Re: Hot Macbook Pro Controlling Fan
Might be useful. I don't think I need to have it for my 15 inch Mac book pro; but, on the other hand, just might be useful to have. Thanks. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On May 23, 2011, at 9:50 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: Kimberly, Since that post, I've figured out some of the answers. First, SMCFanControler doesn't work with VoiceOver. But, FanControler version 1.2 does. I'd tried it earlier couldn't figure where it disappeared too, after the install. I went back did some more checking. Well, long story short, after it's installed it appears, as a button, in the system's preferences. You simply click it then you can set the base RPM for your fans, the low range of temp @ which the fans cut in the high range @ which they go in to hyper drive. It's working flawlessly my machine is already cooler. I shudder to think @ what temp it has been running. Apparently, judging from all the posts that I found on the subject. it's a pretty common problem. I'm going to do some more research try running my Mac on the AC power with out the battery installed. If anyone else has any other thoughts, then please join in. CJ On May 23, 2011, at 7:33 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: My Macbook Pro only gets hot when I run Windows in VMware Fusion while I am also charging it. Once it gets so hot, speech does tend to stutter. I have 8 gigs of ram and my unit is a late 2009 Macbook Pro 13 inch. If I just run OSX, my MPB stays as cool as can be. On May 23, 2011, at 9:47 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: Hello All, My Macbook III Pro gets hot. I'm talk'n hot! I mean it's Saturday night in Chicago in the Roaring 20's hot. When it happens, the machine in general VO in particular just don't function so well. So, I found a program called SMCFanControler. Unfortunately, when I try to run the application, VO just tells me that SMCFanControler doesn't have any windows. Anyone else dealing with a hot Mac, a nonfunctioning fan controller problem? Inquiring minds burning hot pants want to know! Thanks for any advice, CJ P.S. Does anyone smell something burning? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Hot Macbook Pro Controlling Fan
I also confirm that if I run windows under VM, my Mac gets hot and the fan runs. However, if I only run the Mac then I have a cool Mac. I have the 13 inch Macbook Pro purchased last year. Kawal. On 24 May 2011, at 03:33, Kimberly thurman wrote: My Macbook Pro only gets hot when I run Windows in VMware Fusion while I am also charging it. Once it gets so hot, speech does tend to stutter. I have 8 gigs of ram and my unit is a late 2009 Macbook Pro 13 inch. If I just run OSX, my MPB stays as cool as can be. On May 23, 2011, at 9:47 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: Hello All, My Macbook III Pro gets hot. I'm talk'n hot! I mean it's Saturday night in Chicago in the Roaring 20's hot. When it happens, the machine in general VO in particular just don't function so well. So, I found a program called SMCFanControler. Unfortunately, when I try to run the application, VO just tells me that SMCFanControler doesn't have any windows. Anyone else dealing with a hot Mac, a nonfunctioning fan controller problem? Inquiring minds burning hot pants want to know! Thanks for any advice, CJ P.S. Does anyone smell something burning? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. Kawal Gucukoglu (E-mail/MSN): kawal_gucuko...@sent.com (Skype ID): kawalgucukoglu (Mobile/text): +447905618396 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Hot Macbook Pro Controlling Fan
Hot is a relative term. I still find my mbp the coolest computer overall i've ever owned. I rarely ever notice the fan turning on, it's quiet most all of the time. I've the late 2010 model. Best, Zack. On May 24, 2011, at 5:07 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: I also confirm that if I run windows under VM, my Mac gets hot and the fan runs. However, if I only run the Mac then I have a cool Mac. I have the 13 inch Macbook Pro purchased last year. Kawal. On 24 May 2011, at 03:33, Kimberly thurman wrote: My Macbook Pro only gets hot when I run Windows in VMware Fusion while I am also charging it. Once it gets so hot, speech does tend to stutter. I have 8 gigs of ram and my unit is a late 2009 Macbook Pro 13 inch. If I just run OSX, my MPB stays as cool as can be. On May 23, 2011, at 9:47 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: Hello All, My Macbook III Pro gets hot. I'm talk'n hot! I mean it's Saturday night in Chicago in the Roaring 20's hot. When it happens, the machine in general VO in particular just don't function so well. So, I found a program called SMCFanControler. Unfortunately, when I try to run the application, VO just tells me that SMCFanControler doesn't have any windows. Anyone else dealing with a hot Mac, a nonfunctioning fan controller problem? Inquiring minds burning hot pants want to know! Thanks for any advice, CJ P.S. Does anyone smell something burning? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. Kawal Gucukoglu (E-mail/MSN): kawal_gucuko...@sent.com (Skype ID): kawalgucukoglu (Mobile/text): +447905618396 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
