Recent content by tsatchwell

Yeah i tried that, but because my fan was bust the software wouldnt work. The slider setting for fan speed made no difference. Its great for if your doing something intensive and worry about system temps.

You can also hold alt when clicking the apple logo in finder to show system profiler rather than about this mac.

I just got back from the apple store and they had to replace the fan and logic board. It took them about 4 days to diagnose and sort the problem. The guy said it was a faulty logic board that was breaking the exhaust fan. Battery life seems to have been improved after the swap-out too!

Just googled for this problem and found this thread. Ive got exactly the same problem with my 2.4 late 2008 macbook. The fan speed stays at 0rpm and it heats up to around 90 degrees before the display corrupts and i have to shutdown. Ive got an appointment tomorrow with the local apple store...