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Q: Brand new out of the box 15" Retina Macbook Pro. Fans at full blast?

Hey guys. Hopefully I can get some help here. I purchased a brand new 15" rMBP from Apple.com with 16GB of RAM and the 2.3ghz i7. I love the computer but on pretty regular intervals the fans engage to full blast. It literally sounds like a house fan turned on high and will do this for a couple minutes before ramping back down. I have had the computer less than 24 hours and has done this since opening it. I installed iStat Menus and haven't noticed the temp. get much higher than 117 degrees Farienheit. My older 2010 MBP never made any noise like this. Is this normal? I understand the GPU and Retina screen consume more resources but it seems a bit extreme. Should I just return it and order another or is this normal? Thanks!

MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Jan 26, 2013 5:19 AM

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Q: Brand new out of the box 15" Retina Macbook Pro. Fans at full blast?

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  • by Kirawang,

    Kirawang Kirawang Feb 27, 2013 2:51 AM in response to john500y2k
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    Feb 27, 2013 2:51 AM in response to john500y2k

    im glad it helps.

  • by peppie55,

    peppie55 peppie55 Feb 27, 2013 7:27 AM in response to ThatDudeButch
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    Feb 27, 2013 7:27 AM in response to ThatDudeButch

    Sorry, but when I'm doing a blackmagic speedtest the SSD is only 46 Celcius, so this isn't hot, so that's not true, I think when they changed, the software must be updated! I think because of precautions the fans are goning up, while there is no need for it?

     

    edit: i just tested again, even the fans kick in while the SSD is only 25 Celcius.....   ?strange?

  • by Oyinko2,

    Oyinko2 Oyinko2 Feb 27, 2013 9:12 AM in response to Kirawang
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    Feb 27, 2013 9:12 AM in response to Kirawang

    Thanks for the post.

     

    I think it's not related to the absolute temperature. I have 2 theory:

     

    - the fans will kicks up if the temperature increase more than 3-5 degrees celcius in a short periode of time

    - the fans will kicks up if the computer send two very differents temperatures informations one after the other

  • by Kirawang,

    Kirawang Kirawang Feb 28, 2013 5:40 AM in response to Oyinko2
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    Feb 28, 2013 5:40 AM in response to Oyinko2

    I don't know....if this "fan kicks up thing" does exist, the it doesn't shows up in former batch rMBPs?(equipped with Samsung SSDs)   And from what I know, replace Sandisk SSD with Samsung's CAN solve this "fan issue"   It was both confusing and hard to understand. From my observation, it was a common issue now. So APPLE, PLEASE PAY SOME ATTENTION!!!! 

  • by iamsycamore,

    iamsycamore iamsycamore Mar 27, 2013 5:06 PM in response to Malamuitten
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    Mar 27, 2013 5:06 PM in response to Malamuitten

    hahaha yeah i feel sorry for you buddy

    i just got a macbook pro and it got to cold

    and the fans created condensation

    and apple does not replace under warranty.

     

    eventually youll have to replace something

  • by riddlywalker,

    riddlywalker riddlywalker May 23, 2014 11:00 AM in response to ThatDudeButch
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    May 23, 2014 11:00 AM in response to ThatDudeButch

    had this problem several time s on a new MBP retina. First time tracked it to a corrupted file running in/ connected  to icloud; next time activity showed a kernel problem (75-80% system use with nothing but Amonitor running) then a couple of random incidents.

    This all seems to have been cured by SMC re-set, and just in case, a re-install (done by Apple after they looked at my system log record).

    Laptop now seems perfectly happy- runs high load aplications quietly- (mind you I'm not gaming on this machine)

     

    Apple's comment-

    "Looking at the transcripts it is possible that the customer has fixed the issue with a SMC reset.

    Steps to Reproduce: Verified that the kernel process was taking a large amount of processing power and that there was an unidentified process absorbing the processors,

    Proposed Resolution: To remove the software part of the equation,

    Perform an archive and install"

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