Fan control out of control in Windows 7 (x64)

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Fan control out of control in Windows 7 (x64)

Hi,

Anyone noticed that the fan control is not working correctly when running Windows 7 (x64) in Boot Camp? Under heavy load (100%) on both cpu cores, the thermal protection circuit actually kicks in due to the CPU cores reaching temperatures of 104 degrees (Celcius).

MacBook Pro 13", Mac OS X (10.6.3), Intel Core2 Duo 2.53GHz, 4GB DDR3

Posted on May 30, 2010 11:16 AM

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May 30, 2010 5:54 PM in response to DarkFame

I get this as well, particularly when viewing flash content in full screen. Do you get a problem where your screen switches off and input is totally unresponsive?

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May 31, 2010 11:41 AM in response to cameronwilby

No, it seems like the built-in thermal protection manages to reduce the temperature quickly enough. I've downloaded an application named MacFan, which you can manually set the fan speed.

Url: http://sourceforge.net/projects/macfan/

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