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Loud fans on 16" macbook pro
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(2019) 16" is HOT & NOISY with an external monitor! :(
Has Apple release a software update addressing "HOT & NOISY"?
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I am being thorough by asking everyone with problems if a software update solves their problems.(2019) 16" is HOT & NOISY with an external monitor! :(
Has Apple release a software update addressing "HOT & NOISY"?
I had a Macbook Air 2012, never had fan noise issues on idle.
This is even worse.
Same issue, plug in external monitors & it’s so hot and noisy, wonder what will happen when I use it for 3D rendering, it might melt.
considering returning
For what it's worth, my 16" is now over a month old. I too was amazed at the amount of times the fans ran at full speed, but they don't do that now. I rarely ever hear them nowadays. I'd posit that the indexing's now finished along with the backups, etc.
It's now a machine that I'm really liking after the initial early teething issues.
It's now a machine that I'm really liking after the initial early teething issues.
There's no issue, people just don't understand how computers work.
Apple redesigned the thermals to push more air through, which means yes, fans will be louder when they kick on. The alternative is throttling the processor, which people buying Macbook Pros do not want.
You get fast performance + louder fans or quieter fans with lower performance. For people buying a MacBook Pro the former is what most of us want.
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I use mine for 3D all the time with zero issues. Mari, Houdini, Modo, ZBrush, and Substance Suite all work great on it. Fans will kick on when using those programs and it doesn't mean anything is wrong. You can either take the performance with the noise (which isn't even major) or go the less noise route which means processor throttling. You literally cannot have both in a laptop without greatly changing the form factor.
I'll take the "really liking" back now as the damn useless Music application failed to save my music library, failed to tell me that it hadn't, and lost my library following a reboot.... after I've spent most of today sorting it out. What a useless festering waste of CPU cycles that Music application is...
Now looking at completely turning my back on Music in favour of some other music player that will work with my (large) library.
/rant
Can’t be normal, I have over 20 tabs open in Chrome, plus two VMs, and a few other apps like VS code and iterm. It’s nearly silent still. For me it’s around 30-40% cpu usage the fan noise starts to become loud, but that’s a decent amount of load so expected. I’m also connected to an external monitor. As far as performance it doesn’t lag at all with all the aforementioned open.
Just want to chime in that I've now had my MBP 16 (2.3 i9 / 32GB / 1TB / 5500 w/8GB) for about a week now, where I've mostly been using it on my lap, browsing the web, and keeping it plugged in. The bottom got barely warm.
Just today, I finally brought it to my home office and plugged it into my 2560x1440 monitor (while also using the built-in display) and I can only hear the fan if I try to listen for it (it's running, but it's very quiet). Bottom of laptop is quite a bit warmer.
I haven't really tried pushing it hard yet, so I'll see how that goes. But based on some of what I was reading in these forums, I was worried that the fans would be noticeable all of the time, and that it might be too uncomfortable to use it on my lap (for non-intensive stuff) and I'm happy to report that that doesn't seem to be a concern.
Just today, I finally brought it to my home office and plugged it into my 2560x1440 monitor (while also using the built-in display) and I can only hear the fan if I try to listen for it (it's running, but it's very quiet). Bottom of laptop is quite a bit warmer.
I haven't really tried pushing it hard yet, so I'll see how that goes. But based on some of what I was reading in these forums, I was worried that the fans would be noticeable all of the time, and that it might be too uncomfortable to use it on my lap (for non-intensive stuff) and I'm happy to report that that doesn't seem to be a concern.
Did you import your old Mac (which was perhaps even on a previous OS) when setting up? In my experience, this often leads to problems: a slow and loud (fans running a lot) Mac. Have experienced this many times.
I'm guessing that permissions and other stuff conflict.
So, I never update to a new operating system but always start fresh and manually import everything I need.
Have my MBP 16 since three days and only once the fans were audibly running very quietly. Just rendered a file in Compressor and the fans were not audible at all.
Haven't tested it with an external screen. Will do that soon.
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‘this is my experience too. seemed to take awhile to calm down.
the fans really do kick in loudly when pushed, which I am not a fan of [pun intended
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