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I have the late 2008 model MBPro and the only time it gets hot on my bare legs and the fan comes on, is when I'm streaming flash video or playing with x-plane with Zoom turned on. I though about one of those lap stands but don't know how much I really need it. Egun On, Lagunak! (Basque for G'Day, Mates) Louie P. Pete Nalda http://www.myspace.com/musikonalda http://www.facebook.com/lpnalda http://www.linkedin.com/in/lpnalda -Original Message- From: Kawal Gucukoglu kawal_gucuko...@sent.com Sender: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 13:07:16 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Reply-To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Hot Macbook Pro Controlling Fan I also confirm that if I run windows under VM, my Mac gets hot and the fan runs. However, if I only run the Mac then I have a cool Mac. I have the 13 inch Macbook Pro purchased last year. Kawal. On 24 May 2011, at 03:33, Kimberly thurman wrote: My Macbook Pro only gets hot when I run Windows in VMware Fusion while I am also charging it. Once it gets so hot, speech does tend to stutter. I have 8 gigs of ram and my unit is a late 2009 Macbook Pro 13 inch. If I just run OSX, my MPB stays as cool as can be. On May 23, 2011, at 9:47 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: Hello All, My Macbook III Pro gets hot. I'm talk'n hot! I mean it's Saturday night in Chicago in the Roaring 20's hot. When it happens, the machine in general VO in particular just don't function so well. So, I found a program called SMCFanControler. Unfortunately, when I try to run the application, VO just tells me that SMCFanControler doesn't have any windows. Anyone else dealing with a hot Mac, a nonfunctioning fan controller problem? Inquiring minds burning hot pants want to know! Thanks for any advice, CJ P.S. Does anyone smell something burning? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. Kawal Gucukoglu (E-mail/MSN): kawal_gucuko...@sent.com (Skype ID): kawalgucukoglu (Mobile/text): +447905618396 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Hot Macbook Pro Controlling Fan
try putting it on a table for a start. if it's getting that hot, send it in for repair, or maybe you've got something wrong with your OS; do a hardware check (you'll need sighted help), if all else fails reinstall the OS, and if not you've a hardware problem that you really need to get sorted. You can download an app called temperature monitor that will tell you the exact temps of the parts in your computer. ash On 24/05/2011 02:47, CJ Daniel wrote: Hello All, My Macbook III Pro gets hot. I'm talk'n hot! I mean it's Saturday night in Chicago in the Roaring 20's hot. When it happens, the machine in general VO in particular just don't function so well. So, I found a program called SMCFanControler. Unfortunately, when I try to run the application, VO just tells me that SMCFanControler doesn't have any windows. Anyone else dealing with a hot Mac, a nonfunctioning fan controller problem? Inquiring minds burning hot pants want to know! Thanks for any advice, CJ P.S. Does anyone smell something burning? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Hot Macbook Pro Controlling Fan
C.J., thanks for this. I will give it a look. :) On May 23, 2011, at 10:50 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: Kimberly, Since that post, I've figured out some of the answers. First, SMCFanControler doesn't work with VoiceOver. But, FanControler version 1.2 does. I'd tried it earlier couldn't figure where it disappeared too, after the install. I went back did some more checking. Well, long story short, after it's installed it appears, as a button, in the system's preferences. You simply click it then you can set the base RPM for your fans, the low range of temp @ which the fans cut in the high range @ which they go in to hyper drive. It's working flawlessly my machine is already cooler. I shudder to think @ what temp it has been running. Apparently, judging from all the posts that I found on the subject. it's a pretty common problem. I'm going to do some more research try running my Mac on the AC power with out the battery installed. If anyone else has any other thoughts, then please join in. CJ On May 23, 2011, at 7:33 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: My Macbook Pro only gets hot when I run Windows in VMware Fusion while I am also charging it. Once it gets so hot, speech does tend to stutter. I have 8 gigs of ram and my unit is a late 2009 Macbook Pro 13 inch. If I just run OSX, my MPB stays as cool as can be. On May 23, 2011, at 9:47 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: Hello All, My Macbook III Pro gets hot. I'm talk'n hot! I mean it's Saturday night in Chicago in the Roaring 20's hot. When it happens, the machine in general VO in particular just don't function so well. So, I found a program called SMCFanControler. Unfortunately, when I try to run the application, VO just tells me that SMCFanControler doesn't have any windows. Anyone else dealing with a hot Mac, a nonfunctioning fan controller problem? Inquiring minds burning hot pants want to know! Thanks for any advice, CJ P.S. Does anyone smell something burning? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
