I recently bought a 13.3 Macbook air, current model, to replace my 2010 iMac which needed repairs beyond it's value (hard drive, screen, and on-off switch which may be integral to the motherboard.) As the iMac had cooling issues, I had both Temperature Gauge.app and smcFancontrol.app installed and I installed them on the Air as well. I notice watching the temperature control window, that without the Fancontrol loaded the Air exhaust fan will cycle from the base level of 1200 RPM to the maximum near 6500 RPM as soon as the CPU temperatures reach a little over 100C. The CPU cools fairly quickly, about a minute, and the fan drops down to normal. The fan doesn't seem to run at intermediate speeds in response to lower temps of let's say 80C but waits for the turn on point then maxes out again.
1) Is all this normal for the Air?
2) Also, as I can boost the minimum fan speed using smcFancontrol.app, would people recommend a higher minimum to avoid reaching that 100 C level at all?
3) I sense that the exhaust is near the hinge but where is the air intake? Is it through the keyboard and if so would a keyboard skin be a bad idea?
Thanks
1) Is all this normal for the Air?
2) Also, as I can boost the minimum fan speed using smcFancontrol.app, would people recommend a higher minimum to avoid reaching that 100 C level at all?
3) I sense that the exhaust is near the hinge but where is the air intake? Is it through the keyboard and if so would a keyboard skin be a bad idea?
Thanks
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