Re: fan running all the time

2012-10-07 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Hi, I had this problem when upgrading to mountain lion. I traced it to an incompatible process that was constantly trying to run and being killed off. You might start in activity monitor. Sighted assistance may be required. I found that the events updated so quickly that voiceover couldn't k

Re: fan running all the time

2012-10-07 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi Eric. This is a well-known issue in Lion. When Lion was first released, someone posted on here about turning the back light off and that fixed the problem. Give that a try and let us know if the result is different. I'm running Mountain Lion on this thing and my fan works as normal. HTH. Sha

Re: fan running all the time

2012-10-07 Thread Pam Francis
Ouch!!! I wonder if Lion is running processes differently. I think it has a diagnostic tool. Pam Francis On Oct 7, 2012, at 1:56 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: already checked that. vent is clean (even had someone with working eyes check it). this problem only appeared AFTER upgrading to lion. the unit

Re: fan running all the time

2012-10-06 Thread Eric Oyen
already checked that. vent is clean (even had someone with working eyes check it). this problem only appeared AFTER upgrading to lion. the unit was running cooler under snow leopard and never demonstrated this problem before the upgrade (less than 2 days ago). -eric On Oct 6, 2012, at 11:39 PM

Re: fan running all the time

2012-10-06 Thread Pam Francis
Hi Eric, It could be just as simple as cleaning the vents. I am no tech, but that is what I would try first.Do you have any kind of applecare with the machine? If so, they may be able to help you diagnose your issue. Pam Francis On Oct 7, 2012, at 1:23 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: hello folks. I see

fan running all the time

2012-10-06 Thread Eric Oyen
hello folks. I seem to be running into a problem where the fan on my macbook is running all the time. the unit also seems to be running a lot warmer since I installed lion. This machine is just 1 revision behind what would be supported for mountain lion, so I cannot go there. anyway, does anyo