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Yep. Let me tell yuh, when you look at the teps your GPU is running at, it's mighty frightening. My lwo threshhold is set to 140Degrees f, and that's the 100% setting on the slider. My high threshhold is set to 60% which is 180DegreesF. The default base RPM setting is 2000, according to a forum I looked at. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On May 24, 2011, at 6:18 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: C.J., thanks for this. I will give it a look. :) On May 23, 2011, at 10:50 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: Kimberly, Since that post, I've figured out some of the answers. First, SMCFanControler doesn't work with VoiceOver. But, FanControler version 1.2 does. I'd tried it earlier couldn't figure where it disappeared too, after the install. I went back did some more checking. Well, long story short, after it's installed it appears, as a button, in the system's preferences. You simply click it then you can set the base RPM for your fans, the low range of temp @ which the fans cut in the high range @ which they go in to hyper drive. It's working flawlessly my machine is already cooler. I shudder to think @ what temp it has been running. Apparently, judging from all the posts that I found on the subject. it's a pretty common problem. I'm going to do some more research try running my Mac on the AC power with out the battery installed. If anyone else has any other thoughts, then please join in. CJ On May 23, 2011, at 7:33 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: My Macbook Pro only gets hot when I run Windows in VMware Fusion while I am also charging it. Once it gets so hot, speech does tend to stutter. I have 8 gigs of ram and my unit is a late 2009 Macbook Pro 13 inch. If I just run OSX, my MPB stays as cool as can be. On May 23, 2011, at 9:47 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: Hello All, My Macbook III Pro gets hot. I'm talk'n hot! I mean it's Saturday night in Chicago in the Roaring 20's hot. When it happens, the machine in general VO in particular just don't function so well. So, I found a program called SMCFanControler. Unfortunately, when I try to run the application, VO just tells me that SMCFanControler doesn't have any windows. Anyone else dealing with a hot Mac, a nonfunctioning fan controller problem? Inquiring minds burning hot pants want to know! Thanks for any advice, CJ P.S. Does anyone smell something burning? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
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Ray, Thanks for sharing those settings. In all these replies, I've sensed that some folks think their fans are only coming on when the machine is hot. Based on my research, my machine a lot of posts on the subject elsewhere on the net, I'm pretty sure that what their perceiving as the fan coming on is actually the fan in High Threshold Mode @ really high RPM's. When in fact, the sound probably associated with the laptop's general operations is the fan in normal mode. CJ On May 24, 2011, at 4:25 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Yep. Let me tell yuh, when you look at the teps your GPU is running at, it's mighty frightening. My lwo threshhold is set to 140Degrees f, and that's the 100% setting on the slider. My high threshhold is set to 60% which is 180DegreesF. The default base RPM setting is 2000, according to a forum I looked at. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On May 24, 2011, at 6:18 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: C.J., thanks for this. I will give it a look. :) On May 23, 2011, at 10:50 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: Kimberly, Since that post, I've figured out some of the answers. First, SMCFanControler doesn't work with VoiceOver. But, FanControler version 1.2 does. I'd tried it earlier couldn't figure where it disappeared too, after the install. I went back did some more checking. Well, long story short, after it's installed it appears, as a button, in the system's preferences. You simply click it then you can set the base RPM for your fans, the low range of temp @ which the fans cut in the high range @ which they go in to hyper drive. It's working flawlessly my machine is already cooler. I shudder to think @ what temp it has been running. Apparently, judging from all the posts that I found on the subject. it's a pretty common problem. I'm going to do some more research try running my Mac on the AC power with out the battery installed. If anyone else has any other thoughts, then please join in. CJ On May 23, 2011, at 7:33 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: My Macbook Pro only gets hot when I run Windows in VMware Fusion while I am also charging it. Once it gets so hot, speech does tend to stutter. I have 8 gigs of ram and my unit is a late 2009 Macbook Pro 13 inch. If I just run OSX, my MPB stays as cool as can be. On May 23, 2011, at 9:47 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: Hello All, My Macbook III Pro gets hot. I'm talk'n hot! I mean it's Saturday night in Chicago in the Roaring 20's hot. When it happens, the machine in general VO in particular just don't function so well. So, I found a program called SMCFanControler. Unfortunately, when I try to run the application, VO just tells me that SMCFanControler doesn't have any windows. Anyone else dealing with a hot Mac, a nonfunctioning fan controller problem? Inquiring minds burning hot pants want to know! Thanks for any advice, CJ P.S. Does anyone smell something burning? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because
