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Old February 26th, 2008, 06:44 PM
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im kind of having the same problem here, and i have no solution, but i want to ask you, is it the fan at the front or the fan at the back that is making the noise? in my case, its the fan at the back ... and i havent seen the fan at the front working today, dont know if thats normal

i dont have the "double start" problem though

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Its the fan in the back too.

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How long have you had this Mac Pro? I ask because several things can make a Mac tower fans to go wild.

1) If you just bought the Mac Pro, open it and make sure you removed any inside packing tape and that all cards are seated well. They can become loose during shipping so this is important.

2) Another thing is make sure the inside is clean of dust if you have had the Mac Pro for awhile.

3) Open /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor and watch it for a while while you do work. See if some program is eating up processor or memory.

I hope you found the problem because this is not normal. If you check it all out and have appleCare on it, call them ASAP. Every Mac Pro I have come across are VERY quite, except for the hard drive turning noise.
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Hi
Anyone having any joy with this?

I am getting exact same issue. Its been fine for months (only 4 months old) and today when I turned it on, fan was very loud - sounded like it wanted to take off.

Air circulation is good.

Some dust inside but can't see heaps of it clogging anywhere. Should I be removing any parts?

Turned off/unplugged and turned it back on again several times and still fan comes on incredibly loud - sometimes straight away and other times after about 30 seconds.

Please can someone help? My boss might think I have broken it!
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Anyone having any joy with this?

I am getting exact same issue. Its been fine for months (only 4 months old) and today when I turned it on, fan was very loud - sounded like it wanted to take off.

Air circulation is good.

Some dust inside but can't see heaps of it clogging anywhere. Should I be removing any parts?

Turned off/unplugged and turned it back on again several times and still fan comes on incredibly loud - sometimes straight away and other times after about 30 seconds.

Please can someone help? My boss might think I have broken it!
Call your Apple representative or AppleCare ASAP. This should not be happening.
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I have had the MacPro 4 months

I checked the packaging thing when I first got it up and running and it has been going fine all that time

I cleaned out all the dust I could see

I haven't dismantled anything inside though to see if there is more dust

Should I?

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I have had the MacPro 4 months

I checked the packaging thing when I first got it up and running and it has been going fine all that time

I cleaned out all the dust I could see

I haven't dismantled anything inside though to see if there is more dust

Should I?

J
Nope. Call Apple because something is wrong.
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