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Agreed.

However, for those poor souls whose MBPs are more like toasters than notebooks, this may enable them to be more satisfied with their machines while still pursuing an official Apple repair or software fix.

My MBP really doesn't need the SMC fan tweak, but it is neat!

And, a great diagnostic tool using command: smc -f (entry varies depending on whether you are logged in as root user or not) to see if the fans do increase their speed from the default 1000 rpm under load. Mine jumped to over 2000 rpm running the "yes >/dev/null" load toast. I would've never known, otherwise.

iMac G4 20-inch flat panel Mac OS X (10.4.8) MBP 15" 2.0gHz. Wife's 15" PB 1.67gHz. Wife's 5G 30GB iPod. 5G 60GB iPod.

Here are some temps at different fan speeds. All are
max temps obtained by running "yes >/dev/null"
(without the quotes) in two Terminal shells, maxing
out the MBP's processors.

RPM/(Hex)/Max Temp (C)
1000 Default 79
2000 (1f40) 79
2500 (2710) 77
2750 (2af8) 75
3000 (2ee0) 72
4000 (3e80) 67
4500 (4650) 63
5000 (4e20) 60
6000 (5dc0) 58

Closing the Terminal shells with 5 widgets displayed
at the default rpms returned 47C. Used MiniStat2
widget for temps.

Er, note the correction on the 6000 rpm hex value.

iMac G4 20-inch flat panel Mac OS X (10.4.8) MBP 15" 2.0gHz. Wife's 15" PB 1.67gHz. Wife's 5G 30GB iPod. 5G 60GB iPod.

is it possible to create the scripts and put them together in automator, and then save it as a new application and start it every time the computer starts?
that way it will be so much easier to use this utility!

would this be what apple was trying to do with their firmware update, that people are having a hard time with ? when i tried apples updater it says that my computer already has this so i was unable to use their version. they were trying to correct the fan speed and the duration they stay on, right? i guess what im asking is , is this a better version of what they were trying to do?

does this fix also change the duration that the fan stays on ?

> is this a better version of what they were trying to do?

Well a) I don't think Apple was aiming at that and b) this is rather clumsy for the average user

> does this fix also change the duration that the fan stays on ?

Yes, the right fan is now always on at the minimum (Fn1Mn) speed set, whereas the Apple approach only revs it up when the Temp hits 'x' (some impact on battery life and noise level)

After a cold boot from Shutdown, which resets everything to default...(I have the latest MBP firmware update.)...

Using the command: "smc -f", both my fans show they are set to a minimum speed of 1000 RPM.
--------------------------------
Fan #0:
Actual speed : 996
Minimum speed: 1000
Maximum speed: 6000
Safe speed : 1200
Target speed : 1000
Mode : auto

Fan #1:
Actual speed : 999
Minimum speed: 1000
Maximum speed: 6000
Safe speed : 1200
Target speed : 1000
Mode : auto
-----------------------------

Processor temp is 33C (cool).

So, Apple DOES have BOTH fans set at minimum 1000 rpm and "Auto" mode.

Both fans in my MBP also increase to about 3000 rpm when I run the load test "yes >/dev/null".

Anyone who is having MBP heat problems should run the SMC utility to ascertain fan behavior. If the fans perform as designed and increase rpm under load, then the problem lies elsewhere.

As stated in an earlier post, this SMC utility is a great diagnostic tool.

iMac G4 20-inch flat panel Mac OS X (10.4.8) MBP 15" 2.0gHz. Wife's 15" PB 1.67gHz. Wife's 5G 30GB iPod. 5G 60GB iPod.

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How do we get this?

Thanks ... Ken

MacBook Pro 15 (s/N 8610; 2.16) 100Gig 5400 Also own G5 Dual 2.5

It's bogus.

Look at the "Caution" statement in fine print at the bottom.

iMac G4 20-inch flat panel Mac OS X (10.4.8) MBP 15" 2.0gHz. Wife's 15" PB 1.67gHz. Wife's 5G 30GB iPod. 5G 60GB iPod.

I think that is part of the point. What would be great is if we had a GUI that gave us fan control where we could decide how loud/hot/quiet/cool our MBP is. If ANYONE out there can do this I think the entire MBP community would thank you greatly.

Had this problem from day one, and now it is FINALLY SOLVED!!!!!!!!!

If my mbp is in a cold room overnight, in the morning the right fan will make a slight noise, constantly and annoying. unless i do somthing like put on itunes visualizer for a little while to heat it up so it turns the fan up a little and it stops.

now all i have to do is set it for 1100 rpm min and it goes away instatly with little to no batt change.
using the -f it seems that if the fan goes below 990 rpm it makes this noise..


anyone else?

THANK YOU!! for making this software!!!!

What am I doing wrong? I signed up for an account and I can log in but it still says I can't download the file and to contact the owner of the file.

How do you check the temperatures of the processor?

download the app "coreduotemp",

also for the other poster wanting the file, look around 25 posts up theirs another link available.

so do you suppose that if we do this to our computer and something goes wrong that apple will negate the warranty? saying that the fans weren't meant to constantly be on?
i wonder what the life span will be on fans that stay constantly on versus ones that cycle on and off?
i thought i read further in the posts that there was a program that does basically this same thing only that you could turn the fans on or off at will, anyone else see this? i dont find it now, perhaps either it was a bogus post or apple shut it down? has anybody had any response from apple regarding this programing???

im still debating whether or not to use this, i am running at a constant low 43 and when im running lots of programs it gets up to about 62... any thoughts, its not as high as some peoples i see....