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Yeah, that was what I sort of gathered too. Bear in mind the fact that I do not remember what the default low and high threshhold settings are. The forum I saw did not seem to reveal those. Here's what my playing around with the app seemed to reveal. 1. The lower you set the low threshhold, the more likely your fans are to push harder to keep your GPU cooler. That's because the lower threshhold sets the trigger temperature at which the fans begin to come out of their base RPM settings. The trade off is that if you set the low threshhold at 100%, the fans are more likely to stay at or else very close to the base RPM settings. That's because at the low threshhold settings, the fans are triggered to come out of their base RPM's becaus that threshhold setting will most always override the base RPM settings. 2. The high threshhold setting is the setting at which the fans are triggered in to their maximum number of possible RPM settings. This is the setting at which the temperature of the GPU is judged to be hot enough to cause this trigger point to occur. If this high threshhold is set all the way down to 0% (158DegreesF) the fans will trigger to their maximum RPM settings every single time you run an app or a process which pulls on the GPU. If, for example, you cause your GPU to attain a temperature of 159DegreesF, and your high level threshhold is set to 0% on the slider, (158DegreesF) the fans will be caused to assume their maximum number of RPM's very rapidly. In order to determin the best and most sensable settings for your fans if using fan control, try the following method: 1. Launch Fan control. 2. Launch the app which you know pulls hardest on your GPU. 3. Within that app, begin the process which you know causes the hardest pull on your GPU. 4. Now, command tap to the Fan control window and carefully monitor the temperature progress bar which can be found next to the RPM bars of each of your fans. Note the highest temperature settings for each fan bar; or, if your Mac has only one fan, monitor that temperature bar and do so very closely. Make note of the highest temperature attained. 5. Now, do the same for the normal stand by conditions you have when you're just letting your Mac sit there or doing some light task which does not pull hard on the GPU. 6. Now, armed with that data, Set your low threshhold to the percentage which best matches that stand by temperature. 7. Now, taking your high temperature data you aquired earlier, set your high threshhold to the point of percentage which best matches it. HTH. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On May 24, 2011, at 6:47 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: Ray, Thanks for sharing those settings. In all these replies, I've sensed that some folks think their fans are only coming on when the machine is hot. Based on my research, my machine a lot of posts on the subject elsewhere on the net, I'm pretty sure that what their perceiving as the fan coming on is actually the fan in High Threshold Mode @ really high RPM's. When in fact, the sound probably associated with the laptop's general operations is the fan in normal mode. CJ On May 24, 2011, at 4:25 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Yep. Let me tell yuh, when you look at the teps your GPU is running at, it's mighty frightening. My lwo threshhold is set to 140Degrees f, and that's the 100% setting on the slider. My high threshhold is set to 60% which is 180DegreesF. The default base RPM setting is 2000, according to a forum I looked at. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On May 24, 2011, at 6:18 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: C.J., thanks for this. I will give it a look. :) On May 23, 2011, at 10:50 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: Kimberly, Since that post, I've figured out some of the answers. First, SMCFanControler doesn't work with VoiceOver. But, FanControler version 1.2 does. I'd tried it earlier couldn't figure where it disappeared too, after the install. I went back did some more checking. Well, long story short, after it's installed it appears, as a button, in the system's preferences. You simply click it then you can set the base RPM for your fans, the low range of temp @ which the fans cut in the high range @ which they go in to hyper drive. It's working flawlessly my machine is already cooler. I shudder to think @ what temp it has been running. Apparently, judging from all the posts that I found on the subject. it's a pretty common problem. I'm going to do some more research try running my Mac on the AC power with out the battery installed. If anyone else has any other thoughts, then please join in. CJ On May
