Apple Runs Fans Nonstop To Cool MacBooks
The company deals with a rash of customer complaints about noisy and overheated notebooks. And this isn't the first heat issue for the MacBooks.
Apple on Thursday issued a firmware update for its entry-level MacBook notebooks to adjust "fan behavior." And it wasn't talking about Apple users.
The firmware update, which can be downloaded from the Cupertino, Calif. company's support site, is in response to ongoing customer complaints about overheated and/or noisy MacBooks, the newest model in the Intel-based portable line.
This isn't the first MacBook heat issue acknowledged by Apple. In June, it alerted users that some machines may have left the factory with a piece of plastic blocking the rear air circulation vent. And in a related release, Apple issued a May firmware patch for the upper-end MacBook Pro that also addressed heat problems.
According to users commenting on Apple's own discussion groups, the MacBook firmware update makes a notebook's fans run continuously, albeit at a low speed. When necessary, the fans will speed up to move more air through the case.
"Next to random shutdowns the two biggest complaints from Macbook users are excessive heat and mooing," wrote "Agent McKay."
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