Cannot determine that fan is running, help?
I believe my fan has died. Tried some fan control utilities to bump up fan speed so I could "hear" it, but I still can't determine that it's running. Seems to overheat mildly even with non-intensive use, and at no point can I distinctly hear or feel any indication of an operable fan. Anyone have any ideas for how I might determine if it's working?
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5 Comments
You do know that macbook retina fan does not run constant like the other non retina macbooks right? I worked on 2 before I saw this myself. Take the back cover loose , use the macbook until it gets hot turn it on it's side without closing the lid and check the fan.
by John
@John - All MBP's use variable speed fans and depending on the temp the fan may not be running at all. The retina class systems are no different here.
by Dan
No you don't understand. I've worked on 4 of the retinas the fan DOES NOT Engage at startup if you haven't worked on one these before then you don't know what your talking about. All the other macbook pro unibody start immediatley the Retina models do not!
If you have one or working on one look for yourself.
by John
@John - re-read what you wrote: "You do know that macbook retina fan does not run constant like the other non retina MacBook's right?" You are inferring running not startup. As to start up all that tells you the fan is powered not the state of SMC and the sensors.
by Dan
His questions are about not feeling the fan I'm giving him insight , you can reword it how you want non MBP fan spin at chime, Retina Macbook NO startup at all and sometimes not for long time ,simple.
by John