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My macbook gets a bit warm on the bottom, but never hot, much cooler than the PC laptops I've worked with. On May 24, 2011, at 5:34 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Might be useful. I don't think I need to have it for my 15 inch Mac book pro; but, on the other hand, just might be useful to have. Thanks. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On May 23, 2011, at 9:50 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: Kimberly, Since that post, I've figured out some of the answers. First, SMCFanControler doesn't work with VoiceOver. But, FanControler version 1.2 does. I'd tried it earlier couldn't figure where it disappeared too, after the install. I went back did some more checking. Well, long story short, after it's installed it appears, as a button, in the system's preferences. You simply click it then you can set the base RPM for your fans, the low range of temp @ which the fans cut in the high range @ which they go in to hyper drive. It's working flawlessly my machine is already cooler. I shudder to think @ what temp it has been running. Apparently, judging from all the posts that I found on the subject. it's a pretty common problem. I'm going to do some more research try running my Mac on the AC power with out the battery installed. If anyone else has any other thoughts, then please join in. CJ On May 23, 2011, at 7:33 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: My Macbook Pro only gets hot when I run Windows in VMware Fusion while I am also charging it. Once it gets so hot, speech does tend to stutter. I have 8 gigs of ram and my unit is a late 2009 Macbook Pro 13 inch. If I just run OSX, my MPB stays as cool as can be. On May 23, 2011, at 9:47 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: Hello All, My Macbook III Pro gets hot. I'm talk'n hot! I mean it's Saturday night in Chicago in the Roaring 20's hot. When it happens, the machine in general VO in particular just don't function so well. So, I found a program called SMCFanControler. Unfortunately, when I try to run the application, VO just tells me that SMCFanControler doesn't have any windows. Anyone else dealing with a hot Mac, a nonfunctioning fan controller problem? Inquiring minds burning hot pants want to know! Thanks for any advice, CJ P.S. Does anyone smell something burning? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
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Ray, That's great! I hadn't gotten that scientific in my approach, yet. I have started keeping a post, from time to time, that has something that I know I will refer to in the future. I'm going to add this post to that file. Again, thanks, CJ On May 24, 2011, at 5:25 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Yeah, that was what I sort of gathered too. Bear in mind the fact that I do not remember what the default low and high threshhold settings are. The forum I saw did not seem to reveal those. Here's what my playing around with the app seemed to reveal. 1. The lower you set the low threshhold, the more likely your fans are to push harder to keep your GPU cooler. That's because the lower threshhold sets the trigger temperature at which the fans begin to come out of their base RPM settings. The trade off is that if you set the low threshhold at 100%, the fans are more likely to stay at or else very close to the base RPM settings. That's because at the low threshhold settings, the fans are triggered to come out of their base RPM's becaus that threshhold setting will most always override the base RPM settings. 2. The high threshhold setting is the setting at which the fans are triggered in to their maximum number of possible RPM settings. This is the setting at which the temperature of the GPU is judged to be hot enough to cause this trigger point to occur. If this high threshhold is set all the way down to 0% (158DegreesF) the fans will trigger to their maximum RPM settings every single time you run an app or a process which pulls on the GPU. If, for example, you cause your GPU to attain a temperature of 159DegreesF, and your high level threshhold is set to 0% on the slider, (158DegreesF) the fans will be caused to assume their maximum number of RPM's very rapidly. In order to determin the best and most sensable settings for your fans if using fan control, try the following method: 1. Launch Fan control. 2. Launch the app which you know pulls hardest on your GPU. 3. Within that app, begin the process which you know causes the hardest pull on your GPU. 4. Now, command tap to the Fan control window and carefully monitor the temperature progress bar which can be found next to the RPM bars of each of your fans. Note the highest temperature settings for each fan bar; or, if your Mac has only one fan, monitor that temperature bar and do so very closely. Make note of the highest temperature attained. 5. Now, do the same for the normal stand by conditions you have when you're just letting your Mac sit there or doing some light task which does not pull hard on the GPU. 6. Now, armed with that data, Set your low threshhold to the percentage which best matches that stand by temperature. 7. Now, taking your high temperature data you aquired earlier, set your high threshhold to the point of percentage which best matches it. HTH. