Leonardo Laksamana

Q: Why is my Mac hot and noisy?

I was using my 15-inch MacBook Pro Verion 10.10.5 Yosemite normally until two days ago when it suddenly became very hot and noisy (the fan blew very rapidly). It was like that when I turned it on and I don't know why.

 

FYI;

- I don't have a lot of data on my Mac (150GB out of 1000GB, it mainly consists of apps, some photos and MP3 files and a few videos)

- This has never happened before

- I rarely download big files (exceeding 50MB)

- I have no games on my Mac (except Chess, which I believe is not the troublemaker)

- I have tried forcing all applications to quit. But even when there are absolutely NO applications running (just the Finder), it's still very hot and noisy.

 

When fully charged up (100%), it only took 55 minutes for all the battery to be used up (empty).

 

Please help! I don't know what's wrong with my Mac!

Thanks in advance.

Leonardo

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Sep 16, 2015 3:02 AM

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  • by D.Cohen,Helpful

    D.Cohen D.Cohen Sep 16, 2015 4:15 AM in response to Leonardo Laksamana
    Level 6 (8,424 points)
    Desktops
    Sep 16, 2015 4:15 AM in response to Leonardo Laksamana

    Try restarting your Mac.


    Try Safe Boot:


    - Shut down your Mac

    - Wait until your computer turns off and after that press the Power button

    - Right after you hear the startup tone, press and hold the Shift key

    - Release the Shift key when you see a grey Apple sign and the progress bar below this sign

    - After your Mac boots up, restart it as you usually do.


    If this doesn't help, follow the instructions below:


    - Shut down your Mac

    - Wait until your computer turns off and after that press the Power button

    - Right after you hear the startup tone, press and hold the Shift key

    - Release the Shift key when you see a grey Apple sign and the progress bar below this sign

    - Once you see Desktop, start a Disk Utility scan to detect and repair file system errors (don't forget to choose your main hard drive)

    - Click on Verify Disk and then, if asked to fix problems, on Repair Disk

    - After this, click on Verify Disk Permissions and then on Repair Disk Permissions

    - After the process is finished, shut down your Mac and turn it back on after about 30 seconds


    Apart from that, take a look at this Apple article and follow the instructions on Resetting NVRAM shown there: How to Reset NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support


    Try resetting the System Management Controller: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295


    Run this test and post its results here.

    http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck



    Hope this helps!

  • by OGELTHORPE,Helpful

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Sep 16, 2015 4:15 AM in response to Leonardo Laksamana
    Level 9 (52,769 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 16, 2015 4:15 AM in response to Leonardo Laksamana

    Check Activity Monitor to see if any application is using a lot of resources:

     

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203184

     

    Run an Apple Hardware Test:

     

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201257

     

    Note that an error free AHT is not definitive.

     

    Ciao.

  • by Leonardo Laksamana,

    Leonardo Laksamana Leonardo Laksamana Sep 16, 2015 4:18 AM in response to D.Cohen
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Sep 16, 2015 4:18 AM in response to D.Cohen

    Thank you! I opened the Activity Monitor and it turns out that a process called com.hp.devicemodel.TransportProxy is the one who caused the fan to go crazy. I simply went to the Printers & Scanners from the system preferences and deleted the printer driver, and the fan went back to normal. Thank you once again!

  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Sep 16, 2015 4:25 AM in response to Leonardo Laksamana
    Level 9 (52,769 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 16, 2015 4:25 AM in response to Leonardo Laksamana

    Very good. 

     

    Ciao.