I have a fairly new MacBook Air 13-inch 2019.
I’ve had to do a lot of working from home recently and have been using Microsoft Teams.
Question - whenever I’m in a Video Conferencing meeting my fan goes crazy loud. It quiets down as soon as the meeting is over. Does anyone know why this is? Is this the laptops fault or is this normal?
Can this affect the longevity of the laptop?
Many thanks!
MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.15
This is a Microsoft Office Teams issue.
I don't have this issue when running Zoom, BlueJeans or other Video Conferencing Tools.
In regards to longevity, I'm not sure.
Obviously, less heat will put less stress to the MacBook's hardware.
Watch out for MS Teams Updates in hope this will be fixed soon.
For anyone with this issue, a previous post has the solution.
Install Turbo Boost Switcher (there is a free version avalable) and turn off Intel turbo-boost.
If it solves the problem for me on a dual-core 2014 Mac Mini running Teams full screen on a 34" QHD monitor it will solve it on any 2019 or later MacBook.
Thanks for this gjsa73. Have now installed it and will give it a go. Are you aware of any adverse effects as a result of switching turbo boost off? I tend to have a lot of apps open when I’m working ie Teams, PowerPoint presentation, web browser, Word Docs, Evernote etc - all of which I could be referring to in the course of work. Will turbo boost switcher cause a problem?
Thanks again.
Is there a hack that will lessen the burden on CPU, say turning off video during the call?Consultants setting up meeting with this app don't seem open to using another.
ps to the above: these are just work arounds. Teams should surely work better than this on a Mac. My zoom calls are never messed up by fan noise even on two screens.
As a follow-up, I tested this today on several back to back Teams video calls and disabling GPU acceleration did not fix this issue... sad face...
Have the same thing with Teams; it is worse when I have camera on. I noticed that this does not happen in Webex meetings.
My MBP (2020) has also such issue with ZOOM.
I have the same problem!!!
Same issue here :(
Loud Fan noise when using Microsoft Teams
