Comments on: Control your Intel Mac fan speeds http://www.freshdv.com/2007/02/control-your-intel-mac-fan-speeds.html Serving up fresh, crispy news and views for creators and consumers of digital video Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:16:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Kendal Miller http://www.freshdv.com/2007/02/control-your-intel-mac-fan-speeds.html#comment-14338 Kendal Miller Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:21:30 +0000 http://www.freshdv.com/2007/02/control-your-intel-mac-fan-speeds.html#comment-14338 Thanks for the feedback guys I'm going to have to load this onto my MBook Pro today last night I was offloading P2 cards in a hot stuffy warehouse and it got really hot. Thanks for the feedback guys I’m going to have to load this onto my MBook Pro today last night I was offloading P2 cards in a hot stuffy warehouse and it got really hot.

]]> By: Dean Harrington http://www.freshdv.com/2007/02/control-your-intel-mac-fan-speeds.html#comment-14333 Dean Harrington Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:32:41 +0000 http://www.freshdv.com/2007/02/control-your-intel-mac-fan-speeds.html#comment-14333 Works fine on the intel 17" 2.3.3 CPU. heat hovers around 120F on a hot summer day running at normal usage. I edit FCP and then it gets a bit hot. good stuff here! Works fine on the intel 17″ 2.3.3 CPU. heat hovers around 120F on a hot summer day running at normal usage. I edit FCP and then it gets a bit hot.
good stuff here!

]]> By: Joel Peregrine http://www.freshdv.com/2007/02/control-your-intel-mac-fan-speeds.html#comment-947 Joel Peregrine Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:00:02 +0000 http://www.freshdv.com/2007/02/control-your-intel-mac-fan-speeds.html#comment-947 Hey, You can control it but only by running at reduced processor setting. It's really annoying and was one of the reasons for my switch to a laptop. I use SpeedMenu on my G5 to throttle down the processor (and as a result the fan stays low and quiet) during work that isn't processor intensive: http://www.bresink.com/osx/CPUSpeedMenu.html Its much easier than diving into the preferences to change that setting. Hey,

You can control it but only by running at reduced processor setting. It’s really annoying and was one of the reasons for my switch to a laptop. I use SpeedMenu on my G5 to throttle down the processor (and as a result the fan stays low and quiet) during work that isn’t processor intensive:

http://www.bresink.com/osx/CPUSpeedMenu.html

Its much easier than diving into the preferences to change that setting.

]]> By: Matthew Jeppsen http://www.freshdv.com/2007/02/control-your-intel-mac-fan-speeds.html#comment-943 Matthew Jeppsen Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:38:24 +0000 http://www.freshdv.com/2007/02/control-your-intel-mac-fan-speeds.html#comment-943 Great! Thanks for checking into that, Joel. Now if only there was such a solution to control fan ramping on my G5 2.7 DP... Great! Thanks for checking into that, Joel. Now if only there was such a solution to control fan ramping on my G5 2.7 DP…

]]> By: Joel Peregrine http://www.freshdv.com/2007/02/control-your-intel-mac-fan-speeds.html#comment-941 Joel Peregrine Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:32:11 +0000 http://www.freshdv.com/2007/02/control-your-intel-mac-fan-speeds.html#comment-941 Works great! I've been editing on a 17" MacBook Pro for a few weeks and its unbelievable how hot it gets. Bumping the minimum high rpm speed has measurable results on the temperature. For example when I loaded it temp was hovering around 145 F. Bumping the rpm minimum up to 4000 knocked it down to 115 F in a few minutes. Luckily the fan is much more quiet than the PowerBook this computer replaced, but its noticeable at 4000 rpm. At 2000 rpm you could barely hear it, so there is a trade off... Works great! I’ve been editing on a 17″ MacBook Pro for a few weeks and its unbelievable how hot it gets. Bumping the minimum high rpm speed has measurable results on the temperature. For example when I loaded it temp was hovering around 145 F. Bumping the rpm minimum up to 4000 knocked it down to 115 F in a few minutes. Luckily the fan is much more quiet than the PowerBook this computer replaced, but its noticeable at 4000 rpm. At 2000 rpm you could barely hear it, so there is a trade off…

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