wth is this sound?

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right now my CPU was just at around 85 celcius and some sort of a fan sounding thing just kicked on.... what is that? I thought these computers didnt come with a fan...

or is that the fan for the casing, not the cpu?

the temp did drop to 78 while this loud noise was going on lol
 
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taseal said:
right now my CPU was just at around 85 celcius and some sort of a fan sounding thing just kicked on.... what is that? I thought these computers didnt come with a fan...

or is that the fan for the casing, not the cpu?

the temp did drop to 78 while this loud noise was going on lol
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That is the fan which cooled your machine off. you can rectify this by placing your book on a hard flat surface, allowing the machine to circulate air and keep itsself cool.
 
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taseal said:
I thought these computers didnt come with a fan...
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The only comps without a fan are the minis
 
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It'd be nice but alas... them books get hot.
 
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deus_ex_machina said:
The only comps without a fan are the minis
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Really? That what kind of cooling system do they have, they need to be cooled somehow. If they don't they overheat and shut down.
 
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I wasn't sure my ibook had a fan in it when I got it. It went a good 8-9 months without turning on. Then summer came and I heard the fan for the first time. It took me a minute to figure out what it was because it was the quietest fan I have ever heard.
 
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Really? That what kind of cooling system do they have, they need to be cooled somehow. If they don't they overheat and shut down.
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alas, I am mistaken. There IS a cooling fan in the Mini, see here Its so darn quiet I never noticed it. :dummy:
 
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No, there definitely IS a fan in the mac mini - always has been.

It just never turns on under normal loads, the macbook's one does more often I've found - presumably due to the thinner enclosure...
 
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The MacBook fan is sadly very loud when at full power....
 

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