Mainstage 2.1 makes my Macbook Pro fans run full bore.

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Mainstage 2.1 makes my Macbook Pro fans run full bore.

Upgraded to V. 2.1 and Snow Leopard. Now my Macbook Pro fan kicks in at full blast whenever I play any patches or run backing tracks. Cpu hit looks low and memory usage is average. This never happened before. Any ideas as to what's happening?

Mac Pro Quad/Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Feb 4, 2010 5:48 PM

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Answer 1

Maddcow

Level 1

25 points

Feb 4, 2010 11:31 PM in response to dboy50

My MBP fans have always run at full capacity when using MS 1, 2 or 2.1. They start out running normally but then start to rev up after a couple of minutes. You could try running some fan control software to manually adjust your fan thresholds but ultimately, does it really matter if the fans are running hard? Seems to me that they're running hard because they need to....MS is still very hard on system resources even if the meters say otherwise. It's the only app I run that causes the fans to run flat-out.

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Answer 2

Mar 26, 2010 12:54 AM in response to Maddcow

I use a notebook cooler pad similar to this one:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Zalman-ZM-NC1000-Notebook-Cooler-BLACK-Dual-CentrifuW0QQitemZ390174232474QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAUComponents?hash=item5ad8324f9a

My internal fan hardly ever goes on whilst using this.

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Answer 3

gilapuki

Level 3

530 points

Mar 26, 2010 3:03 AM in response to dboy50

I have my MacBook raised a couple of inches above the desktop to help keep it cool.

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