7 Oct
2011
7 Oct
'11
1:30 p.m.
On 10/7/2011 4:08 AM, Ray Arachelian wrote:
I'd add one extra "fold" :). The fan controller(s) in the first
Macbook Pro were set to almost *never* turn them on. The fans ran at
extremely low speeds even when the machine was baking your pants to
your legs. I picture this as another case of Jobs' "ideals vs.
engineering" (see also: Apple III, G4 Cube) -- "This thing needs to be
silent!" At any rate, it only took a few months for some hackers to
build a tool you could use to manually throttle the fans. After
goosing them up by about 25% the machine became much cooler. (And it
was still pretty quiet.)
Off the top of my head, SMC Fan Control is the one I used:
http://www.eidac.de/?p=207
These days I use "Fan Control" which is a control pannel for System
Preferences. http://www.lobotomo.com/products/FanControl/
(Incidentally, I did attempt replacing the thermal compound on my unit
about three weeks after buying it. That was nerve-wracking, I don't
usually like to void warranties on $2k items that I've just bought.
Replacing the thermal compound didn't end up making much of a
difference for me.)
It made some difference in mine, but not a lot. The Fan control app did
a lot more. :)