My macbook becomes as loud as a hair-dryer!

Whenever I watch videos in a browser or shoot a video with photobooth, or sometimes using Skype my macbook becomes as loud as a hair-dryer. Is it possible to clean the cooler filter? Where is the cooler filter. I had this problem on a Medion laptop and just had to clean the dust away from the filter. Does anyone have any ideas.
The details of my mac are below.


Modellname: MacBook
Modell-Identifizierung: MacBook4,1
Prozessortyp: Intel Core 2 Duo
Prozessorgeschwindigkeit: 2,4 GHz
Anzahl der Prozessoren: 1
Gesamtzahl der Kerne: 2
L2-Cache: 3 MB
Speicher: 4 GB
Busgeschwindigkeit: 800 MHz
Boot-ROM-Version: MB41.00C1.B00
SMC-Version (System): 1.31f1

languageteacher said:

Is it possible to clean the cooler filter? Where is the cooler filter.

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If by "cooler filter" you mean the fan...yes it can be cleaned...but you need to be able to take open the computer to do it.

- Nick

p.s. By the way...it's pretty much normal for the fans to increase in rpm when doing what you mentioned (watching videos, etc.).

Fan gets loud

Thanks,

I understand its normal for the fan to get a little faster and perhaps louder but if its so loud its no fun then its just too much. Is there a video on Youtube showing how to take the mac apart and clean the fan or air filter?

Many thanks

Ken