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On May 24, 2011, at 6:47 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: Ray, Thanks for sharing those settings. In all these replies, I've sensed that some folks think their fans are only coming on when the machine is hot. Based on my research, my machine a lot of posts on the subject elsewhere on the net, I'm pretty sure that what their perceiving as the fan coming on is actually the fan in High Threshold Mode @ really high RPM's. When in fact, the sound probably associated with the laptop's general operations is the fan in normal mode. CJ On May 24, 2011, at 4:25 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Yep. Let me tell yuh, when you look at the teps your GPU is running at, it's mighty frightening. My lwo threshhold is set to 140Degrees f, and that's the 100% setting on the slider. My high threshhold is set to 60% which is 180DegreesF. The default base RPM setting is 2000, according to a forum I looked at. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On May 24, 2011, at 6:18 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: C.J., thanks for this. I will give it a look. :) On May 23, 2011, at 10:50 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: Kimberly, Since that post, I've figured out some of the answers. First, SMCFanControler doesn't work with VoiceOver. But, FanControler version 1.2 does. I'd tried it earlier couldn't figure where it disappeared too, after the install. I went back did some more checking. Well, long story short, after it's installed it appears, as a button, in the system's preferences. You simply click it then you can set the base RPM for your fans, the low range of temp @ which the fans cut in the high range @ which they go in to hyper drive. It's working flawlessly my
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A bit warm on the bottom is okay. In fact, the entire bottom of the single-form-factor metal Macs is designed as a heat release. In studying this subject, I'm finding that this problem is especially related to the Intel Macs particularly the dual core machines. As Ray mentioned in an earlier post, the problem is much more noticeable when applications that really work the CPU are being ran. If you're a typical user, Safari, Mail, word processing etc, then you may never notice the problem. CJ On May 24, 2011, at 5:41 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: My macbook gets a bit warm on the bottom, but never hot, much cooler than the PC laptops I've worked with. On May 24, 2011, at 5:34 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Might be useful. I don't think I need to have it for my 15 inch Mac book pro; but, on the other hand, just might be useful to have. Thanks. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On May 23, 2011, at 9:50 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: Kimberly, Since that post, I've figured out some of the answers. First, SMCFanControler doesn't work with VoiceOver. But, FanControler version 1.2 does. I'd tried it earlier couldn't figure where it disappeared too, after the install. I went back did some more checking. Well, long story short, after it's installed it appears, as a button, in the system's preferences. You simply click it then you can set the base RPM for your fans, the low range of temp @ which the fans cut in the high range @ which they go in to hyper drive. It's working flawlessly my machine is already cooler. I shudder to think @ what temp it has been running. Apparently, judging from all the posts that I found on the subject. it's a pretty common problem. I'm going to do some more research try running my Mac on the AC power with out the battery installed. If anyone else has any other thoughts, then please join in. CJ On May 23, 2011, at 7:33 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: My Macbook Pro only gets hot when I run Windows in VMware Fusion while I am also charging it. Once it gets so hot, speech does tend to stutter. I have 8 gigs of ram and my unit is a late 2009 Macbook Pro 13 inch. If I just run OSX, my MPB stays as cool as can be. On May 23, 2011, at 9:47 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: Hello All, My Macbook III Pro gets hot. I'm talk'n hot! I mean it's Saturday night in Chicago in the Roaring 20's hot. When it happens, the machine in general VO in particular just don't function so well. So, I found a program called SMCFanControler. Unfortunately, when I try to run the application, VO just tells me that SMCFanControler doesn't have any windows. Anyone else dealing with a hot Mac, a nonfunctioning fan controller problem? Inquiring minds burning hot pants want to know! Thanks for any advice, CJ P.S. Does anyone smell something burning? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to
