My macbook pro retina 13 inch fan is running really loud

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My macbook pro retina 13 inch fan is running really loud

I have tried everything! Even took it into Genius bar and they couldn't find the problem. I don't know what to do. I don't know if I should just live with it. Even with light usage and me not using Google Chrome, the fans run really loudly. I have looked on my activity monitor and I can't find anything that is using a lot of CPU. If anyone could tell me what the problem is or if they have been in a similar situation and was able to solve it, I would really appreciate it.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Mar 21, 2015 7:55 PM

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Kappy

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Mar 21, 2015 8:01 PM in response to sshunter92

Please make a Genius Appointment and take it in for service.

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Mar 21, 2015 8:25 PM in response to Kappy

Kappy wrote:

Please make a Genius Appointment and take it in for service.

sshunter92 wrote:

Even took it into Genius bar and they couldn't find the problem

Are you a bot?

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Kappy

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Mar 21, 2015 8:28 PM in response to z31fanatic

Are you a troll?

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Mar 21, 2015 9:28 PM in response to Kappy

I'm not sure if you read the part where I said that I've taken my Mac to the Genius bar and they weren't able to find the problem. They just did a diagnostic test which showed that it isn't a hardware issue.

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Linc Davis

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Mar 21, 2015 9:37 PM in response to sshunter92

Even took it into Genius bar and they couldn't find the problem.

Did they agree that there was a problem, or did they say the fan was working normally? Have you done this:

Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) - Apple Support

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sshunter92 Author

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Mar 21, 2015 10:19 PM in response to Linc Davis

The fan wasn't making any noise after they ran the diagnostic test and sometimes the fan doesnt make noise so they said that they couldn't find what was the problem. And yes, I've reset the SMC I don't know how many times with no results.

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Linc Davis

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Mar 21, 2015 10:47 PM in response to sshunter92

When the fan is loud, look at the Energy tab of Activity Monitor (not the CPU tab) and see whether any process predominates. If you've installed any third-party software to control the fan manually, remove it according to the developer's instructions.

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