Apple MacBook fan "mooing" sound

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mshan
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Apple MacBook fan "mooing" sound

Post by mshan » Wed May 24, 2006 11:08 am

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... &q=macbook

Fan when running actually seems to sound quite smooth.

Just wondering if the mooing sound would probably go away if Apple updated the firmware for fan control (perhaps keeping it running slowly all the time instead of ramping so aggressively)?
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Post by CA_Steve » Thu May 25, 2006 6:53 am

I'm waiting for the version that quacks. :D
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Post by mshan » Thu May 25, 2006 10:00 am

http://gertstahl.blogspot.com/2006/05/m ... ocked.html

Unbelieveable!
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Post by narrasuj » Thu May 25, 2006 10:04 am

This person's problem may also be related to the problem of overheating with the MacBook Pros (extremely excessive thermal compound), but that's just a theory.
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Re: Apple MacBook fan "mooing" sound

Post by derekva » Thu May 25, 2006 10:20 am

mshan wrote:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... &q=macbook

Fan when running actually seems to sound quite smooth.

Just wondering if the mooing sound would probably go away if Apple updated the firmware for fan control (perhaps keeping it running slowly all the time instead of ramping so aggressively)?
Maybe Gateway is doing OEM work for Apple? :wink:

-Derek
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