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You might want to add in that the base RPM by default is 2000. OF course, you can set it anywhere in the range you want to, but, if you run on batteries a lot, the higher the base RPM, the cooler the GPU but the greater the drain on battery. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On May 24, 2011, at 9:31 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: Ray, That's great! I hadn't gotten that scientific in my approach, yet. I have started keeping a post, from time to time, that has something that I know I will refer to in the future. I'm going to add this post to that file. Again, thanks, CJ On May 24, 2011, at 5:25 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Yeah, that was what I sort of gathered too. Bear in mind the fact that I do not remember what the default low and high threshhold settings are. The forum I saw did not seem to reveal those. Here's what my playing around with the app seemed to reveal. 1. The lower you set the low threshhold, the more likely your fans are to push harder to keep your GPU cooler. That's because the lower threshhold sets the trigger temperature at which the fans begin to come out of their base RPM settings. The trade off is that if you set the low threshhold at 100%, the fans are more likely to stay at or else very close to the base RPM settings. That's because at the low threshhold settings, the fans are triggered to come out of their base RPM's becaus that threshhold setting will most always override the base RPM settings. 2. The high threshhold setting is the setting at which the fans are triggered in to their maximum number of possible RPM settings. This is the setting at which the temperature of the GPU is judged to be hot enough to cause this trigger point to occur. If this high threshhold is set all the way down to 0% (158DegreesF) the fans will trigger to their maximum RPM settings every single time you run an app or a process which pulls on the GPU. If, for example, you cause your GPU to attain a temperature of 159DegreesF, and your high level threshhold is set to 0% on the slider, (158DegreesF) the fans will be caused to assume their maximum number of RPM's very rapidly. In order to determin the best and most sensable settings for your fans if using fan control, try the following method: 1. Launch Fan control. 2. Launch the app which you know pulls hardest on your GPU. 3. Within that app, begin the process which you know causes the hardest pull on your GPU. 4. Now, command tap to the Fan control window and carefully monitor the temperature progress bar which can be found next to the RPM bars of each of your fans. Note the highest temperature settings for each fan bar; or, if your Mac has only one fan, monitor that temperature bar and do so very closely. Make note of the highest temperature attained. 5. Now, do the same for the normal stand by conditions you have when you're just letting your Mac sit there or doing some light task which does not pull hard on the GPU. 6. Now, armed with that data, Set your low threshhold to the percentage which best matches that stand by temperature. 7. Now, taking your high temperature data you aquired earlier, set your high threshhold to the point of percentage which best matches it. HTH. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On May 24, 2011, at 6:47 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: Ray, Thanks for sharing those settings. In all these replies, I've sensed that some folks think their fans are only coming on when the machine is hot. Based on my research, my machine a lot of posts on the subject elsewhere on the net, I'm pretty sure that what their perceiving as the fan coming on is actually the fan in High Threshold Mode @ really high RPM's. When in fact, the sound probably associated with the laptop's general operations is the fan in normal mode. CJ On May 24, 2011, at 4:25 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Yep. Let me tell yuh, when you look at the teps your GPU is running at, it's mighty frightening. My lwo threshhold is set to 140Degrees f, and that's the 100% setting on the slider. My high threshhold is set to 60% which is 180DegreesF. The default base RPM setting is 2000, according to a forum I looked at. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On May 24, 2011, at 6:18 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: C.J., thanks for this. I will give it a look. :) On May 23, 2011, at 10:50 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: Kimberly, Since that post, I've figured out some of the answers. First, SMCFanControler doesn't work with VoiceOver. But,
Hot Macbook Pro Controlling Fan
Hello All, My Macbook III Pro gets hot. I'm talk'n hot! I mean it's Saturday night in Chicago in the Roaring 20's hot. When it happens, the machine in general VO in particular just don't function so well. So, I found a program called SMCFanControler. Unfortunately, when I try to run the application, VO just tells me that SMCFanControler doesn't have any windows. Anyone else dealing with a hot Mac, a nonfunctioning fan controller problem? Inquiring minds burning hot pants want to know! Thanks for any advice, CJ P.S. Does anyone smell something burning? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
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My Macbook Pro only gets hot when I run Windows in VMware Fusion while I am also charging it. Once it gets so hot, speech does tend to stutter. I have 8 gigs of ram and my unit is a late 2009 Macbook Pro 13 inch. If I just run OSX, my MPB stays as cool as can be. On May 23, 2011, at 9:47 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: Hello All, My Macbook III Pro gets hot. I'm talk'n hot! I mean it's Saturday night in Chicago in the Roaring 20's hot. When it happens, the machine in general VO in particular just don't function so well. So, I found a program called SMCFanControler. Unfortunately, when I try to run the application, VO just tells me that SMCFanControler doesn't have any windows. Anyone else dealing with a hot Mac, a nonfunctioning fan controller problem? Inquiring minds burning hot pants want to know! Thanks for any advice, CJ P.S. Does anyone smell something burning? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
