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FYI…
- http://www.techweb.com/article/printableAr…_section=700027
August 18, 2006
"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… 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. Some didn't care for the change…"
* http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/mac…wareupdate.html
** http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?t…96&tstart=0
- http://www.techweb.com/article/printableAr…_section=700027
August 18, 2006
"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… 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. Some didn't care for the change…"
* http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/mac…wareupdate.html
** http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?t…96&tstart=0