all i'm on is youtube and ebay... nothing else is running in the activity monitor and its getting annoying
MacBook(White), Mac OS X (10.5.5), 2.4GHz, 2GB of ram, iPod nano 2nd gen. Silver(2GB)
If the fan continues to run fast after a reboot perform an SMC reset.
I have this issue also. I am assuming that a SMC reboot wont wipe any data. Is that right?
Yes. The SMC reset does not affect any data.
ok... i tried the smc reset, didn't work.... fan is still running at 6200 rpm and i've tried everything, macbook is hot, fan is loud when running flash.. its terrible.
That's because Flash is a resource hog.
Identifying resource hogs and other tips: Runaway applications can shorten battery runtime
There is a way to tell YouTube to use HTML5 instead of Flash Player... off the top of my head I cannot remember what it is. Look into that; avoiding Flash will reduce the demand on your CPU.
Why is my fan running at 6000 rpm
