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MacBook Pro Retina Fan Issues

Hi,

I bought a macBook Pro Retina just under a month ago, and have been experiencing some issues with the fan speeds.

I can be just browsing the web or checking emails or playing music through iTunes, and the fans will spin up to full speed for a minute or so, and then return to normal.

I have reset the SMC, the PRAM and repaired the Disk and Disk Permissions, with no luck, I've also tried a full format and reinstall with no luck either.

I have seen that others have been experiencing similar issues, and wanted to get some advice on where I can go from here.

Attached below is a Screen Grab of my temps and fan speeds. The fans were at normal speed for a few minutes, then went up to a high speed, back down and then back up again, and kept repeating.

Thanks in advance,

James.

Posted on Jan 23, 2013 12:25 PM

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sdpitbull

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Posted on Jan 23, 2013 6:42 PM

Your screen grab is not visible. Please reattach.

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Mar 21, 2013 3:47 AM in response to jamezmbp

I have the 13in rMBP ( 3 weeks old ). I installed the MLion updates and the fans have improved but still tempermental. Safari seems to manage it better. Whenever i run chrome + HD Yourtube = noisy fans... im talking 7000rpm. Full overnight apple hardware test came back with no errors. The fix has to be a software one right? why did they put out a 15in fix but no 13? Anyone else with 13in and having fan problems?

Mar 21, 2013 6:03 AM in response to xmlsheldo

i bought mine last week and no fan issues on the MBPr 13 inch

hdfdisk

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Mar 21, 2013 6:25 AM in response to xmlsheldo

That may be the problem of Flash.

Mar 21, 2013 6:42 AM in response to jamezmbp

Which 13 inch retina model u had problems?

Mar 21, 2013 6:47 AM in response to Macintosh Pro

i thinking of switching my 13 inch to the 15 inch retina 2.4GHZ with 256GB of SSD. anyone have any comments on should i be doing this? Are the 13 inch units more reliable than the 15?

Mar 21, 2013 9:24 PM in response to hdfdisk

Yeah im starting to thank that too

Mar 21, 2013 9:25 PM in response to Macintosh Pro

Which 13 inch retina model u had problems?

13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina displayn

2.9GHz/8GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM
128GB Flash Storage

Oyinko2

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Mar 22, 2013 3:18 PM in response to jamezmbp

Happy to have my account back and see Apple fixed the problem.

Mar 22, 2013 3:40 PM in response to Oyinko2

@Oyinko2 Did they ban or something?

Oyinko2

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Mar 22, 2013 3:42 PM in response to nonchalance

Yes, for a week 😝

Mar 25, 2013 4:51 AM in response to Oyinko2

@Oyinko2

Did Apple say why they banned you? It seems unfair if it was related to you reporting this bug. While the publicity was probably bad for Apple it's their fault for not discovering the bug prior to shipping the product.

Mar 28, 2013 10:16 AM in response to jamezmbp

How do I perform the test ?

Mar 31, 2013 3:14 PM in response to jamezmbp

Retina MacBook 15": fan problems *after* SMC update?

My MacBook 15" Retina (Mid 2012) has *never* had any fan problems.

But on 2013-03-30 (I believe) the fans started to give an annoying noise, which only stops when powering down. It is a constant noise that is there regardless of what processes are running on the machine.

From SystemInformation/Software/Installations (date sorted), I can see that an SMC update has been installed on 2013-03-24.

Data points: I have now installed the app "System Monitor" which reports that both left and right fan run at approximately 2000 RPM (and CPU temperature is 36C). Is that normal?

My question is, can the SMC update have caused this problem?

peppie55

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Mar 31, 2013 4:22 PM in response to jenspeter_secher

I dont't think so, maybe your fans caught some dust?

Is it really loud? Is it a constant beep or a buzz?

Apr 1, 2013 2:36 AM in response to peppie55

It is a buzzing, mechanical sound that can be heard several metres away.

MacBook Pro Retina Fan Issues