was the only problem this one was having. I didn't have the dust behind the screen/dead pixels/bad keyboard that others are complaining about. They said the fan malfunction could prove to be dangerous, so they swiped it out for a new one. I got lucky though, no problems on this one. The keyboard is actually a little easier to type on as well. I guess I lucked out. I'm back up and running though. No fan problems, no dead pixels, no dust, good keyboard. They also gave me a voucher for a free ram upgrade (4GB) but they were out at the time, so I have to wait. Take care everyone!

Trent out

Wow you are very lucky indeed. A voucher to top things up. !!!

AirAddict · Oct 27, 2008

great ENjoy!