Snow Leopard - problems with portable lineup fans/heat
It seems many models in Apples portable lineup have an issue with fans/heat and Snow Leopard. I'm starting this thread to try and collect data on which models/revisions to see if we can find some root cause. Mods - I felt this deserved splitting from the main Q&A as a hunt around the usual suspect forums finds a lot of people having the same issue. Hope that's OK.
On other forums I have seen reports of it affecting MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs, and one mention of a Mini. Mine is a MacBook.
My fans are constantly at 6200rpm on a MacBook White 2.16 Core 2 Duo with 2Gb RAM. CPU temp is up at just shy of 70 degrees, CPU usage is below 50% and RAM usage shows over 25% free.
Maybe portable users could add their own forms here? We need to see if this is a problem with SL (which I think it is) or particular hardware.
*Report Form:*
AFFECTED: YES
MODEL: *MacBook White REV: C*
CPU: *2.16 GHz Core2Duo*
RAM: 2Gb
DRIVE: *250Gb HD*
CLEAN INSTALL OR UPGRADE: UPGRADE
On other forums I have seen reports of it affecting MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs, and one mention of a Mini. Mine is a MacBook.
My fans are constantly at 6200rpm on a MacBook White 2.16 Core 2 Duo with 2Gb RAM. CPU temp is up at just shy of 70 degrees, CPU usage is below 50% and RAM usage shows over 25% free.
Maybe portable users could add their own forms here? We need to see if this is a problem with SL (which I think it is) or particular hardware.
*Report Form:*
AFFECTED: YES
MODEL: *MacBook White REV: C*
CPU: *2.16 GHz Core2Duo*
RAM: 2Gb
DRIVE: *250Gb HD*
CLEAN INSTALL OR UPGRADE: UPGRADE
MacBook Rev C, 2.16 C2D, 2Gb RAM, Mac OS X (10.6)
