Excessive Fanning: PB Hot Flashes
I have a 12in G4 PB, and right now it's spinning its little internal fan like mad. I don't know what could have brought this on. She's in a warmer climate, and I know they run on the toasty side, but honestly she isn't running hot enough right now to require fan usage 24/7 for four days in a row!
Has anyone else noticed that their PBs have "hot flashes" or anything similar to this? I don't have that many programs running (right now it's just Safari, iTunes, an alarm clock program, and my mail). Even when I re-start it, right from start up the fans begin whirring. Some programs seem to be running slower than usual as well. For example: there's quite a bit of lag while typing this out.
Any advice? Should I clean up my system a bit (I went through and freed up 15 gigs of memory last night, but it's still thinking that the fans are necessary)? What would be the best procedure for doing this, if it's recommended (in the FAQ section, I presume?)?
Thanks in advance!
Has anyone else noticed that their PBs have "hot flashes" or anything similar to this? I don't have that many programs running (right now it's just Safari, iTunes, an alarm clock program, and my mail). Even when I re-start it, right from start up the fans begin whirring. Some programs seem to be running slower than usual as well. For example: there's quite a bit of lag while typing this out.
Any advice? Should I clean up my system a bit (I went through and freed up 15 gigs of memory last night, but it's still thinking that the fans are necessary)? What would be the best procedure for doing this, if it's recommended (in the FAQ section, I presume?)?
Thanks in advance!
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_thedustin
Well... right now it's running 10.3.3, and I would hardly consider the constant fanning necessary, although my poor little PB seems to have different ideas. I just tried unplugging it, and the fans are still going. Even at night, when no programs are open and it's just running the basic screen saver, the fans still twirl at full blast.
Any advice? I'm assuming that it's because my computer thinks it is a lot busier than it actually is, so if nothing works then I'll probably just end up backing up everything I have on it, and doing a good, thorough cleaning of the HD, although I'd like to avoid this if at all possible.
_thedustin
Originally posted by billybobsky
turn off the computer and go outside...
Hehehe. Actually, I just did that. The outside world is pretty dang nice right now. Unfortunately it didn't stop the fan.
thedustin, thanks for the tips on shutting off the screen. I didn't know that they could wear out like that, and your advice probably saved me a new screen/computer in the long run. I tend to let my display run forever, but I guess I'll let it turn off every once in a while from now on.
Sigh... it sounds like the weird fan problem is kind of here to stay. Time to call AppleCare. \
Originally posted by torifile
I have this problem too. It's annoying as all hell for some reason.
Yeah, but you have a Rev. A, don't you? It's well known that those things run really hot.
I just got my 12" 1.33 yesterday, I've had fan activity maybe twice, and I've been on it a lot in the past two days...especially with the revolution and all.
I also downloaded that temperature gauge. My computer usually hangs around 140 - 147 degrees F. Is this normal?
I'm calling up Apple Care as soon as I finish typing this out, so it's hopefully going to get sorted out today. My dad thinks it's probably a problem with the fan sensor or something internal like that.
Thanks for your help, everyone!
I guess I didn't see the print program on the activity monitor, but this little gem of an application was using up 92% of my CPU because it was madly trying to print a job I had assigned it a few days ago. It wouldn't print because the firmware for my AirPort needed to be updated.
So that was that. I updated the firmware, was able to print, AND got rid of the annoying fanning. It looks like you guys were on the right track with having me check the activity monitor. I just missed seeing the important application.
Thanks again!
It is a little app that makes all of your activity meters visible in your Menu Bar so you can instantly see if something is bogging down your CPU or being a RAM hog or whatever else. This is one of my all time favorite apps. I can't recommend it highly enough.