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Kimberly, Since that post, I've figured out some of the answers. First, SMCFanControler doesn't work with VoiceOver. But, FanControler version 1.2 does. I'd tried it earlier couldn't figure where it disappeared too, after the install. I went back did some more checking. Well, long story short, after it's installed it appears, as a button, in the system's preferences. You simply click it then you can set the base RPM for your fans, the low range of temp @ which the fans cut in the high range @ which they go in to hyper drive. It's working flawlessly my machine is already cooler. I shudder to think @ what temp it has been running. Apparently, judging from all the posts that I found on the subject. it's a pretty common problem. I'm going to do some more research try running my Mac on the AC power with out the battery installed. If anyone else has any other thoughts, then please join in. CJ On May 23, 2011, at 7:33 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: My Macbook Pro only gets hot when I run Windows in VMware Fusion while I am also charging it. Once it gets so hot, speech does tend to stutter. I have 8 gigs of ram and my unit is a late 2009 Macbook Pro 13 inch. If I just run OSX, my MPB stays as cool as can be. On May 23, 2011, at 9:47 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: Hello All, My Macbook III Pro gets hot. I'm talk'n hot! I mean it's Saturday night in Chicago in the Roaring 20's hot. When it happens, the machine in general VO in particular just don't function so well. So, I found a program called SMCFanControler. Unfortunately, when I try to run the application, VO just tells me that SMCFanControler doesn't have any windows. Anyone else dealing with a hot Mac, a nonfunctioning fan controller problem? Inquiring minds burning hot pants want to know! Thanks for any advice, CJ P.S. Does anyone smell something burning? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
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Sounds like you are working on the symtoms. If you can hear the fans when the computer gets hot then it is doing the right thing in terms of heat control. Things to look at: 1. Are there any stuck processes. (look in force quit dialog for applications that are not responding or in Activity monitor.) 2. If your computer is a bit old or you work in a dusty or sandy environment it might be time to make sure vents and fan areas are clear of debris. I suggest the Apple sTore or a computer vendor. I also know folks that loved to clean their systems with compressed air. Jon On May 23, 2011, at 10:33 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: My Macbook Pro only gets hot when I run Windows in VMware Fusion while I am also charging it. Once it gets so hot, speech does tend to stutter. I have 8 gigs of ram and my unit is a late 2009 Macbook Pro 13 inch. If I just run OSX, my MPB stays as cool as can be. On May 23, 2011, at 9:47 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: Hello All, My Macbook III Pro gets hot. I'm talk'n hot! I mean it's Saturday night in Chicago in the Roaring 20's hot. When it happens, the machine in general VO in particular just don't function so well. So, I found a program called SMCFanControler. Unfortunately, when I try to run the application, VO just tells me that SMCFanControler doesn't have any windows. Anyone else dealing with a hot Mac, a nonfunctioning fan controller problem? Inquiring minds burning hot pants want to know! Thanks for any advice, CJ P.S. Does anyone smell something burning? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Hot Macbook Pro Controlling Fan
Getting this app to work at first can be difficult, it puts an icon in your status menus. Normally, you should be able to press control f8 to go to the status menus, and arrow left and right through them. Unfortunately, the mac currently has a bug where only apple status menus work. So, you will need to use your trackpad or another method to get the mouse pointer to the icon, you can find out what is under the mouse by pressing control option f5. Once you find the icon, click the mouse on it, from there, the menu and preferences window work fine. I have mine set to crank the fans to the max, and once you set it one time, when you launch the app in the future, it will use your prefered settings. On May 23, 2011, at 8:47 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: Hello All, My Macbook III Pro gets hot. I'm talk'n hot! I mean it's Saturday night in Chicago in the Roaring 20's hot. When it happens, the machine in general VO in particular just don't function so well. So, I found a program called SMCFanControler. Unfortunately, when I try to run the application, VO just tells me that SMCFanControler doesn't have any windows. Anyone else dealing with a hot Mac, a nonfunctioning fan controller problem? Inquiring minds burning hot pants want to know! Thanks for any advice, CJ P.S. Does anyone smell something burning? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
