Long story but my first one that I originally bought was declared DOA and among other issues the fans always seem to be on and the whole unit was REALLY noisy. Now the replacement is REALLY quiet and the fans hardly ever come on. I downloaded the new fan widget and it showed only one fan when I was surfing the net. Is this normal?
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My new macbook is really quiet...is this ok?
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Haha, I love it. People panic and report problems when their fans are always on, and then panic and report problems when their machines are unexpectedly quiet.
Don't worry, as long as your temperatures aren't skyrocketing it's working as intended. Welcome to the world of blissful portable silence.
Don't worry, as long as your temperatures aren't skyrocketing it's working as intended. Welcome to the world of blissful portable silence.
Haha, I love it. People panic and report problems when their fans are always on, and then panic and report problems when their machines are unexpectedly quiet.
Don't worry, as long as your temperatures aren't skyrocketing it's working as intended. Welcome to the world of blissful portable silence.
Do I check my temp. with istat?
that's because macbooks only have one fan. Be glad your machine is quiet.
Only one ok. I was confused because the widget shows three on the website.
Can anyone tell me what are the normal temps I should look for?
mine is a core duo model, and it usually runs 45-50 degree Celsius range. Obviously, that goes higher if I'm doing video or playing a game or something.
When I first switched from PC to Mac, I was unnerved by the silence of my iBook (a G3 700). I was used to Franken-PCs with big fans that sounded like a jet turbine. My PC laptops whined and whirred like a little missile. The iBook was quiet as a stone.
My iMac G5, which has much more cooling to do, is similarly silent. I have to really punish it to get the fans to spin up, and even then it's quieter than my Franken-PCs ever where. PC-using family and friends are confused by the iMac -- "it's so quiet -- are you sure it's still on?" and "where's the computer part?"
My iMac G5, which has much more cooling to do, is similarly silent. I have to really punish it to get the fans to spin up, and even then it's quieter than my Franken-PCs ever where. PC-using family and friends are confused by the iMac -- "it's so quiet -- are you sure it's still on?" and "where's the computer part?"
Bad advice.
Grab Temperature Monitor and install it to keep an eye on your temperature. As for the one fan, that's normal - the macbook only has one main cooling fan.
I can't believe someone took my post seriously....and only moments after I posted it.
Who on earth would take a MB back because it was too quiet? I thought people would understand that. Oh well.
Maybe its hunting rabbits?
Yeah, just check the temp. We all know a guy who mentioned how quiet his computer was and it turned out his internal fan had gotten stuck and two weeks later his motherboard was burning like a freebasin' Richard Pryor. You don't want to be that guy.
Yeah, just check the temp. We all know a guy who mentioned how quiet his computer was and it turned out his internal fan had gotten stuck and two weeks later his motherboard was burning like a freebasin' Richard Pryor. You don't want to be that guy.
About 80C or so. Well it can probably go higher for the core but the heat also causes damage to other parts of the machine.
My last one 4 weeks ago always ran at 1799 RPMS my week 19 book was dead silent, but had heating isssues..