STICKY! THE Ultimate Self Cooling solution for MBP.(no accessory needed)

This is very great!! and just works,

but how can it autostart ?

It sounds great.

Can someone create a small soft to control it ?

Nice! We need a GUI, with the ability to adjust the fan speed settings and to save them so that they will available next boot.

Hi there buddy,

Just one quick question, does this mean your fan(s) wil run constantly? This is very interesting...

hi,

I am entirely newbie in mac, May i Know how do you actuallyrun the program. Been trying to figure but still got no clue. Btw how do you actually check the temp?

thanks a lot! nice work for the program!

Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This really works well. Yes it needs a nice GUI with some features and controls but what a great start.

I live in Thailand where the ambient temp is 28 celcius + and normally idle abotu 60 to 64 celcius.

I set the fans to forced 4000 and my idle dropped to 47 celcius and if I max it with 2 shells running 'yes' it tops out about 73.

Will have to play around with the setings but wow this is great. The case is barely warm now and the fans are not loud at all.

if you want to run it at startup then create the file /etc/rc.local

and enter something like this. make the file executable also with a 'chmod 755 /etc/rc.local

#/bin/sh
#
#
/var/smc-0.01/smc -k "FS! " -w 0003
/var/smc-0.01/smc -k F1Tg -w 4e20
/var/smc-0.01/smc -k F0Tg -w 4e20

It throws up "Error: SMCWriteKey() = e00002c1" for me :-\

Gotcha - sudo smc -k F0Mn -w 2ee0 works fine 🙂

Dropped from 65-68C "normal" to 57-58C ... NICE !

Can any of you post the directions for dummies like me? I opened up the terminal and typed in the commands, however says the directory or file does not exist. Much appreciated.

If you have the unzipped smc folder on your Desktop ...

Open Terminal
cd ~/Desktop/smc-0.01
sudo smc -k F0Mn -w 2ee0
Password: (enter it)
sudo smc -k F1Mn -w 2ee0

Sets them both to 3000 minimum

This is for wrager and foking

Okay, I think this is what they mean. Will others please add or correct this to make this friendly for new users please?

a. First, you got to make sure that there is a root account on your compute. If you have not set one up (it is not set for you by default), here is how you can enable it.

Look under Applications and then in a folder called Utilities.
There is an application there called Netinfo Manager
Open it and click on "Security" in the menu at the top
There is an option to authenticate
Use your current password to authenticate
Then click on enable root from the same security menu
You will be told that there is no password and to set up a password
Set up a password for root user


Now log out and you are ready for the next step

b. Log into your computer as root. The username will be "root" (no quotes) and the password will be the one you just set.

c. Download the application that OP talked about from the link in the first post

d. Extract that download and finally you will have a folder called "SMC 0.01" or something to that effect.

e. Rename that folder as "smc" (do not use quotes; The name "smc" is just a suggestion, you can do anything you want, but the rest of the procedure will assume you are calling it "smc")

f. I presume you keep your downloads on the desktop, so what you now have is an extracted folder on the desktop that you have now renamed "smc"

g. Launch an application called "Terminal" which you will find in the "Utilities" folder within "Applications" folder

h. Once you get the command prompt, type (or copy paste) the following and hit enter.

desktop/smc/smc -k F0Mn -w 2ee0

i. Repeat the same step (h) with the following and hit enter.

desktop/smc/smc -k F1Mn -w 2ee0

Close Terminal and you are done. Follow the instructions in the readme file in the download or the first post if you want another speed for your fans.

If you don't like the fan being on this way, simply shut and then start again (ideally, do not just restart from the menu. Shut it down and start all over again).

Thanks everybody! it really does work, at least i wont have a bumpy casing anymore! 🙂

btw last question how do you set the program each time it runs? I dun really get the /etc/rp????

thanks again!