Apple MacBook Pro fan defect (LOUD)

[rack325i]

sounds like a dirtbike

[zakpyle11]

Jesus christ. I thought mine was being weird so I looked up some fan vids and this blew my muthafuckin mind. Sorry dude shit.

[imraw17]

holy shit.

[BunnicusRex]

oh hey, me too!  thx for helping w/diagnostics - & helping my poor MBP feel less alone in this world...

[Orbit915]

my fan is making a jacked up noise like that too. but yours sounds more intense

[folkmonkey]

Mine is doing this too. It comes and goes. I installed istat pro to monitor the CPU temps to see if there was a connection as suggested in blogs on this issue. Not so much for me. I found a tutorial on how to open up my make clean it and lube the fan axel with a tiny touch of graphite powder or WD40. I'll post again after I try it and tell you if it works.

[codeythesilent]

@folkmonkey

lol 10 months later and no follow up... I bet you fucked up your $2000 paper weight xD

[TheBagelTornado]

The fan in my HP Pavilion dv5 is starting to get like that... :/

Sometimes it gets stuck on itself and I have to whack the bottom of it to get it to spin again. It's incredibly loose.

I know it's not good to do that, my hard drive has had to park the heads several times to prevent damage because of that. <_<

[cinemascene]

MAC zealots, time to FACE REALITY!! Apple is giving you crap Quality control (china) while marketing it with glossy nice appearance, high price, overselling the quality.

[LACITYDABOSS]

@cinemascene lol i love macs but damn they are too expensive then i have to deal with this fan bullshit as i type i hear this fan i want to grab my computer and smash it

[codeythesilent]

@cinemascene

PC zealots, time to face reality! Microsoft is giving you crap OS's! Compared to literally every other OS out there, Windows is the least safe! Vulnerable to hackers, viruses, and some large security holes, you get a glossy hyped up aero window style, high price, and overselling the quality!

[RyanEnterprise]

I love it. My 17" I bought in 2007 JUST started this shit. I really am getting annoyed with Apple's recall policy's.

[soulrunner66]

sounds like a bad riff.

[RRowdie101]

if you arent bald, or have a pet, i can say without a shadow of a doubt that there is hair in there. YOU NED TO CLEAN IT OUT!!! or get someone who knows something about computers to do it because you obviously dont.

[hoosiercub]

And how exactly do you propose cleaning it out.. its not like most Windows laptops where theres a huge vent to let the hot air out..

[joharumi]

That (cleaning my fan) didn't fix this issue in my case. I sent it to repair and Apple said it was a motor defect. I wonder why you "can say without a shadow of a doubt" without facing the problem on your own.

[itsjessebouldin]

You got something caught up in your fan... sounds like ..

[schase10353]

lol

[KaMaKaZiBoY31]

that is music in my ears?

wtf!

[mpfaeffli]

wohhee!

Holy shit! i know that!

mine sounded the same... i fixed it with fat.

maybe it works on yours too?

[blanca007]

Mine makes the same noise :(

Apple needs to make better hardware, I'm on battery n2. Power supply n2. And Hard Drive n.2!

[pianoportrait]

are you sure microsoft wasnt involved in the planning

[MrManson94]

ehrm, what the fuck ^^

sounds like my friends 360 when it died XD

[SuperOtakuRu]

Dear lawd, I hope they've fixed this.

[0hNoNotHimAgain]

I think you are the winner of the "Loudest MBP with Fan Problems" contest!

[holymonkey3]

nrrrrnrrnrnrnrnrnrnrrrnrnrnrnr­nernrnernrnnrnrnenernnrnrrnrnr­rnrnrrnenenneneeeeneeeeneeneee­enenernrneneneneeeeeeeeeeee!

[ebedelohim]

LOL ha ha!

[alienvet]

Wow, and i thought my toshiba fan was noisy

[holymonkey3]

i watched this when my family was all in bed on full volume, i nearly died!

[devileux]

WOW! IT SOUNDS LIKE A SAW-CHAIN

[ebedelohim]

its chain-saw!

[roadragecafe]

...you and me both.

sadly, im outside apple care and manufacturer warranty. maybe ill try to oil the sucker.

[bot51993]

jesus wtf was that?

[AMDkicksass]

the berings in the fan are the issue if you can axcess the fan take the label off the back of the fans motor and put some oil in the berring light oil not thick and put the label back on then it should be quiet again unless its still under warnty

[jwk3114]

Now it's starting to do it again. Great work Apple Care.

[freekuvnatur]

i think i just threw up...

[RAENEON19]

theres a demon in the Macbook! call steve jobs to remove it! LOL

[Btroisi13]

Id be mad scared if that was my MacBook Pro!

[YUPnNOPE]

mine sounds the same way!

[ps3duykur]

THERES A CABLE STUCK IN THE FAN!!!!!

[humonoid1242]

thats kinda frightening. poor macbook pro :(

[800Reza]

you could fix it yourself its easy

[iluvedwardcullen7342]

how?

[iluvedwardcullen7342]

how???? mine does that too!!!

[YUPnNOPE]

mine too.

[xMissxAnnax]

omg mine does that too, my parents freaked out, our warentee just wore out a month ago, they refuse to send it out for repair, did they fix it?

[beve83]

this is happening to me now ! Same exact noise what do I do??

[rhcpcjg]

just throw some strawberries, banannas and make a smoothie

[jasperjasper]

lol!!

haha that was funy

[Seanuk]

Damn that's ghetto!! Funny as hell..

[computerschreck]

JESUS!

that sounds like these... - do yo know these electrical scissors you cut big pieces of meat with? (they have two blades right next to each other going back and forth like a manual saw)

or like a very powerful blender ;)

man, that nearly crunched my ears...!

sorry for you, though... good luck having it repaired!

[jwk3114]

Apple Care had it repaired and back to me in 3 days.

[mattsuzanna1992]

dont run the stupid computer with it making that sound!

i did that to a desktop, and i bent over to look into the power box, and it blew right in my face.

and im sure u dont want ur laptop doing something like that!

[polyex]

Video of that? Sounds hilarious!

[mattsuzanna1992]

lol

[Appleighteen]

Every body knows what king of problem is that?

[whitelightlampy]

That sounds tragic.

I feel so sorry for you

[hlien]

wow...i hope mines doesn't end up like that.

[kpappletech]

Shit! That sound was grating my eardrums.

[flamingsnot]

Arg, sounds like it's screaming as it's dying :-/

[xmarlasingerx]

no drop on mine either. and im out of warranty :(

[alibmohsin]

yeh mine does that too and it's never been dropped

[samuelr720]

It sounds like the shaft on the fan has no Lubricant thar is a factory defect. Take it back to the Apple Store where you bouthgt it.

[Ahp12]

You have my sympathy. Sadly, I have this too...

[joemcintyre94]

ouch! at least u didnt have windows it might have blown up:S

macbook rules! and so does mac!

[jwk3114]

there was no drop

[StevenBergstrom]

poor laptop:( too bad you never got to emulate windows:( lol

[woottastic]

Sounds like maybe one of the fan blades broke off (probably from a fall) and is stuck in the fan casing and is just buzzing around.

[jwk3114]

As stated earlier there was no fall

[dylanelkhart]

are you sure you didnt drop it? i hope mine never makes that noise!

[Spongeluv11]

Eeek!