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  1. Mr. 123

    Macbook Pro 2011 loud fans and slower performance

    Hi everyone, I have a macbook pro 2011 (early) 13 inch with 16 GBs of ram and an SSD hard drive. Yesterday, a security update for El Capitan was released and without me accepting it, it was installed on my computer. After the update the fans were running all the time. When starting the...
  2. AmazingHenry

    Power Mac G5 in Target Disk Mode

    This isn't really a problem that is stopping me from doing anything but it is really annoying. Whenever I put my Power Mac G5 into target disk mode, the fans slowly get louder and louder until they are running at full speed (which is really loud!). Is there any fix for this annoyance?
  3. tevion5

    No Image Displayed, Load Fans - New Xserve (2009)

    I recently purchased a 2009 Xserve off eBay. It is a single 2.26GHz CPU model with 24GB of RAM. It came with x1 500GB HDD, x2 250GB HDD's (I have no idea whats on these BTW) and an Ultra 320 PCIe card. However I'm having trouble getting the machine to do anything, and so far all it's been is a...
  4. M

    MP 5,1 upgraded to pair X5690, fans running high

    Hi there. I have a refurbished Mac Pro 5,1 (mid-2010). I just recently grabbed a pair of Xeon X5690 SLBVX 3.46GHz chips and had a friend install them. Since the install, my fans have been running full-tilt - resetting the SMC and PRAM has no effect, and I took off the heatsinks to make sure...
  5. marco114

    Fans Running High on MacBook Pro MacOS Sierra 10.12

    My MacBook Pro (mid 2015) Fans almost NEVER RUN in the past. I just updated to Sierra and they won't even turn off unless I shutdown the computer. Shortly after restart, they slowly spin back up and stay there. Every program is quit, CPU is almost nothing.... What is going on? Anyone else having...
  6. Z

    its heating too much

    My mid 2010 27" iMac is heating too much. I can feel the heat when im touching it on its top side. Is there someway i can check if everything is working flawlessly? Dunno, maybe check to see if fans are working?